Open AccessMitral annulus is enlarged and functionally impaired in adult patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot as assessed by three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography—results from the CSONGRAD Registry and MAGYAR-Path Study
Author(s) -
Attila Nemes,
Árpád Kormányos,
Kálmán Havasi,
Zsolt Kovács,
Péter Domsik,
Anita Kalapos,
István Hartyánszky,
Nóra Ambrus,
Tamás Forster
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
cardiovascular diagnosis and therapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2223-3660
pISSN - 2223-3652
DOI - 10.21037/cdt.2019.06.08
Subject(s) - medicine , tetralogy of fallot , cardiology , ventricle , diastole , perimeter , doppler echocardiography , heart disease , blood pressure , geometry , mathematics
Fibrous mitral annulus (MA) is an important part of the mitral valve having a role in forwarding blood from the left atrium (LA) to the left ventricle (LV). MA can be assessed by three-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography (3DSTE) respecting the cardiac cycle. The present study was designed to test whether repaired Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) is associated with morphological and functional alterations of the MA. The role of the type of treatment (early total reconstruction vs. early palliation, late correction) was also assessed.