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2D echocardiography
Introduction
2-D Echocardiography
2-D Echocardiography
Two-dimensional echocardiography may reveal the anatomic basis for the pulmonic regurgitation including causes such as infective endocarditis and valvular pulmonic stenosis. Dilatation of the right ventricle may be present, as well as a right ventricular volume overload pattern.
References
References
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]