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 improvementRole 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