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Assessment of left-to-right atrial shunting after percutaneous mitral valvuloplasty by transesophageal color Doppler flow-mapping.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  2598418     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
To evaluate left-to-right shunts after percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty, we studied 15 consecutive patients by using transesophageal color Doppler flow-imaging system. Transesophageal color Doppler examinations were performed five times in each patient (before valvuloplasty and 1 day, 1 week, 1 month, and 6 months after valvuloplasty). No shunt flow was observed before valvuloplasty. On 1 day after mitral valvuloplasty, transesophageal color Doppler echocardiography demonstrated left-to-right shunts in 13 (87%) of 15 patients. However, a significant oxygen step-up was present in the right heart in only one patient. The mean diameter of the interatrial septal defect detected by transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography was 1.8 +/- 1.0 mm. The mean velocity of left-to-right shunting flow measured by high-pulse repetition frequency Doppler technique was 0.83 +/- 0.38 m/sec. One week after the procedure, left-to-right shunt flow was detected in 11 (73%) patients. One month after valvuloplasty, left-to-right shunting flow was detected in seven (47%) of 15 patients. There was a significant decrease in the diameter of an interatrial septal defect between 1 day and 1 week (p less than 0.01), between 1 week and 1 month (p less than 0.01), and between 1 month and 6 months (p less than 0.05). Six months after valvuloplasty, left-to-right shunting flow remained in three (20%) patients. By using transthoracic color Doppler echocardiography, we detected left-to-right shunting flow in two patients on 1 day after the procedure.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
Authors:
K Yoshida; J Yoshikawa; T Akasaka; Y Yamaura; M Shakudo; T Hozumi; T Fukaya
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Circulation     Volume:  80     ISSN:  0009-7322     ISO Abbreviation:  Circulation     Publication Date:  1989 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1990-02-01     Completed Date:  1990-02-01     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0147763     Medline TA:  Circulation     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1521-6     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Kobe General Hospital, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Aged
Balloon Dilatation*
Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
Coronary Circulation / physiology
Echocardiography, Doppler*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Stenosis / physiopathology,  therapy*
Oximetry
Time Factors

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