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Findings from new echocardiographic techniques concerning ventricular remodelling and function in the functionally univentricular heart

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2005

Giuseppe Pacileo ,
Giovanni Di Salvo ,
Alessandra Rea  and
Raffaele Calabrò
Giuseppe Pacileo
Affiliation:
Paediatric Cardiology, Second University, A.O. Monaldi, Naples, Italy
Giovanni Di Salvo
Affiliation:
Paediatric Cardiology, Second University, A.O. Monaldi, Naples, Italy
Alessandra Rea
Affiliation:
Paediatric Cardiology, Second University, A.O. Monaldi, Naples, Italy
Raffaele Calabrò
Affiliation:
Paediatric Cardiology, Second University, A.O. Monaldi, Naples, Italy
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Extract

Those patients with functionally univentricular hearts are the ones in which surgical repair so as to produce biventricular circulations is deemed impossible, despite the fact that in most instances there are two ventricles within the ventricular mass. Before the era of the Fontan procedure, the typical course of patients with such functionally univentricular arrangements consisted of cardiac failure and death within the first year of life. Despite the advent of effective palliative therapy, ventricular dysfunction remains a significant clinical problem for these patients.

Keywords

Fontan circulationstrainstrain ratecavo-pulmonary connections
Type
Second International Workshop
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Supplement S3 , December 2005 , pp. 45 - 50
Copyright
© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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