Flail vs Prolapse of leaflet on echocardiography

 Diagramatic difference between Flail and prolapse:



In prolapse tip of the leaflet is not evulsed into LA..only the leaflet body is protruding into LA, whereas in flail tip of the leaflet is hanging into LA due to ruptured chords


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