[Value of two-dimensional Doppler color echocardiography in mitral-ventricular-aortic obstructive disease in the newborn]

An Esp Pediatr. 1993 Oct:39 Suppl 55:49-54.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

Over the last years, the bidimensional echocardiography has assumed an increasingly impact in the management of heart disease in neonates. With the addition of Doppler technique and color flow mapping this non invasive method provide the most accurate definition of cardiac anatomy and physiology. It is particularly true in newborns with left inflow or outflow obstruction disease such as: pulmonary vein stenosis, divided left atrium, mitral and aortic stenosis or atresia, subvalvular narrowing, and hypoplastic left ventricle and aortic tract. The combination of these two methods contribute to recognize a specific left cardiac abnormalities and allow us to evaluate the therapeutical success in the follow up period.

MeSH terms

  • Aortic Valve / abnormalities*
  • Aortic Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Aortic Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnostic imaging
  • Constriction, Pathologic
  • Echocardiography, Doppler*
  • Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
  • Heart Ventricles / abnormalities*
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Mitral Valve / abnormalities*
  • Mitral Valve / diagnostic imaging
  • Mitral Valve Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities