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The Impact of Preexisting Myocardial Remodeling on Ventricular Function Early after Tetralogy of Fallot Repair
Fecha
2010Registro en:
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, v.23, n.9, p.912-918, 2010
0894-7317
10.1016/j.echo.2010.06.008
Autor
FARAH, Maria Cecilia Knoll
CASTRO, Claudia Regina Pinheiro
MOREIRA, Valeria de Melo
BINOTTO, Maria Angelica
GUERRA, Vitor Coimbra
RISO, Arlindo de Almeida
MARCIAL, Miguel Barbero
LOPES, Antonio Augusto
MATHIAS JR., Wilson
AIELLO, Vera Demarchi
Institución
Resumen
Background: Twenty-three patients (median age 23 months) who underwent Fallot`s tetralogy repair were investigated prospectively to detect a possible association between histopathologic myocardial remodeling and echocardiographic findings of systolic or diastolic ventricular dysfunction. Methods: Intraoperatively resected infundibular bands and subendocardial biopsy samples from the right ventricle (RV) and left ventricle were obtained for histopathologic evaluation. Tissue Doppler echocardiographic interrogation of the ventricles was performed before surgery and in the postoperative period. Results: Histopathologic data revealed hypertrophy of the RV cardiomyocytes and increased interstitial collagen in both ventricles. Mean values of RV isovolumic acceleration decreased significantly at the third evaluation compared with the preoperative values (P = .006). RV myocardial fibrosis greater than 8.3% was associated with a probability of altered E` of at least 0.7 (odds ratio = 2.31). Conclusion: Preoperative histologic myocardial remodeling influenced the postoperative RV function in this group of patients with late repair. Further studies are necessary to evaluate the myocardium in younger patients and to define its influence in the long-term follow-up. (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2010;23:912-8.)