Cardiac output drop reflects circulatory attrition after Fontan completion: serial cardiac magnetic resonance study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging is a main diagnostic tool in the follow-up of Fontan patients. However, the value of serial CMR for the evaluation of Fontan attrition is unknown. The aim of this prospective study of serial CMR is to describe the analysis of time-dependent evolution of blood flow distribution, ventricular volumes, and function in patients after Fontan completion.

Methods and results

In this prospective single-centre study, between 2012 and 2022, 281 CMR examinations were performed in 88 Fontan patients with distribution of blood flows, measurements of ventricular volumes, and ejection fraction. Linear mixed model regression for repeated measurements was used to analyse changes of measurements across serial CMR examinations. During a time interva

SUBMITTER: Arrigoni SC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11195729 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature