Transesophageal echocardiography with contrast of a large atrial septal defect
Transesophageal echocardiography with contrast of a large atrial septal defect
Contrast is seen filling the right atrium (RA) in systole, and an atrial septal defect (ASD) can be seen. During diastole a large amount of contrast (red arrow) passes from the RA to the left atrium through the ASD as a result of right-to-left shunting of blood.
Courtesy of Thomas Binder, MD. University of Vienna.