Pulsed Doppler echocardiography in patients with aorto-pulmonary connection.
The pulsed Doppler principle enables us to study the bloodflow velocity at specific points in the heart and great vessels. In such aorto-pulmonary connections as patent ductus arteriosus, aorto-pulmonary window and truncus arteriosus the bloodflow velocity patterns are typical of the malformation. Based on knowledge of these abnormal flow patterns the diagnoses of these malformations can be made.
Daniëls
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O
Hopman
J
J
de Knecht
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S
van Oort
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A
Busch
H
H
D001028:Aortopulmonary Septal Defect / Q000175:diagnosis; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000175:diagnosis; D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D014339:Truncus Arteriosus, Persistent / Q000175:diagnosis