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Measurement of Tricuspid Annular Diastolic Velocities by Doppler Tissue Imaging to Assess Right Ventricular Function in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease

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We assessed the clinical utility of using diastolic tricuspid annular velocities obtained by Doppler tissue imaging as a noninvasive index of right ventricular function in patients with congenital heart disease. Doppler tissue imaging at the tricuspid annulus and pulsed Doppler echocardiography of the right ventricular inflow were performed in 71 children with congenital heart disease, with and without elevated right ventricular pressure. Cardiac catheterization was performed in all patients with congenital heart disease, and the hemodynamic determinants of the tricuspid annular and inflow velocities were determined. In patients with congenital heart disease, the ratio of the late-to-early diastolic tricuspid annular velocity (Aa/Ea) showed a highly significant correlation with right ventricle pressure/left ventricle pressure (r = 0.79, p < 0.0001), right ventricular end diastolic pressure (r = 0.46, p < 0.0001), and the first derivatives of the change in right ventricle pressure during diastole (r = 0.72, p < 0.0001). However, the late-to-early diastolic tricuspid inflow velocity (A/E) did not correlate with any invasively measured index of right ventricular function. Aa/Ea, derived from tricuspid annular velocities as measured by Doppler tissue imaging, is a valuable, noninvasive tool for detecting an elevated right ventricular pressure in patients with congenital heart disease.

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  1. Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Saiseikai Maebashi General Hospital, Kamishindenmachi 564-1, Maebashi Gunma 371-0821, Japan

    M. Watanabe, S. Ono & T. Suzuki

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Gunma University School of Medicine, Japan

    T. Tomomasa, Y. Okada, T. Kobayashi & A. Morikawa

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Watanabe, M., Ono, S., Tomomasa, T. et al. Measurement of Tricuspid Annular Diastolic Velocities by Doppler Tissue Imaging to Assess Right Ventricular Function in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease . Pediatr Cardiol 24, 463–467 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-002-0372-4

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