Late post-repair ventricular function in patients with origin of the left main coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk

Giovanni Di Salvo; Benedicte Eyskens; Piet Claus; Jan D'hooge; Bart Bijnens; Bert Suys; Daniel De Wolf; Marc Gewillig; George R Sutherland; Luc Mertens

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.10.059

Late post-repair ventricular function in patients with origin of the left main coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk

Am J Cardiol. 2004 Feb 15;93(4):506-8. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.10.059.

Authors

Giovanni Di Salvo¹, Benedicte Eyskens, Piet Claus, Jan D'hooge, Bart Bijnens, Bert Suys, Daniel De Wolf, Marc Gewillig, George R Sutherland, Luc Mertens

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium.

PMID: 14969638
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.10.059

Abstract

This study investigated ventricular function in postoperative patients with abnormal origin of the the left main coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk using ultrasound-based deformation imaging. Although radial left ventricular deformation parameters were completely normalized, longitudinal deformation remained abnormal.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Child
Child, Preschool
Coronary Vessel Anomalies / surgery*
Echocardiography, Doppler, Color
Female
Humans
Infant
Male
Pulmonary Artery / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Ventricular Function, Left*