Echocardiographic Assessment of the Pulmonary Venous Flow: An Indicator of Increased Pulmonary Flow in Congenital Cardiac Malformations

Echocardiographic Assessment of the Pulmonary Venous Flow: An Indicator of Increased Pulmonary Flow in Congenital Cardiac Malformations

OBJECTIVE: To identify the left inferior pulmonary vein as an indirect marker of increased pulmonary flow in congenital heart diseases.METHODS: We carried out a prospective consecutive study on 40 patients divided into 2 groups as follows: G1 - 20 patients diagnosed with congenital heart disease and...

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Main Authors: Ivan Romero Rivera, Valdir Ambrósio Moisés, Angelo Amato V. de Paola, Antonio Carlos Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Cardiologia (SBC) 2002-06-01
Series:Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia
Subjects:
echocardiography
pulmonary veins
congenital heart diseases
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