Pulsed doppler echocardiographic diagnosis of patent ductus arteriosus: Sensitivity, specificity, limitations, and technical features

Sensitivity, specificity and predictive

Sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of clinical findings, m-mode echocardiography and continuous-wave Doppler sonography in the diagnosis of symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus in preterm infants

✍ Ch. Kupferschmid; D. Lang; F. Pohlandt 📂 Article 📅 1988 🏛 Springer 🌐 English ⚖ 418 KB

By means of probability analysis we have compared the diagnostic value of clinical symptoms, m-mode echocardiographic measurements and peripheral arterial flow, assessed by continuous-wave Doppler, in preterm infants with symptomatic patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). Data were obtained in 29 infants w