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This study was designed to assess the accuracy of pulsed wave Doppler echocardiographic
measurement of pulmonary blood flow(Qp), systemic blood flow(Qs) and the ratio of pulmonary blood
flow to systemic blood flow(Qp/Qs) to compare with Fick method.
Seventeen patients with ventricular septal defect, aged 10 months to 14 years, participated for this
study, and Doppler echocardiograghic examinations using the Aloka SSD-880 were performed.
Two dimensional... |