M Mode Echocardiography
A diagnostic ultrasound presentation of the temporal changes in echoes in which the depth of echo producing interfaces is displayed along one axis with time t along the second axis.
M mode echocardiography. Motion m of the interfaces toward and away from the transducer is displayed. M mode echocardiog raphy provides an ice pick one dimensional depth only view of the heart 1 2 the ultrasound echoes reflected from the various car diac interfaces are represented as dots and their intensities by. Gulfcoast ultrasound institute 88 491 views. An m mode cursor placed at the tip of the mitral leaflets in the parasternal long axis view can demonstrate late systolic prolapse of the mitral leaflets into the left atrium.
M mode echocardiography has also been used to diagnose mitral valve prolapse fig. Aurigemma md historically m mode motionmode wasthefirsteffectivemodal ity for the ultrasonic evaluation of the heart. Brief explanation of m mode motion mode ultrasound. Hot tips calculating the aortic valve area using the continuity equation duration.
Because of the dependence of the ultrasound beam however mitral valve prolapse can be missed or overdiagnosed with m mode. Although it has now largely been replaced by 2d echocardiography it is still used in clinical practice m mode provides a one dimensional view of all reflectors i e structures reflecting ultrasound waves along one ultrasound line.