METHOD FOR DIAGNOSING COARCTATION OF AORTA IN NEWBORNS

摘要

A method for diagnosing the coarctation of aorta in the newborns provides for echocardiography. The probe is installed onto suprasternal area in such a way that the section of the arch of aorta is visualized along the long axis. In addition, the images are fixed for measuring the diameter of the arch of aorta in the projection of the left subclavian artery d1 and the distance between the left carotid artery and the left subclavian artery d2. The carotid-subclavian index is calculated as d1/d2. When the index is less than 1.5, the coarctation of aorta is diagnosed.