Case of the Week # 208

Christa Faschingbauer

Dec 14, 2007 - January 3, 2008

Christa Faschingbauer, MD.

Germany

Case report

Here are some images and videos showing some typical findings in a cardiac anomaly.

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Case report

The images and videos showed below shows a case of the valvular aortic atresia.

Images 1, 2: Color Doppler images obtained at the level of the three vessel view showing reverse flow within the aorta.

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Images 3, 4: Four-chamber view of the heart. The left ventricle is very small.

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Images 5, 6: Image 5 shows the right outflow tract (pulmonary artery). Image 6 represents an attempt to image the left outflow tract which was not possible due to the aortic atresia.

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Video 1, 2: Video 1 shows the four-chamber view of the heart and the striking right outflow tract. Video 2 shows three-vessel view of the heart with reverse flow within the aorta.

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