FIELD: medicine. SUBSTANCE: method involves examining septa from the side of the right regions of the heart under condition of open heart. Patient blood coming from the left regions of the heart and flowing through a septum defect is used as indicator. Blood pressure is increased in the left regions of the heart using a method, for instance, that involves renewing artificial lung ventilation. The conditions to be satisfied for applying the method are closed aorta lumen and cardiac septa cleared from blood. EFFECT: simplified, accelerated method; enhanced reliability in determining the number of defects and their locations. 3 cl
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2000-06-10—Published
1996-06-20—Filed