Contrasting pulmonary blood flow profiles in children with atrial and ventricular septal defects.
Instantaneous pulmonary blood flow profiles and other measures of haemodynamic functioning were studied in children with atrial septal defects (ASD) and children with ventricular septal defects (VSD) and normal pulmonary pressures and resistance at the time of defect closure. Though most parameters measured were comparable in the patient populations, several significant differences were found in the shape of the flow profile.
D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008433:Mathematics; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000503:physiopathology; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors; D014655:Vascular Resistance; D014690:Venous Pressure