Echocardiographic diagnosis of partial obstruction of Blalock-Taussig shunts.
While echocardiography has previously been used to differentiate between patency and complete occlusion of aortopulmonary shunts, the echocardiographic diagnosis of partial obstruction of a shunt has not been reported. We describe a unique color flow Doppler finding that quickly and accurately diagnosed three cases of partial distal obstruction of aortopulmonary shunts.
Juraszek
Amy L
AL
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston 29425, USA.
Atz
Andrew M
AM
Shirali
Girish S
GS
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