Assessment of ventricular septal defect by colour flow mapping.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of colour flow mapping (CFM) in the diagnosis and classification of congenital ventricular septal defect (VSD) and in the confirmation of spontaneous and surgical closure. Between August 1988 and March 1990, a total of 102 patients with isolated VSD (82 preoperative and 20 postoperative), age ranging from one day to 14 years, were subjected to 176 echocardiographic examinations. Sequential cross sectional imaging and CFM were the main modalities of assessment with conventional Doppler interrogation for quantitative measurements. In the preoperative group, there were 56 (68.3%) perimembranous (pm) VSD, 14 (17.1%) muscular (m) VSD and 12 (14.6%) doubly committed subarterial (dcsa) VSD. Ventricular septal defect was detected by CFM only in 88.9% of m/VSD, 57.6% of dcsa/VSD and 11.8% of pm/VSD (p less than 0.01). Spontaneous closure rate was highest in m/VSD (28.6%) followed by pm/VSD (8.9%) (p = 0.05). None of the dcsa/VSD closed as assessed by CFM. In the postoperative group, CFM served to quickly confirm complete closure without residual left to right shunt in 20 patients. In addition, CFM was useful in the assessment of haemodynamics and flow directed Doppler interrogation. Hence, CFM is a useful adjunct to cross sectional imaging in the assessment of children with isolated VSD.
Singapore Baby & Child Clinic, Gleneagles Medical Centre.
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity