Role of Doppler echocardiography for cardiac output assessment in Fontan patients
Egbe A, Khan A, Khan S, Anavekar N, Said S, Young P, Akintoye E, Miranda W, Al-Otaibi M, Veldtman G, Connolly H. Role of Doppler echocardiography for cardiac output assessment in Fontan patients. American Heart Journal 2017, 195: 91-98. PMID: 29224651, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.09.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStroke volume indexSystemic left ventricleSystemic right ventricleFontan failureRight ventricleLeft ventricleFontan patientsTransthoracic echocardiographyLV patientsProtein-losing enteropathyCardiac output assessmentAge 17 yearsMean age 17 yearsHeart transplantationCardiac thrombusFontan conversionEjection fractionHeart failureDoppler echocardiographyPatientsVolume indexCMRIML/CirrhosisEchocardiography