- Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
- Dilated right ventricle
- Underfilled left ventricle
- Septal flattening throughout the cardiac cycle
- Consistent with a pressure and volume loaded right ventricle
Echocardiographic Assessment: Parasternal Short Axis
- Assess right ventricular size and function
- Assess left ventricular size and function
- Assess interventricular septal configuration
- Systolic interventricular septal flattening: Pressure loaded right ventricle in setting pulmonary hypertension
- Diastolic interventricular septal flattening: Volume loaded right ventricle in setting of increased right sided volume from anomalous pulmonary venous return
- Transducer at left sternal border
- Notch pointed towards patient's left shoulder
- Probe angled inferiorly (tail up)