Usefulness of branch pulmonary artery regurgitant fraction to estimate the relative right and left pulmonary vascular resistances in congenital heart disease

Matthew A Harris; Paul M Weinberg; Kevin K Whitehead; Mark A Fogel

doi:10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.02.027

Usefulness of branch pulmonary artery regurgitant fraction to estimate the relative right and left pulmonary vascular resistances in congenital heart disease

Am J Cardiol. 2005 Jun 15;95(12):1514-7. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.02.027.

Authors

Matthew A Harris¹, Paul M Weinberg, Kevin K Whitehead, Mark A Fogel

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 15950587
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.02.027

Abstract

In postoperative congenital heart patients with pulmonary regurgitation, individual branch pulmonary artery regurgitant fractions estimate relative pulmonary vascular resistance independent of pulmonary blood flow distribution.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Blood Flow Velocity / physiology
Cardiac Surgical Procedures
Child
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Defects, Congenital / diagnosis
Heart Defects, Congenital / physiopathology*
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging / methods
Prognosis
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology*
Retrospective Studies
Risk Factors
Severity of Illness Index
Ultrasonography
Vascular Resistance / physiology*