View source for Echo in double-outlet right ventricle

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==[[Double Outlet Right Ventricle]]==
Double Outlet Right Ventricle occurs when both great arteries arise predominantly from the right ventricle (usually defined as both great arteries arising >50% from the right ventricle).

====Echo functions in DORV====
* Evaluation of relationship of the great arteries and right ventricle
** Possible orientations: normal, side-by-side (aorta to the right of the pulmonary artery)
* Evaluation of the [[ventricular septal defect]]
* Doppler evaluation of pressure gradients and presence of valvular regurgitation
* Associated anomalities, especially pulmonic stenosis but also:
** [[Atrial Septal Defect]]
** Subaortic Stenosis
** [[Patent Ductus Arteriosus]]
** Mitral valvular abnormalities
* Evaluation after repair

====Special Echo techniques in DORV====
* Optimal views:
** Parasternal long axis
** Subcostal coronal view
** Parasternal short axis

[[Image:DORV.jpg]]

==External Links==
[http://www.med.yale.edu/intmed/cardio/chd/e_dorv/index.html Yale Congenital Heart Disease- DORV]


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