Right Ventricular Hypertrophy After Atrial Switch and Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Findings

University of Leipzig

Status: Completed

Conditions: Right Ventricular Hypertrophy; d-TGA

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01430897

261-11-22082011

Details and patient eligibility

About

Systemic RV hypertrophy and impaired systolic function occur after atrial switch (AS) in d-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA). Echocardiography has limitation in the assessment of the right ventricle (RV).

In this study the investigators sought to evaluate systemic RV myocardial mass and function after AS for d-TGA and to analyze the role of excessive hypertrophy for ventricular function under special consideration of the interventricular septal (IVS) movement.

Enrollment: 37 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Eligibility criteria were an AS operation in childhood for correction of d-TGA and the absence of associated hemodynamically significant heart defects.

Exclusion criteria

• Exclusion criteria were usual CMR contraindications such as ferromagnetic metallic implants.