Impaired echocardiographic left ventricular global longitudinal strain after pediatric cardiac arrest children is associated with mortality.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Global longitudinal strain (GLS) is an echocardiographic method to identify left ventricular (LV) dysfunction after cardiac arrest that is less sensitive to loading conditions. We aimed to identify the frequency of impaired GLS following pediatric cardiac arrest, and its association with hospital mortality.

Methods

This is a retrospective single-center cohort study of children <18 years of age treated in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) after in- or out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (IHCA and OHCA), with echocardiogram performed within 24 hours of initiation of post-arrest PICU care between 2013 and 2020. Patients with congenital heart disease, post-arrest extracorporeal support, or inability to measure GLS were excluded. Echocardiographic LV ejection fractio

SUBMITTER: Gardner MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10802989 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature