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Comparison of the offset distance of the tricuspid septal leaflet in neonates with Ebstein’s anomaly and neonates with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 July 2014

Min Jeong Kim ,
Jeong Jin Yu ,
So Yeon Kang ,
Chang Deok Seo ,
Jae Suk Baek ,
Young-Hwue Kim  and
Jae-Kon Ko
Min Jeong Kim
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Jeong Jin Yu*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
So Yeon Kang
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Chang Deok Seo
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Jae Suk Baek
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Young-Hwue Kim
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
Jae-Kon Ko
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Songpa-gu, Seoul, South Korea
*
Correspondence to: J. J. Yu, MD, Asan Medical Center, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, 88 Olympic-ro 43-gil, Songpa-gu, Seoul 138-736, South Korea. Tel: +8 223 010 3924; Fax: +822 473 3725; E-mail: pediatrist@medimail.co.kr
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Abstract

An indexed offset distance of the tricuspid septal leaflet ⩾8 mm/m2 is a quantitative criterion for the diagnosis of Ebstein’s anomaly. The purpose of this study was to investigate the validity of this criterion for the discrimination of Ebstein’s anomaly from pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum in neonatal patients. A total of 122 neonatal patients, 56 with Ebstein’s anomaly and 66 with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum, were enrolled. Diagnosis of each anomaly was based on typical morphologic features. Echocardiographic variables, including the offset distance of the tricuspid septal leaflet, were measured via an offline analysis of images recorded before 1 month of age. The offset distance of the tricuspid septal leaflet was indexed by the body surface area, and the indexed offset distances in the Ebstein’s anomaly and pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum groups were 34.2 mm/m2 (7.1–119.1 mm/m2) and 7.2 mm/m2 (0.0–25.6 mm/m2), respectively. The indexed offset distance was ⩾8 mm/m2 in 29 (43.9%) of the patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum; clinical and echocardiographic characteristics were comparable between these 29 patients and the remaining 37 patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum. When an indexed offset distance ⩾8 mm/m2 was applied as a cut-off for the diagnosis of Ebstein’s anomaly, the sensitivity was 0.963 and the specificity was 0.561. In conclusion, indexed offset distance ⩾8 mm/m2 cannot be used as a cut-off for the diagnosis of complicated Ebstein’s anomaly in neonatal patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum.

Keywords

Ebstein’s anomalypulmonary atresianewbornechocardiography
Type
Original Articles
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 129 - 136
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© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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