Two-dimensional echocardiographic classification of persistent truncus arteriosus.
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- 1 January 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by International Heart Journal (Japanese Heart Journal) in Japanese Heart Journal
- Vol. 24 (6) , 871-879
- https://doi.org/10.1536/ihj.24.871
Abstract
Three cases with persistent truncus arteriosus, a 1-year-old boy with a type I, an 8-month-old girl with a type II, and a 5-year-old girl with type II, all confirmed by surgery, were studied by two-dimensional echocardiography (2-DE). The 2-DE findings corresponded well with the actual anatomy as determined by direct visualization as well as angiogram. A "piling-up" method using 2-DE to reconstruct three-dimensional anatomical images is useful in making the correct diagnosis of persistent truncus arteriosus as well as typing this anomaly noninvasively.Keywords
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