• Complete AV Canal
    • Left AV valve with a cleft in the anterior leaflet

Echocardiographic Asssessment: Parasternal Short Axis

  • Left AV valve cleft
  • Left AV valve regurgitation
  • Inlet VSD (direction and peak velocity)
  • LV papillary muscles (number, size and spacing)
  • Ventricular function

  • Transducer placed at left sternal border
  • Notch pointed towards patient's left shoulder
  • Probe tilted inferiorly (tail up)