Abstract
We studied right and left ventricular (RV and LV) volume characteristics in 18 patients who had undergone an external conduit repair (Rastelli procedure) at 3-17 years of age (mean 7.5 years). Cardiac output, measured by means of a thermodilution method, was 3.8 +/- 0.8 1/min/m2 (mean +/- SD). Peak RV pressure was 104 +/- 28 mmHg in six patients who had been operated on 6 years or more before this study, significantly higher than in patients with a shorter follow-up period (72 +/- 19 mmHg for 1-5 years follow-up in six patients and 54 +/- 10 mmHg at 1 month after operation in six patients). RV end-diastolic volume (EDV) was 113% +/- 40% of normal, and RV ejection fraction (EF) was 0.52 +/- 0.10, lower than normal. RVEDV was inversely correlated with peak RV pressure (r = -0.78). This parameter was 0.42 +/- 0.06 in the six patients with the longest follow-up period, lower than in the other two groups (0.52 +/- 0.08 in 1-5 years follow-up, 0.60 +/- 0.03 at 1 month after surgery). LVEF was 151% +/- 38% of normal. LVEF was lower than normal in 6 of 12 patients who underwent surgery at the age of 6 years or more and in none of the six younger patients. The data indicate that in these patients, RVEF decreases with the increase of pea...Continue Reading
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