ENTITIES Normal function Aortic stenosis-senile Aortic stenosis-bicuspid Aortic regurgitation Mitral stenosis Mitral prolapse Mitral flail Mitral regurgitation Valvular infection Prosthetic valves Cardiomyopathy Ischemia-anterior Ischemia-inferior Ischemia-aneurysm Post-infarct VSD IHSS Pericardial effusion Masses		Ischemia-Ventricular aneurysm		Notes: Aneurysms usually result from large areas of fibrotic myocardium scarred by ischemic infarction. A common area for aneurysm includes the antero-apical segments which create a distortion of the ventricular shape both in systole and diastole and prevent effective ventricular pumping since their wall motion is often paradoxic. Postero-basal aneurysms also occur and are well defined by the long axis view.

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