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  OBJECTIVES The present study was conducted to investigate the decrease in left ventricular stroke volume index (LVSVI) that is caused by pulmonary regurgitation-induced right heart dysfunction and its clinical implications before and after pulmonary valve replacement (PVR). METHODS Between January 2010 and December 2019, 30 adults who underwent surgical PVR for chronic pulmonary regurgitation with right ventricular dilation late after tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair were included. All patients were evaluated using cardiac magnetic resonance before PVR. The median interval from TOF repair to PVR was 29 [25th, 75th percentile: 25, 37] years. The median pulmonary regurgitation fraction and right ventricular end-diastolic volume index were 56 [48, 66] % and 203 [187, 239] ml/m2. Twenty-three patients (76.7%) were re-evaluated 1 year after PVR. RESULTS Before PVR, the median LVSVI was 40 [35, 46] ml/beat/m2. A lower LVSVI was associated with a longer interval from TOF repair to PVR (r = −0.40, P = 0.029) and a lower right ventricular ejection fraction (r = 0.52, P = 0.004). A lower LVSVI was not associated with a higher right ventricular end-diastolic volume index. LVSVI remained unchanged after PVR. The patients were subdivided into Normal-stroke volume index (SVI) and Subnormal-SVI groups using the preoperative LVSVI cut-off value of 35 mL/beat/m2. Compared with the Normal-SVI group, the Subnormal-SVI group had a higher incidence of ablation therapy before PVR (4.7 vs 2.3 patient-years, P = 0.044). After PVR, LVSVI in the Subnormal-SVI group was still lower (40 [34, 42] vs 44 [42, 47] ml/beat/m2, P = 0.038) despite the right ventricular end-diastolic volume index normalization. There was no difference in the clinical event incidence between the 2 groups during the follow-up period. Brain natriuretic peptide level in the Subnormal-SVI group was higher within 3 years after PVR (P = 0.046). CONCLUSIONS Reduced left ventricular stroke volume did not fully recover after PVR. PVR for patients with repaired TOF should be performed before the left ventricular stroke volume begins to decrease.

The reduced left ventricular stroke volume does not fully recover after pulmonary valve replacement in patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot