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Contrast Echocardiography in the Evaluation of Interatrial Septal Defect

Rachel Hajar, M.D., F.A.C.A.

Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

Hajar A. Hajar, M.D.

Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

Gordon M. Folger, F.A.C.A., F.I.C.A.

Section of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Hamad General Hospital, Doha, Qatar

One hundred twenty-four adult patients consecutively referred for suspected interatrial septal defect (IASD) were studied with contrast echocardiography. In 58 the study eliminated altogether the diagnosis of any significant cardiac defect. Fifteen patients had other forms of cardiac abnormalities with no shunting of blood, and 51 patients had echocontrast study positive for interatrial shunting ; 48 of these were subsequently proven by cardiac catheterization to have IASD. Echocontrast provided a highly sensitive and specific means of both diagnosing IASD and eliminating this diagnosis.

Angiology, Vol. 38, No. 2, 121-127 (1987)
DOI: 10.1177/000331978703800205
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