- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Modertely dilated left atrium and left ventricle in a patient with a large PDA
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Moderately dilated left atrium and left ventricle in a patient with a large PDA
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus
- Moderately dilated left atrium and mildly dilated left ventricle in a patient with a large PDA
Echocardiographic Assessment: Apical 4 Chamber
- Assess hemodynamic burden of a PDA (left to right shunt)
- Assess for left atrial dilation (left atrial volume)
- Left ventricular dilation
- Mitral annuluar dilation
- mitral regurgitation
- Transducer placed on apical PMI (4th or 5th intercostal space)
- Midclavicular ling at the apical PMI (point of maximal intensity)
- Notch at 3 o'clock