[The value of M-mode echocardiography in children].
The use of M-mode-echocardiography in infancy and childhood is presented in terms of its value in 2 problem areas. The first concerns the differential diagnosis of the innocent systolic heart murmur: mitral valve prolapse syndrome, atrial septal defect and asymmetrical septal hypertrophy have to be excluded. In the critically ill newborn and infant--the 2.problem area--5 diagnoses play the main role: The hypoplastic left and right heart syndrome, transposition of the great arteries, Fallot-truncus complex and endocardial fibroelastosis. Possibilities and limitations of single beam echocardiography are discussed.
D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D004695:Endocardial Fibroelastosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D006337:Heart Murmurs; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis; D006346:Heart Septum; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008945:Mitral Valve Prolapse / Q000175:diagnosis; D014188:Transposition of Great Vessels / Q000175:diagnosis
Bedeutung der M-mode Echokardiographie im Kindesalter.