Hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Bicaval view showing foraminal flap
by Nanda Navin C

Comprehensive Textbook of Echocardiography

by Navin C Nanda
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Bicaval view showing foraminal flap. The superior (SVC) and inferior (IVC) vena cavae are seen to enter the right atrium in this bicaval view. The foraminal membrane is seen with the crest of the flap directed toward the right atrium (*), indicating left-to-right flow at this level. Normal atrial level shunting in the fetus is always from the right to the left and presence of an opposite direction of flow indicated impaired left atrial drainage from anatomical or functional causes.

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