Transesophageal echo showing a secundum atrial septal defect. There is a negative contrast effect in the right atrium.
Color Doppler pattern in the same view. Laminar flow in the left atrium in blue. Flow convergence at the defect. Turbulent color flow pattern in the right atrium.
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