Immediate effects and outcome of in-utero pulmonary valvuloplasty in fetuses with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum or critical pulmonary stenosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess the immediate effects of fetal pulmonary valvuloplasty on right ventricular (RV) size and function as well as in-utero RV growth and postnatal outcome.

Methods

Patients with pulmonary atresia with intact ventricular septum (PAIVS) or critical pulmonary stenosis (CPS) who underwent fetal pulmonary valvuloplasty at our center between October 2000 and July 2017 were included. Echocardiographic data obtained before and after the procedure were analyzed retrospectively (median interval after intervention, 1 (range, 1-3) days) for ventricular and valvular dimensions and ratios, RV filling time (duration of tricuspid valve (TV) inflow/cardiac cycle length), TV velocity time integral (TV-VTI) × heart rate (HR) and tricuspid regurgitation (TR) velocity. Longitudin

SUBMITTER: Tulzer A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6100104 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature