Preoperative Thresholds for Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Patients With Corrected Tetralogy of Fallot Using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Author(s) -
Thomas Oosterhof,
Alexander van Straten,
Hubert W. Vliegen,
Folkert J. Meijboom,
Arie P.J. van Dijk,
Anje M. Spijkerboer,
Berto J. Bouma,
Aeilko H. Zwinderman,
Mark G. Hazekamp,
Albert de Roos,
Barbara J.M. Mulder
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.106.659664
Subject(s) - tetralogy of fallot , medicine , cardiology , ventricular outflow tract , ejection fraction , pulmonary valve , diastole , end diastolic volume , stroke volume , magnetic resonance imaging , heart failure , heart disease , radiology , blood pressure
To facilitate the optimal timing of pulmonary valve replacement, we analyzed preoperative thresholds of right ventricular (RV) volumes above which no decrease or normalization of RV size takes place after surgery.
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