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The role of echocardiography in the diagnosis of tetralogy of Fallot, truncus arteriosus, and pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect has been described. All of these entities show a large systemic artery overriding the ventricular septum. This anatomic arrangement produces a characteristic echographic feature that has been a reproducible hallmark of these entities. The ability to recognize differential echographic features among these three entities has been reported less frequently; these features include detection of a pulmonary valve in tetralogy of Fallot and an increased atrial dimension in truncus arteriosus.
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© 1978 American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine and Plenum Press, New York
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Seward, J.B., Tajik, A.J., Hagler, D.J. (1978). Real-Time 80° Sector Echocardiography in Patients with Great Artery Overriding the Ventricular Septum: Tetralogy of Fallot, Truncus Arteriosus, and Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect. In: White, D., Lyons, E.A. (eds) Ultrasound in Medicine. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-4021-8_28
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