Quantification of Pulmonary Regurgitation by Vector Flow Mapping in Congenital Heart Patients after Repair of Right Ventricular Outflow Obstruction: A Preliminary Study

• Published in: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography Vol. 30; no. 10; pp. 984 - 991
• Main Authors: To, Ashley Hoi-man, Li, Vivian Wing-yi, Ng, Ming-Yen, Cheung, Yiu-Fai
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.10.2017
• Subjects: Adult; Case-Control Studies; Female; Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnostic imaging; Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine - methods; Male; Pulmonary atresia; Pulmonary Atresia - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary regurgitation; Pulmonary stenosis; Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary Valve Stenosis - diagnostic imaging; Reproducibility of Results; Tetralogy of Fallot; Tetralogy of Fallot - diagnostic imaging; Vector flow mapping; Vectorcardiography - methods; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - surgery; Tetralogy of Fallot; Vector flow mapping; Pulmonary stenosis; PR; PAIVS; RV; Pulmonary regurgitation; PRVFM; CMR; ToF; Pulmonary atresia; VFM

Vector flow mapping (VFM) enables direct visualization of flow pattern and estimation of flow volume. The aim of this study was to determine its accuracy in the quantification of pulmonary regurgitation (PR) in congenital heart patients after repair of right ventricular (RV) outflow obstruction. Thi...