Transthoracic echocardiogram with color Doppler post-repair of an atrial septal defect showing a small residual defect

Color flow Doppler demonstrates that, postoperatively, there is a small, residual ASD seen as a small jet of left-to-right atrial blood flow.

TTE: transthoracic echocardiogram; ASD: atrial septal defect.

Courtesy of Thomas Binder, MD. University of Vienna.

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