Recovery pattern of left ventricular dysfunction following radiofrequency ablation of incessant supraventricular tachycardia in infants and children
| Autor: | J V De Giovanni, John G.C. Wright, M J Griffith, E. D. Silove, Oliver Stumper, Aygün Dindar, R A Edgar |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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Tachycardia medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Heart disease Radiofrequency ablation medicine.medical_treatment Cardiomyopathy Catheter ablation law.invention Ventricular Dysfunction Left law Internal medicine Tachycardia Supraventricular medicine Humans cardiovascular diseases Child Ejection fraction business.industry Age Factors Infant Newborn Infant medicine.disease Ablation Echocardiography Child Preschool Anesthesia Papers Catheter Ablation cardiovascular system Cardiology Female Supraventricular tachycardia medicine.symptom Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | Heart. 79:588-592 |
| ISSN: | 1355-6037 |
| DOI: | 10.1136/hrt.79.6.588 |
| Popis: | Objective—To assess recovery pattern of left ventricular function secondary to incessant tachycardia after radiofrequency ablation in a group of infants and children. Design and setting—A combined prospective and retrospective echocardiographic study carried out in a tertiary paediatric cardiac centre. Patients—Echocardiographic evaluation of left ventricular size and function in nine children with incessant tachycardia, before and after successful radiofrequency ablation. Age at ablation ranged from 2 months to 12.5 years (mean 4.1 years). Recovery of left ventricular function was analysed in relation to age at ablation (group I 18 months). Main outcome measure—Ventricular recovery pattern. Results—Seven of the nine children had left ventricular dysfunction; six of these also had left ventricular dilatation. All children with left ventricular dysfunction had normalisation of ejection fraction and fractional shortening; left ventricular dilatation also improved, but the improvement occurred after recovery of function. There was a shorter recovery time for left ventricular function in younger (group I) than in older children (group II) (mean (SD) 5.7 (7.2) months v 31.3 (5.2) (p |
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