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Objective To study the value of transesophageal echocardiography(TEE) in the operation of Ebstein's anomaly(EA).Methods The TEE characteristics of 69 patients with Ebstein's anomaly were retrospectivly analized.Results TEE could display the anatomic features of tricusipid valves(TV) clearly in all patients.Six cases were found having downward displacement of anterior leaflet before cardiopulmonary bypass,6 were found having hypoplasia of posterior leaflet, and posterior leaflets were absent in 3 cases.Ten cases were found middle regurgitation of TV by TEE after surgical correction during the operation, which had been improved satisfatorily by second time TV plasty.Conclusions TEE is useful in accurate diagnosis of the EA,and evaluation of operative effects during the operation, thus could help increase success rate of operation.
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To study the diagnosis of pulmonary stenosis (PS) in patients with the secundum atrial septal defects(ASD) by the measurement of maximal velocity through pulmonary valve (Vpv max ). There were 98 cases with secundum ASD, and 27 cases with secundum ASD and PS diagnosed by echocardiography(TTE). All the cases with secundum ASD were confirmed by surgery. The diagnosis of 19 cases out of 27 cases as diagnosed by TTE were confirmed by surgery, and the other 8 cases were simple secundum ASD. These results suggested that the two dimensional echocardiography and Vpv max should be utilized in order to achieve a better diagnostic accuracy in the diagnosis of PS in the patients with ASD, and PS should be considered if the Vpv max increased to 2 65 to 3 25m/s.