Fig. 3From: The impact of heart, lung and diaphragmatic ultrasound on prediction of failed extubation from mechanical ventilation in critically ill patients: a prospective observational pilot studyExamples of Doppler assessments used for assessment of left ventricular diastolic function (trans-mitral inflow and tissue Doppler assessment of the septal and lateral mitral valve annulus). A, late diastolic trans-mitral flow velocity wave, E early diastolic trans-mitral flow velocity wave, E′, early diastolic mitral annulus velocityBack to article page