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Murine Fetal Echocardiography
Published on: February 15, 2013
Spontaneous echocardiographic contrast due to ductus venosus
İlker Ertuğrul1, Vehbi Doğan, Senem Özgür
1Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Sami Ulus Maternity and Children's Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey. ilkerer@hacettepe.edu.tr.
Abstract:
Spontaneous echocardiographic contrast is defined as a phenomenon of discrete reflections appearing in the cardiac chambers or great vessels. It has been associated with several conditions leading to microbubble formation or low blood flow. This is a report of a neonate with spontaneous echocardiographic contrast related to patent ductus venosus.
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