Utility of Echocardiography in the Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function and Restrictive Physiology in Children and Young Adults with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: A Comparative Echocardiography-Catheterization Study.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-1-2017
Abstract
The aim of the study is to determine the utility of echocardiography in the assessment of diastolic function in children and young adults with restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM). RCM is a rare disease with high mortality requiring frequent surveillance. Accurate, noninvasive echocardiographic measures of diastolic function may reduce the need for invasive catheterization. Single-center, prospective, observational study of pediatric and young adult RCM patients undergoing assessment of diastolic parameters by simultaneous transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) and invasive catheterization. Twenty-one studies in 15 subjects [median (IQR) = 13.8 years (7.0-19.2), 60% female] were acquired with median left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP) 21 (IQR 18-25) mmHg. TTE parameters of diastolic function, including pulmonary vein A wave duration (r
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Publication Title
Pediatric cardiology
ISSN
1432-1971
Volume
38
Issue
2
First Page
381
Last Page
389
DOI
10.1007/s00246-016-1526-0
Recommended Citation
Ryan, Thomas D; Peace C Madueme; John L Jefferies; Erik C Michelfelder; Jeffrey A Towbin; Jessica G Woo; Rashmi D Sahay; Eileen C King; Roberta Brown; Ryan A Moore; Michelle A Grenier; and Bryan H Goldstein.
"Utility of Echocardiography in the Assessment of Left Ventricular Diastolic Function and Restrictive Physiology in Children and Young Adults with Restrictive Cardiomyopathy: A Comparative Echocardiography-Catheterization Study.."
Pediatric cardiology
