TY - JOUR
T1 - Tricuspid Regurgitation in Children
T2 - A Pulsed Doppler, Contrast Echocardiographic and Angiographic Comparison
AU - Martin, Gerard R.
AU - Silverman, Norman H.
AU - Soifer, Scott J.
AU - Lutin, William A.
AU - Scagnelli, Sarah A.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Department of Pediatrics and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco. Supported in part by Grant HLO 7544 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Reprint requests: Norman H. Silverman, MD, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - Thirty-one children with congenital heart disease were examined for tricuspid regurgitation by four methods: (1) auscultation, (2) pulsed Doppler echocardiography, (3) saline contrast echocardiography, and (4) right ventricular angiography. Tricuspid regurgitation was detected in three children by auscultation, in 20 by pulsed Doppler echocardiography, in 21 by saline contrast echocardiography, and in 20 by right ventricular angiography. To determine the prevalence of tricuspid regurgitation in children suspected of having congenital heart disease, we reviewed 5417 Doppler echocardiograms performed between 1983 and 1985. Tricuspid regurgitation was detected in 399 of 4670 children (8.5%) with congenital heart disease and in 26 of 106 newborns (25%) with respiratory distress. By comparison, tricuspid regurgitation was detected in only 19 of 641 (3%) normal children. Tricuspid regurgitation is uncommon in normal children, but its incidence in children with congenital heart disease and/or respiratory distress is high.
AB - Thirty-one children with congenital heart disease were examined for tricuspid regurgitation by four methods: (1) auscultation, (2) pulsed Doppler echocardiography, (3) saline contrast echocardiography, and (4) right ventricular angiography. Tricuspid regurgitation was detected in three children by auscultation, in 20 by pulsed Doppler echocardiography, in 21 by saline contrast echocardiography, and in 20 by right ventricular angiography. To determine the prevalence of tricuspid regurgitation in children suspected of having congenital heart disease, we reviewed 5417 Doppler echocardiograms performed between 1983 and 1985. Tricuspid regurgitation was detected in 399 of 4670 children (8.5%) with congenital heart disease and in 26 of 106 newborns (25%) with respiratory distress. By comparison, tricuspid regurgitation was detected in only 19 of 641 (3%) normal children. Tricuspid regurgitation is uncommon in normal children, but its incidence in children with congenital heart disease and/or respiratory distress is high.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0894-7317(88)80041-5
DO - 10.1016/S0894-7317(88)80041-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 3272773
AN - SCOPUS:0024039013
SN - 0894-7317
VL - 1
SP - 257
EP - 263
JO - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
JF - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
IS - 4
ER -