Figure 1.

Image acquisition of velocity encoded (VENC) cine cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) at the level of mitral valve (MV). A) Cine 4 chamber image demonstrating the prescription of slice at the level of the tips of the MV leaflets. B) VENC CMR short axis image at the level of MV leaflet tips. Contour is drawn on the leaflets as shown including the whole cross-section of the mitral inflow. C) Magnitude image corresponding to the phase image. Note that the entire MV plane is interrogated as compared to the ice-pick view of conventional transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) imaging. D) Cine 4 chamber image demonstrating the position of slice 1 cm inside the right superior pulmonary vein (arrow) entrance into the left atrium. E) VENC CMR cross-section image of the right superior pulmonary vein with contours (arrow).