Radioangioscintigraphy and Doppler echocardiography in the quantification of left-to-right shunt.
The magnitude of left-to-right shunt in 55 children with isolated congenital heart disease [atrial septal defect (ASD) or ventricular septal defect (VSD) (muscular and perimembranous)] was estimated by two methods: radionuclide quantification and Doppler echocardiography [flow (L/min) = mean velocity x area x ejection time x heart rate]. We found little difference between the magnitude of left-to-right shunt obtained with Doppler echocardiography and that with radioangioscintigraphy for a whole group of patients (N = 55, -11.42% to 12.04%) and for subgroups of ASD (n = 24, -12.49% to 12.19%) and VSD (n = 31, -10.69% to 12.23%). These results indicate that Doppler echocardiography, in comparison with radioangioscintigraphy, is sufficiently accurate for clinical estimation of the Q(p)/Q(s) ratio in isolated congenital heart disease with left-to-right shunt.
Malcić
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Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical School Zagreb, Clinical Hospital Centre Rebro, Kispaticeva 12, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia.
Senecić
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Tezak
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Ivancević
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Kniewald
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D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging