Predictive value of the echocardiographic left atrial dimension in isolated ventricular septal defect | Zendy

Fuhrman Bradley P. | Zendy; Epstein Michael L. | Zendy; Bass John L. | Zendy; Moller James H. | Zendy

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Predictive value of the echocardiographic left atrial dimension in isolated ventricular septal defect

Author(s) -

Fuhrman Bradley P.,

Epstein Michael L.,

Bass John L.,

Moller James H.

Publication year - 1980

Publication title -

journal of clinical ultrasound

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.272

H-Index - 61

eISSN - 1097-0096

pISSN - 0091-2751

DOI - 10.1002/jcu.1870080410

Subject(s) - medicine , ductus arteriosus , cardiology , aortic root , body surface area , shunt (medical) , predictive value , aorta

Echocardiographic left atrial dimension has been reported to correlate with left‐to‐right shunt (Qp/Qs) in children with isolated ventricular septal defect (VSD) or patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). In 17 children with isolated VSD, we prospectively compared Qp/Qs with the ratio of echocardiographic left atrial dimension to aortic root diameter (LAD/Ao) and with the left atrial dimension corrected for body surface area (LAD/M 2 ). The correlation between LAD/Ao and Qp/Qs was not statistically significant ( r = 0.49, p > 0.05). The LAD/M 2 correlated significantly with Qp/Qs ( r = 0.66, p < 0.01); however, prediction intervals were excessively wide. Our findings indicate that it is inappropriate to predict Qp/Qs in these patients from echocardiographic LAD.

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