[Anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta. Its echo-Doppler diagnosis].
The anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery from the ascending aorta is a rare malformation. Its diagnosis and early surgical treatment are necessary to avoid its fatal outcome. We present the pulsed and color echo-Doppler findings in a patient with this pathology.
Girona
J
J
Unidad de Cardiología Pediátrica, Hospital Materno-Infantil de la Vall d'Hebron, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona.
Casaldàliga
J
J
Sánchez
C
C
Yeste
D
D
Miró
L
L
D001011:Aorta / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
Origen anómalo de la arteria pulmonar derecha desde la aorta ascendente. Diagnóstico eco-Doppler.