All issues > Volume 29(11); 1986

Original Article

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1986;29(11):1196-1200. Published online November 30, 1986.

Aortography and Echocardiography by Countercurrent Injection Via Radial Artery in Newborns with PDA.

Jun Hee Sul¹, Dong Kwan Han¹, Sung Kyu Lee¹, Dong Shick Chin¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, Yonsei University College of Medicine

Abstract

Aortography and echocardiography by countercurrent injection into the radial artery performed for the detail diagnosis of PDA in newborns. The results were as follows： 1) Aortography by countercurrent injection via ridial artery affords an easy, safe and simple bedside means for the diagnosis of PDA without retrograde arterial catheterization, which is occasonally complicated by thrombosis of the artery in small infant. 2) By contrast echocardiography via radial artery, PDA was diagnosed accurately without any complications.

Keywords :Newborn; PDA; Countercurrent angiogram contrast echocardiogram.