Abstract
This study was carried out on 66 children with pure pulmonary stenosis. Fifty-four healthy children comprised the control group. Hemodynamic and echocardiographic studies were performed on the patients.
The relationship between the hemodynamic findings and the “a” wave depths determined by the pulmonary echocardiograms was investigated in all the patients, and the “a” wave depths were measured in all the control subjects.
A significant relationship between the ratio of right to left ventricular systolic pressure and the echocardiographic pulmonary “a” wave depth was demonstrated. This finding was more significant when the “a” wave depth was adjusted in accordance with the patient’s body surface or length.
Keywords: echocardiography, pulmonary stenosis, “a” wave depth
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Copyright © 1987 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
