Abstract
Twelve neonates with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum underwent surgical treatment based on two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. Ten patients with adequate morphology of the right ventricular outflow tract portion shown by means of two-dimensional echocardiography underwent pulmonary valvulotomy and systemic-to-pulmonary shunt. Two neonates with atresia of the right ventricular infundibulum on two-dimensional echocardiography underwent systemic-to-pulmonary artery shunt without valvulotomy. In all patients the qualitative and quantitative echocardiographic diagnosis was confirmed at surgery and/or with the subsequent angiocardiographic study. Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography is a precise diagnostic method for planning surgical treatment in neonates with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum.
| Translated title of the contribution | Pulmonary atresia with an intact septum: indications for the neonatal surgical treatment guided by 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography |
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| Original language | Italian |
| Pages (from-to) | 315-318 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - Apr 1989 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine