[Echocardiographic diagnosis of a thrombus in the pulmonary artery following a banding operation].
In an infant with univentricular heart and banding of the pulmonary artery a thrombus developed in the pulmonary artery distal to the banding. The diagnosis was made at first by two-dimensional echocardiography and confirmed by angiography. The pathogenetic factors and the clinical relevance of this rare observation are discussed.
D004452:Echocardiography; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*
Echokardiographische Diagnose eines Thrombus in der Pulmonalarterie nach Banding-Operation.