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Why there is knee chest position in congenital cyanotic heart disease?
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∙ 11y ago
knee chest position increases aortic wave reflection, increasing pressure on the left side of the heart, decreasing the right to left shunt thus decreasing the amount of deoxygenated blood entering the systemic circulation.
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