CHARACTERIZATION OF RIGHT-VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC PERFORMANCE AFTER COMPLETE REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT - RESTRICTIVE PHYSIOLOGY PREDICTS SLOW POSTOPERATIVE RECOVERY
CHARACTERIZATION OF RIGHT-VENTRICULAR DIASTOLIC PERFORMANCE AFTER COMPLETE REPAIR OF TETRALOGY OF FALLOT - RESTRICTIVE PHYSIOLOGY PREDICTS SLOW POSTOPERATIVE RECOVERY
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.91.6.1782
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发表时间:
1995-03-15
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
REDINGTON, A
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作者:
CULLEN, S;SHORE, D;REDINGTON, A
Background Prolonged postoperative recovery caused by a low cardiac output state occurs in some patients after complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Biventricular systolic function is usually well preserved in these patients. The contribution of impaired diastolic function, particularly of the right ventricle, has not been studied in detail; therefore, we performed a prospective study of right ventricular diastolic function in this patient group.Methods and Results We studied biventricular systolic and diastolic function using Doppler echocardiographic examination. Tricuspid valve, superior vena caval, pulmonary arterial, and mitral valve Doppler spectrals were obtained during the first postoperative day in 35 patients aged 6 months to 45 years who underwent complete repair of tetralogy of Fallot. Biventricular systolic function was grossly normal in all patients. Isolated restrictive right ventricular physiology characterized by pulmonary arterial antegrade flow coincident with atrial systole and associated with prominent retrograde superior vena caval flow was seen in 17 of the 35 patients (group 1). This flow was augmented during the expiratory phase of positive pressure ventilation and abolished or greatly diminished during the inspiratory phase (P