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Basic Principles of Colour Doppler Echocardiography

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Colour Doppler echocardiography is very useful in giving a quick visual assessment of regurgitation and stenosis of heart valves. For example, when the VSD is small, the pressure difference between the right and left ventricles is high. It will also show abnormal flows as in an atrial or ventricular septal defect.