Figure 6.

Impact of a stationary artifact on Doppler derived SR. TDI derived color coded M-mode of strain-rate in the lateral wall of one cardiac cycle. A stationary artifact (between white arrows) disturbs the velocity derived parameters. Note the reversal of the strain rate in the artifact and the overestimated SR below the artifact. This pattern closely resembles pathology, although the reversal in each phase (also during the atrial contraction) suggest an artifact which is also clearly seen on the B-mode images in this case (green arrows). Bottom = base; top = apex; yellow-red = negative SR; green = no SR; Blue = positive SR.