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Estimation of patent ductus arteriosus diameters by colour Doppler echocardiography in children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 July 2010

Hamid Amoozgar ,
Manochehr Soltani  and
Siros Cheriki
Hamid Amoozgar*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Manochehr Soltani
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
Siros Cheriki
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran
*
Correspondence to: H. Amoozegar, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Iran. Tel: 0098 711 6474298; Fax:0098 711 6474298; E-mail: amozgah@sums.ac.ir
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Abstract

Objective

To investigate whether accurate estimation of the diameter of the patent ductus arteriosus can be obtained by colour Doppler echocardiography.

Methods

The minimum and maximum diameters of the patent ductus arteriosus were measured by colour Doppler echocardiography and compared with its angiographic size.

Results

We studied 40 patients, aged between 4 months and 18 years. The measured pulmonary side diameter in echocardiography was 33.6% larger than that in angiography, and the aortic side was 7.8% smaller. We found a correlation between the measurements of the minimum and maximum size of the patent ductus arteriosus (r = 48.8 and 52.6) by colour Doppler echocardiography and angiographic findings, respectively.

Conclusion

Colour Doppler echocardiography significantly overestimates the minimum size of the patent ductus arteriosus; therefore, reconsideration of the respective size is suggested.

Keywords

Angiographycongenital cardiac diseasecolour Dopplerductus arteriosussize estimation
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 20 , Issue 6 , December 2010 , pp. 648 - 653
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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