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Erschienen in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging 3/2018

07.10.2017 | Original Paper

Improving the role of echocardiography in studying the right ventricle of repaired tetralogy of Fallot patients: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance

verfasst von: Carolina D’Anna, Armando Caputi, Benedetta Natali, Benedetta Leonardi, Aurelio Secinaro, Gabriele Rinelli, Alessia Del Pasqua, Claudia Esposito, Adriano Carotti, Fabrizio Drago, Marcello Chinali

Erschienen in: The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging | Ausgabe 3/2018

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Abstract

Right ventricular (RV) evaluation represents one of the major clinical tasks in the follow-up of repaired tetralogy of Fallot patients (rToF) with pulmonary valve regurgitation, as both severe RV dilatation and dysfunction are key factors in defining the need of pulmonary valve replacement. The aim of our study was to report the diagnostic accuracy of echocardiography in the identification of rToF patients with severely dilated and/or depressed RV as compared to cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR). Among our patients with rToF, a subgroup of 95 (17.6 ± 6.8 years; 60% male), who underwent right ventricular qualitative and quantitative evaluation with CMR following echocardiographic suspicion of severe dilation/dysfunction, were included in the analysis. When comparing echocardiographic RV functional parameters to CMR findings, we found no association between CMR-ejection fraction (EF) and either tricuspid annulus plane systolic excursion (TAPSe) nor tissue Doppler systolic tricuspid excursion velocity (all p = ns). In contrast RVFAC was strongly associated with CMR-EF (r = 0.44; p < 0.01) as well as to longitudinal components of RV mechanics including tissue Doppler s′ (r = 0.40; p < 0.01) and TAPSE (r = 0.36; p < 0.01). When comparing echocardiographic and CMR structural parameters of the RV, we found that CMR RV volume was strongly related to echocardiographic measurements of RV end diastolic area (from the 4 chamber apical view) and with proximal parasternal short axis right ventricle outflow-dimension. Accordingly a regression model was derived from multiple regression analysis, which allows a more accurate estimate of CMR RV volume from echocardiography (r2 = 0.59, p < 0.001). Our study demonstrates a significant, although imperfect, correlation between echocardiographic and CMR RV functional and geometrical parameters. Combining echocardiographic measures of RV inflow and RV outflow, we deliver a simple formula to estimate CMR-RV volume, improving the echocardiographic accuracy in RV volume quantification.
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Metadaten
Titel
Improving the role of echocardiography in studying the right ventricle of repaired tetralogy of Fallot patients: comparison with cardiac magnetic resonance
verfasst von
Carolina D’Anna
Armando Caputi
Benedetta Natali
Benedetta Leonardi
Aurelio Secinaro
Gabriele Rinelli
Alessia Del Pasqua
Claudia Esposito
Adriano Carotti
Fabrizio Drago
Marcello Chinali
Publikationsdatum
07.10.2017
Verlag
Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in
The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging / Ausgabe 3/2018
Print ISSN: 1569-5794
Elektronische ISSN: 1875-8312
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10554-017-1249-1

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