[Segmental echocardiographic analysis of congenital cardiopathies].

The usefulness of M mode and two-dimensional echocardiography in the segmental localization of the cardiac chambers in congenital heart disease was studied. Nineteen patients with congenital heart disease and various possibilities of conexion of the different segments of the heart were diagnosed by angiocardiography and in some cases by surgical treatment. The echocardiographic diagnosis in these cases was based in the analysis of the spatial position of the heart chambers, atrio-ventricular, aortic and pulmonary valves. The results obtained are presented and the differential diagnosis is discussed. We conclude that in the majority of these patients with complex congenital heart disease, the diagnosis can be suggested by echocardiography, or at least, this procedure can guide us to program the angiocardiographic studies.