Comparison of longitudinal myocardial deformation and dyssynchrony in children with left and right ventricular morphology after the fontan operation using two-dimensional speckle tracking

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 16-23

  Petko, Colin ^a   Hansen, Jan Hinnerk ^a   Scheewe, Jens ^a   Rickers, Carsten ^a   Kramer, Hans Heiner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fontan; Single ventricle; Speckle tracking

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AORTA VALVE ATRESIA; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ASYNERGY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; LONGITUDINAL MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE ATRESIA; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRICUSPID VALVE ATRESIA; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL SPECKLE TRACKING;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; GERMANY; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 84856350414     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00607.x     Document Type: Article

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