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Cross-sectional echocardiography and colour Doppler enable the non-invasive diagnosis of isolated anomalous drainage of the right superior caval vein to the left atrium in cyanotic newborns.
Demonstrates the utility of cross-sectional echocardiography and colour Doppler in the non-invasive diagnosis of a rare cause of neonatal cyanosis.
May facilitate non-invasive diagnosis of rare neonatal cyanosis; leaves open validation in larger prospective series.
Isolated anomalous drainage of the right superior caval vein to the left atrium is a very rare cause of cyanosis in the newborn. Herein, the cross-sectional echocardiography and colour Doppler findings of this malformation are described.
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Kakadekar et al. (1999) studied this question. Cross-sectional echocardiography and colour Doppler enable the non-invasive diagnosis of isolated anomalous drainage of the right superior caval vein to the left atrium in cyanotic newborns.
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