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Improved early ventricular performance with a right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit in stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome: evidence from strain Doppler echocardiography.
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PMID:  14729795     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To quantify non-invasively right ventricular (RV) performance in infants after stage 1 palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS). DESIGN: Prospective, observational study with two dimensional and strain Doppler echocardiography. SETTING: Single tertiary paediatric cardiology centre. PATIENTS: Convenience sample of nine consecutive infants with HLHS. Four whose surgery involved a systemic to pulmonary artery (S-PA) shunt were compared with five whose surgery incorporated a right ventricle to pulmonary artery (RV-PA) conduit. METHODS: Basal RV free wall longitudinal strain rate, systolic strain (epsilon), and RV percentage area change were calculated during a single assessment between 27-50 days after surgery. RESULTS: Cardiopulmonary bypass time was longer in patients who underwent RV-PA (226 (30) minutes v 181 (18) minutes, p = 0.03), but cross clamp time, duration of ventilation, and inotrope use did not differ. Two patients in the S-PA group died, on days 29 and 60 after surgery. Peak systolic strain rate (-1.24 (0.19)/s v -0.91 (0.21)/s, p = 0.048), peak epsilon (-17.8 (1.8)% v -13.4 (2.0)%, p = 0.01), and RV percentage area change (56 (6)% v 25 (6)%, p < 0.01) were all greater among RV-PA patients. These indices also tended to be greater in survivors as a group. Ventricular loading conditions (oxygen saturations, diuretic treatment, and blood pressure) were similar in both groups. CONCLUSION: Strain Doppler echocardiography shows improved RV longitudinal systolic contractility in patients during convalescence after the RV-PA modification of stage 1 palliation for HLHS compared with those with an S-PA shunt.
Authors:
M L Hughes; L S Shekerdemian; C P Brizard; D J Penny
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Heart (British Cardiac Society)     Volume:  90     ISSN:  1468-201X     ISO Abbreviation:  Heart     Publication Date:  2004 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2004-01-19     Completed Date:  2004-02-19     Revised Date:  2009-11-18    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9602087     Medline TA:  Heart     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  191-4     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia. marina.hughes@rch.org.au
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Anastomosis, Surgical
Cardiopulmonary Bypass / methods
Echocardiography, Doppler
Female
Heart Ventricles / surgery*
Humans
Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome / physiopathology,  surgery*,  ultrasonography
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
Palliative Care / methods
Prospective Studies
Pulmonary Artery / surgery*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology,  surgery*
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