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Pulmonary venous blood flow pattern in patients with univentricular hearts following total cavo-pulmonary connection. 1998

A Rydberg, and D E Teien, and K Karp, and R P Vermilion, and A Ludomirsky
Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital of Umeå, Sweden.

The objective of the study was evaluation of the pulmonary venous blood flow (PVF) pattern and the influence of ventricular function and atrioventricular valve regurgitation on this flow in patients with univentricular hearts post total cavo-pulmonary connection (TCPC). Transthoracic or transoesophageal echocardiographic studies were performed in 24 children with normal hearts (group A) and in 24 patients with univentricular hearts (group B). Ventricular function and atrioventricular valve regurgitation was semiquantitatively assessed. Systolic/diastolic maximal velocities and velocity time integrals (VTI) were measured from PVF tracings. Ejection fraction was measured by radionuclide angiography in 11 patients. Twelve patients underwent heart catheterization and angiography. In group B the PVF showed a biphasic flow velocity curve. The systolic integrals were smaller and the diastolic integrals were larger than in group A (6.4 vs. 13.0 cm, P = 0.0001, and 13.9 vs. 10.0 cm, P = 0.005). The pulmonary venous systolic flow fraction in 13 patients with an open fenestration and/or atrioventricular valve regurgitation grade 2-3 was significantly lower than in those 11 patients without fenestration and none/small regurgitation (0.19 vs. 0.40, P = 0.05). In conclusion, the PVF pattern in children with univentricular hearts pallitated with TCPC is similar to the PVF pattern found in individuals with biventricular hearts showing a biphasic flow velocity curve despite the absence of pulsatile pulmonary artery flow. The PVF in patients with TCPC-palliated univentricular hearts is influenced by atrioventricular valve regurgitation and fenestration flow.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D011652 Pulmonary Circulation The circulation of the BLOOD through the LUNGS. Pulmonary Blood Flow,Respiratory Circulation,Circulation, Pulmonary,Circulation, Respiratory,Blood Flow, Pulmonary,Flow, Pulmonary Blood,Pulmonary Blood Flows
D011667 Pulmonary Veins The veins that return the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. Pulmonary Vein,Vein, Pulmonary,Veins, Pulmonary
D001783 Blood Flow Velocity A value equal to the total volume flow divided by the cross-sectional area of the vascular bed. Blood Flow Velocities,Flow Velocities, Blood,Flow Velocity, Blood,Velocities, Blood Flow,Velocity, Blood Flow
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D002675 Child, Preschool A child between the ages of 2 and 5. Children, Preschool,Preschool Child,Preschool Children
D004452 Echocardiography Ultrasonic recording of the size, motion, and composition of the heart and surrounding tissues. The standard approach is transthoracic. Echocardiography, Contrast,Echocardiography, Cross-Sectional,Echocardiography, M-Mode,Echocardiography, Transthoracic,Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional,Transthoracic Echocardiography,2-D Echocardiography,2D Echocardiography,Contrast Echocardiography,Cross-Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2-D,Echocardiography, 2D,M-Mode Echocardiography,Two-Dimensional Echocardiography,2 D Echocardiography,Cross Sectional Echocardiography,Echocardiography, 2 D,Echocardiography, Cross Sectional,Echocardiography, M Mode,Echocardiography, Two Dimensional,M Mode Echocardiography,Two Dimensional Echocardiography
D005500 Follow-Up Studies Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease. Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006330 Heart Defects, Congenital Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life. Congenital Heart Disease,Heart Abnormalities,Abnormality, Heart,Congenital Heart Defect,Congenital Heart Defects,Defects, Congenital Heart,Heart Defect, Congenital,Heart, Malformation Of,Congenital Heart Diseases,Defect, Congenital Heart,Disease, Congenital Heart,Heart Abnormality,Heart Disease, Congenital,Malformation Of Heart,Malformation Of Hearts
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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