Speckle Tracking Echocardiographic Ventricular Functions In Infants With Pulmonary Hypertension With Shunt Disease | ||||
Zagazig University Medical Journal | ||||
Article 205, Volume 26, Issue 5, September 2020, Page 690-699 PDF (1.14 MB) | ||||
Document Type: Original Article | ||||
DOI: 10.21608/zumj.2019.11098.1147 | ||||
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Authors | ||||
Hassan Omar Mosbah 1; soad Elsalam shedeed2; sabry Abdel Rahman Tolba3 | ||||
1Department of pediatrics, Faculty of medicine, Zagazig University, Zagazig , Egypt. | ||||
2Professor of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine – Zagazig University | ||||
3Lecturer of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine - Zagazig University | ||||
Abstract | ||||
Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a major complication of congenital heart disease (CHD), it occurs in patients with congenital cardiac shunts with increased morbidity and mortality. Objectives: This study carried to assess the left and right ventricular functions and the strain pattern among infants with pulmonary hypertension associated with shunt disease by 2-D speckle tracking echocardiography and correlate these finding with haemoynamic, clinical and echocardiographic findings among such patients. Patients & Methods: This study was carried out at the Pediatric Cardiology Unit, Pediatric Department, Zagazig University Hospital, during the period from June 2018 till February 2019. Results: In our study, it was found that Pulmonary artery systolic pressure values among infant with pulmonary hypertension with shunt is a strong positive predictors of Average LV Circumferential strain value. There was a statistical significant difference between patients with moderate and severe pulmonary hypertension as regard their RVGLS. Conclusions: Two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography is considered non-invasive tool for right and left ventricular function evaluation in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension, allowing analysis of both global and segmental (longitudinal and circumferential) assessment of ventricular myocardial deformation. | ||||
Keywords | ||||
Speckle Tracking Echocardiographic; Ventricular Functions; pulmonary hypertension; Shunt Disease | ||||
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