Tricuspid valve fluttering; echocardiographic features of ventricular septal defect.
M-mode echocardiographic features are presented in four patients with membranous ventricular septal defect. The most consistent echo findings in all the patients were the presence of fuzzy, fluttering echoes of the tricuspid valve during systole. More careful echocardiographic evaluation of the tricuspid valve in ventricular septal defect is therefore recommended.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006322:Heart Aneurysm / Q000175:diagnosis; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006349:Heart Valve Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014261:Tricuspid Valve / Q000503:physiopathology*