Electrical impedance tomography in congenital heart disease: advancing non-invasive pulmonary perfusion assessment at bedside.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In congenital heart disease (CHD), the evaluation of pulmonary perfusion remains challenging, particularly in pediatric critically ill patients, where anatomical anomalies significantly impact pulmonary blood flow. We aim at demonstrating the reliability and the accuracy to investigate pulmonary perfusion in the presence of CHD by using electrical impedance tomography (EIT), a non-invasive, bedside, real-time, radiation-free imaging technique that assesses lung ventilation and perfusion.

Results

This methodologies series explores the application of EIT in three pediatric critically ill patients with CHD admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Papa Giovanni XXIII Hospital, Bergamo, Italy: (1) a newborn post-corrective surgery for transposition of the great

SUBMITTER: Bronco A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12287481 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature