Late post-repair ventricular function in patients with origin of the left main coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk - 26/08/11
Doi : 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.10.059
Giovanni Di Salvo, MD, PhD a, Benedicte Eyskens, MD b, Piet Claus, PhD a, Jan D'hooge, PhD a, Bart Bijnens, PhD a, Bert Suys, MD c, Daniel De Wolf, MD, PhD c, Marc Gewillig, MD, PhD b, George R. Sutherland, MD, PhD a, Luc Mertens, MD, PhD b, ⁎ 
a Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
b Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
c Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium
*Dr. Mertens' address is: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium.
Abstract |
This study investigated ventricular function in postoperative patients with abnormal origin of the the left main coronary artery from the pulmonary trunk using ultrasound-based deformation imaging. Although radial left ventricular deformation parameters were completely normalized, longitudinal deformation remained abnormal.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF. | This research was supported by a grant from the Belgian Foundation for Research in Pediatric Cardiology and by FWO Levenslijn Grant 7.0024.98 from the Foundation for Scientific Research, Belgium, Brussels. |
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Vol 93 - N° 4
P. 506-508 - février 2004 Retour au numéro
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