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Echocardiographic Identification of Type I Truncus Arteriosus in an Adult
Author(s) -
BROOKS S. ROLAND,
NANDA NAVIN C.,
CHANG LEANGKAI,
COPELAND ROBERT B.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1990.tb00395.x
Subject(s) - parasternal line , truncus arteriosus , cardiology , medicine , abnormality , doppler echocardiography , identification (biology) , heart disease , tetralogy of fallot , biology , botany , psychiatry , blood pressure , diastole
The right parasternal view and recognition of flow acceleration and convergence are important aspects of routine two‐dimensional color Doppler echocardiography. This case illustrates their importance in the echocardiographic identification of Type I truncus arteriosus in one of the oldest reported living adults with this congenital abnormality.