Krishna Mani Ram, Jothinath Kaushik, Raju Vijay Kumar
Tiny Hearts Fetal and Pediatric Cardiac Clinic, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, GKNM Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.
Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 May-Jun;16(3):208-211. doi: 10.4103/apc.apc_10_23. Epub 2023 Sep 8.
Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a reversible cause of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in infants. The LV function is expected to improve serially and return to normal by 1 year after surgical repair. The pattern of improvement in LV function has not been serially analyzed after ALCAPA repair. We report our preliminary experience with serial assessment of LV function in infants undergoing ALCAPA repair utilizing speckle tracking echocardiography.
起源于肺动脉的异常左冠状动脉(ALCAPA)是婴儿左心室(LV)功能障碍的一个可逆原因。左心室功能有望在手术修复后逐渐改善,并在1年后恢复正常。在ALCAPA修复后,左心室功能改善的模式尚未得到连续分析。我们报告了我们利用斑点追踪超声心动图对接受ALCAPA修复的婴儿进行左心室功能连续评估的初步经验。