Case 29 — Color Flow Doppler Echocardiography

Right parasternal long-axis view of the ventricles and aorta

Color flow Doppler showing blood from both right and left ventricles entering the aorta.
Remember that blue signifies flow going away from the transducer (blue away – BA) and red signifies flow going toward the transducer (red toward – RT) to give BART. RV – right ventricular cavity; LV – left ventricular cavity; Ao – aorta.

Video of color flow Doppler blood flow pattern

The blood flow pattern is the same as in the still image above, but now can be seen in real time.

Right parasternal obliqued view of the right ventricle and main pulmonary artery

Color flow Doppler showing turbulent blood flow originating from the pulmonic valve region.
This color flow Doppler picture shows turbulent blood flow originating from the pulmonic valve region. RV – right ventricle; Ao – aorta; LA – left atrial cavity.

Quiz

1. In the top image and the video you can see that blood from both the right and left ventricles is pumped into the aorta. This means what must be present?


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