[Color-coded Doppler echocardiography in an infant with an aortopulmonary window. A pre- and postoperative study].
The clinical value of the new two-dimensional color Doppler echocardiography (2D-color Doppler) for the non-invasive visualization of shunting across the aorticopulmonary window (APW) in a 5-month-old infant is described. The quality of the color-coded bloodflow mapping may be equal to that of angiography. The sensitivity of the method is demonstrable by the minimal diastolic shunt across the operated APW. The 2D-color Doppler may enhance the diagnostic impact of 2D-echocardiography, especially by improving diagnostic accuracy non-invasively in critically ill infants.
Schranz
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Kinderklinik, Universitätskliniken, Mainz.
Drexler
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M
Oelert
H
H
Schmidt
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M
Stopfkuchen
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H
Jüngst
B K
BK
Santhage
K
K
Erbel
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R
D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D001807:Blood Vessel Prosthesis; D003116:Color; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000503:physiopathology; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery
Farbkodierte Doppler-Echokardiographie bei einem Säugling mit aortopulmonalem Fenster. Eine prä- und postoperative Untersuchung.