Myocardial function in patients with anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery syndrome: A long-term speckle tracking echocardiographic study.
Alicja Dabrowska-KugackaKarolina DorniakJarosław Meyer-SzaryAgnieszka Herrador ReyEwa LewickaKatarzyna OstrowskaJoanna KwiatkowskaPublished in: PloS one (2019)
Despite good clinical condition and normalized LV ejection fraction in ALCAPA patients after surgical repair in the long-term follow-up, the diastolic and longitudinal systolic function of all cardiac chambers remained impaired, especially in the LCA region. Lifelong surveillance of repaired ALCAPA patients is needed.
Keyphrases
- ejection fraction
- coronary artery
- pulmonary artery
- aortic stenosis
- left ventricular
- end stage renal disease
- pulmonary hypertension
- newly diagnosed
- blood pressure
- heart failure
- chronic kidney disease
- pulmonary arterial hypertension
- prognostic factors
- cross sectional
- transcatheter aortic valve replacement
- aortic valve