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July 1, 1974CirculationOpen Access

Multiple Crystal Echocardiographic Evaluation of Endocardial Cushion Defect

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Does multiple crystal echocardiography identify distinctive anatomical abnormalities in infants and children with endocardial cushion defect?

Population

20 infants and children with endocardial cushion defect, 50 normal infants and children, and 19 patients…

Comparison

Multiple crystal echocardiographic evaluation… vs Comparison of echocardiographic findings between…

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

DSDavid J. SahnPediatric Cardiology RTRichard TerryBoston University RORobert A. O’RourkeCardiac Imaging

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Implication

Echocardiography may aid noninvasive ECD diagnosis in children; hypothesis-generating pending prospective validation.

Key Points

To evaluate cardiac anatomy and abnormalities in infants and children with endocardial cushion defect using multiple crystal echocardiography.
Prototype multiple crystal echocardiographic system used for real-time evaluation in twenty patients with ECD and comparison to fifty normal subjects.
Three standard transducer positions outlined for obtaining sagittal and transverse cardiac cross-sections.
Distinctive abnormalities noted in patients with ECD during echocardiographic evaluation.
Identified multiple echoes in mitral valve area among patients with ECD.
Observed anterior mitral leaflet-septal apposition during diastole with reduced motion in systole.
Provided clinical insights on the severity of endocardial cushion defects through enhanced spatial relationship assessment.

Structured PICO

Does multiple crystal echocardiography identify distinctive anatomical abnormalities in infants and children with endocardial cushion defect?

Population

20 infants and children with endocardial cushion defect (ECD), 50 normal infants and children, and 19 patients with normal mitral valve anatomy but right ventricular enlargement (RVE).

Intervention

Multiple crystal echocardiographic evaluation using a prototype system for real-time cross-sectional cardiac anatomy.

Comparator

Comparison of echocardiographic findings between ECD patients, normal subjects, and patients with RVE.

Outcome

Echocardiographic findings of cross-sectional cardiac anatomy.surrogate

Multiple crystal echocardiography provides precise real-time cross-sectional cardiac anatomy evaluation, identifying distinctive abnormalities in patients with endocardial cushion defects.

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Sahn et al. (1974) studied this question.

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Echocardiography Congenital heart disease adults

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Multiple Crystal Echocardiographic Evaluation of Endocardial Cushion Defect

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