Ventricular Dynamics After Surgical Closure of VSD
- 1 January 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Scandinavian Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
- Vol. 14 (2), 153-157
- https://doi.org/10.3109/14017438009100990
Abstract
Patients (20), aged between 5-20 yr at the time of surgical closure of VSD [ventricular septal defect], were studied 2-9 yr postoperatively. Ventricular function was studied by echocardiography and measurement of systolic time intervals for the left and right ventricles. These findings were related to clinical and hemodynamic results of operation. VSD was closed in all instances and the hemodynamic situation was normalized in all but 2 patients, who had persisting pulmonary vascular disease. Right bundle branch block (RBBB) was recorded in 11 instances and in 5 there was an associated left axis deviation (LAD), suggesting left anterior hemiblock. LAD occurred as an isolated anomaly in another 2 patients. The heart size was within normal limits in all patients. Abnormal septal motion (ASM) was recorded in 13 of the 20 patients, but other echocardiographic analyses, such as LV [left ventricular] end-diastolic dimension, left atrial/aortic root ratio, posterior wall velocity index and maximal endocardial velocity, were all within predicted normal limits. There was an almost uniform prolongation of both left and right pre-ejection period [PEP]. Left and right ejection period as a rule remained normal, and gave an increased PEP/ET [ejection time] ratio; this indicated the presence of postoperative ventricular dysfunction also in instances with complete normalization of the hemodynamic situation. Suggested background mechanisms for these findings are the frequent occurrence of conduction defects postoperatively, the likelihood of altered ventricular compliance and possibly [also as a cause for ASM] postoperative presence of an opened pericardial sac.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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