Does the right ventricle size influence the left ventricle size and function in children with Ebstein anomaly?

Alexander A Sokolov Oleg Anatolyevich Egunov Evgeny V KrivoshchekovFrank Cetta

Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2022)

TAPSE, TESV, and the velocity of the annulus fibrous ring movement according to tissue dopplerography in patients with EA do not allow us to assess the contractility of the right ventricle. The myocardial performance index (MPI) characterizes a decrease in the functional volume of the right ventricle.

Keyphrases

pulmonary artery
pulmonary hypertension
mitral valve
coronary artery
congenital heart disease
left ventricular
pulmonary arterial hypertension
aortic valve
blood flow
atrial fibrillation