Prognostic Implications of Initial Echocardiographic Findings in Adolescents and Adults with Supracristal Ventricular Septal Defects
Cho M, Jang S, Sun B, Jang J, Ahn J, Kim D, Song J, Kang D, Song J. Prognostic Implications of Initial Echocardiographic Findings in Adolescents and Adults with Supracristal Ventricular Septal Defects. Journal Of The American Society Of Echocardiography 2014, 27: 965-971. PMID: 24996557, DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2014.05.016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSupracristal ventricular septal defectVentricular septal defectOverall survival rateAortic regurgitationGroup 1Septal defectSurvival rateValsalva ruptureGroup 2High-risk echocardiographic featuresProgression-free survival ratesPerimembranous ventricular septal defectEvent-free rateInitial echocardiographic findingsSevere aortic regurgitationRetrospective observational studySinus of ValsalvaMain clinical eventsAR progressionEchocardiographic featuresEchocardiographic findingsHeart failurePediatric patientsPrognostic implicationsClinical events