Recognition of Ultrasound Artifact Mimicking Pulmonary Artery Dissection in Patients with Heart Disease

Table 1

Demographic data and artifact findings of patients in the present study.

Patient No.	Age (yrs)	Sex	Clinical diagnoses	artifacts					Dilation PA	PH
				view	location	length	direction	distinct
1	1	F	PDA	1,2	LPA, MPA	long	D	Y	Y	N
2	6	F	PDA	4	MPA	short	H	N	N	N
3	3	F	PDA	1,2	LPA, MPA	long	D	Y	N	N
4	2	F	VSD, PDA	1,2	MPA	long	D	N	Y	N
5	5	M	PDA	1,2,3,4	LPA, MPA	long	D	Y	Y	N
6	0.8	F	PDA	2	MPA	short	D	Y	N	N
7	2	F	PDA	2,3	MPA	long	D	Y	N	N
8	1	F	ASD	1,2	LPA, MPA	short	H	Y	N	N
9	2	F	PDA	1,2,3,4	LPA, MPA	long	D	Y	Y	N
10	37	F	SLE, PAH	1,2	LPA, MPA	Long	D	Y	Y	Y

F: female; M: male; PDA: patent ductus arteriosus; VSD: ventricular septal defect; ASD: atrial septal defect; PS: pulmonary stenosis; PAH: pulmonary artery hypertension; SLE: systemic lupus erythematosus; LPA: left pulmonary artery; MPA: main pulmonary artery; 1: aortic short-axis and pulmonary artery long-axis views; 2: left high parasternal view; 3: suprasternal aortic short-axis view; 4: pulmonary artery short-axis view; D: diagonal; H, horizontal; Y: yes; N: no