[The use of Doppler echocardiography in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease in the Pediatric Department of CHU-Tokoin, at Lomé (Togo)].

Currently, echography coupled with Doppler is a primary technique in the diagnosis of congenital heart disease. Since September 1993, the pediatric ward of the Tokoin teaching hospital of Lome has been equipped with this technology. During the following 23 months, there were 299 examinations with Doppler-echocardiography among the consultations of 15,082 children.