Windsock pattern

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Windsock pattern or windsock lesion is one of the signs of left ventricular outflow tract aneurysm.

Echocardiography

 * Windsock pattern: Mitral Valve Left Atrium into Left Ventricular Outflow Tract 1

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 * Windsock pattern: Mitral Valve Left Atrium into Left Ventricular Outflow Tract 2

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 * Windsock pattern: Mitral Valve Left Atrium into Left Ventricular Outflow Tract 3

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 * Windsock pattern: Mitral Valve Left Atrium into Left Ventricular Outflow Tract 4

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Pathomorphological Images
Image courtesy of Professor Peter Anderson DVM PhD and published with permission © PEIR, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Pathology

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