[Color-coded doppler echocardiography in atrial septal defects].

The magnitude of a left-to-right shunt in atrial septal defects was evaluated independently in catheterizations of the heart according to saturations and characteristics of the shunt stream in colour-flow Doppler echocardiography. The ratio of the pulmonary and systemic flow (Qp/Qs) assessed in 14 patients with atrial septal defects during catheterization correlated significantly with the maximal breadth (r = 0.8; p less than 0.

[Vasodilation effects of prostaglandin E1 in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension].

Prostaglandin E1. (Prostavasin, Schwarz, FRG) was administered in a short-term infusion, 5-30 ng/kg/min., to five patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension associated with lung disease.