Mechanism for temporal changes in exercise capacity after Fontan palliation: Role of Doppler echocardiography
Egbe A, Khan A, Miranda W, Ammash N, Warnes C, Said S, Taggart N, Akintoye E, Veldtman G, Connolly H. Mechanism for temporal changes in exercise capacity after Fontan palliation: Role of Doppler echocardiography. American Heart Journal 2017, 196: 144-152. PMID: 29421006, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2017.10.010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAcademic Medical CentersAdultAge FactorsCohort StudiesDouble Outlet Right VentricleEchocardiography, DopplerExercise TestExercise ToleranceFollow-Up StudiesFontan ProcedureHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansMaleMichiganOxygen ConsumptionPulmonary AtresiaRetrospective StudiesTime FactorsTreatment OutcomeTricuspid AtresiaYoung AdultConceptsCardiopulmonary exercise testTransthoracic echocardiogramLV function indicesFontan palliationExercise capacityChronotropic indexFunction IndexLeft ventricleAdult Fontan patientsFontan conversion operationSystemic left ventriclePeak oxygen consumptionSerial transthoracic echocardiogramsFontan patientsFontan conversionDoppler echocardiographyRetrospective reviewDoppler hemodynamicsMean ageHemodynamic mechanismsExercise testMayo ClinicCPET dataPatientsTemporal improvementCardiopulmonary exercise test in adults with prior Fontan operation: The prognostic value of serial testing
Egbe A, Driscoll D, Khan A, Said S, Akintoye E, Berganza F, Connolly H. Cardiopulmonary exercise test in adults with prior Fontan operation: The prognostic value of serial testing. International Journal Of Cardiology 2017, 235: 6-10. PMID: 28284501, DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.02.140.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerial cardiopulmonary exercise testsCardiovascular adverse eventsCardiopulmonary exercise testPercentage points/yearPoints/yearFontan operationPeak VOExercise testBaseline cardiopulmonary exercise testBaseline peak oxygen consumptionAdult Fontan patientsAdult Fontan populationPrior Fontan operationPeak oxygen consumptionPeak heart rateFontan populationFontan palliationFontan patientsPeak exerciseAdverse eventsCardiac surgeryRetrospective reviewPrognostic valueInclusion criteriaSerial testing