Long-Term Follow-Up in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: Can Deformation Imaging Help Identify Optimal Timing of Pulmonary Valve Replacement?

Anna Sabate Rotes; Crystal R. Bonnichsen; Chelsea L Reece; Heidi M. Connolly; Harold M. Burkhart; Joseph A. Dearani; Benjamin W. Eidem

doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2014.09.012

doi.org/10.1016/j.echo.2014.09.012

Long-Term Follow-Up in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot: Can Deformation Imaging Help Identify Optimal Timing of Pulmonary Valve Replacement?

Anna Sabate Rotes

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Crystal R. Bonnichsen

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..., Benjamin W. Eidem

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Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography6.50

Volume: 27, Issue: 12, Pages: 1305 - 1310

Published: Dec 1, 2014

Abstract

Background Novel echocardiographic techniques based on myocardial deformation have not been extensively evaluated to assess right ventricular (RV) and left ventricular (LV) response after pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot. Methods Between 2003 and 2012, 133 patients undergoing first-time PVR after tetralogy of Fallot repair underwent echocardiographic assessment at Mayo Clinic. The last...