Usefulness of Doppler echocardiography in diagnosing right ventricular coronary arterial communications in patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum and comparison with angiography

J A Garcia; T M Zellers; E M Weinstein; L Mahony

doi:10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00855-2

Usefulness of Doppler echocardiography in diagnosing right ventricular coronary arterial communications in patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum and comparison with angiography

Am J Cardiol. 1998 Jan 1;81(1):103-4. doi: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00855-2.

Authors

J A Garcia¹, T M Zellers, E M Weinstein, L Mahony

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, 75235-9063, USA.

PMID: 9462620
DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(97)00855-2

Abstract

Direct and indirect evidence of right ventricular coronary arterial communications has been detected by use of 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography in patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum. We describe additional consistent and reproducible Doppler echocardiographic findings that were useful for identifying patients in whom abnormal coronary arterial flow patterns were detected angiographically.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Coronary Angiography / standards*
Coronary Circulation
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / diagnostic imaging*
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / physiopathology
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery
Echocardiography, Doppler / standards*
Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pulmonary Atresia / diagnostic imaging*
Pulmonary Atresia / physiopathology
Pulmonary Atresia / surgery
Reproducibility of Results
Retrospective Studies
Single-Blind Method