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Changes in tissue Doppler characteristics in a patient with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2006

Clifford L. Cua ,
P. Bernadette Fenstermaker  and
Peter C. Dyke II
Clifford L. Cua
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
P. Bernadette Fenstermaker
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Peter C. Dyke II
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Cardiology, Columbus Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
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Abstract

Tissue Doppler measurements of the right and left lateral ventricular walls were made before and after perforation of the pulmonary valve using radiofrequency energy in a patient with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum. The ratio of peak tissue velocity during rapid ventricular filling to atrial contraction increased for both atrioventricular valves after perforation of the pulmonary valve, and the patient was able to be weaned off prostaglandins without further intervention. Such measurements made using tissue Doppler may aid in the management of patients with pulmonary atresia and intact ventricular septum by predicting improvements in right ventricular relaxation.

Keywords

Hypoplastic right heartradiofrequency perforationprostaglandins
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , August 2006 , pp. 395 - 397
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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