Valentin Femenia, Victor Pommier, Helena Huguet, Xavier Iriart, Marie-Christine Picot, Charlene Bredy, Laura Lorca, Gregoire De La Villeon, Sophie Guillaumont, Jean-Luc Pasquie, Stefan Matecki, François Roubertie, Bertrand Leobon, Jean-Benoît Thambo, Zakaria Jalal, Julie Thomas, Jean-Baptiste Mouton, Martina Avesani, Pascal Amedro
BACKGROUND: The prognosis of patients with a functional single ventricle has improved, with better cardiopulmonary fitness, health-related quality of life and survival. Conventional echocardiography remains the first-line technique in single ventricle follow-up. Three-dimensional (3D) echocardiography has shown recent value in congenital cardiology, but its ability to predict functional status in patients with a single ventricle remains unknown. AIM: To evaluate, in patients with a single ventricle, the association between 3D echocardiography variables and functional status determined by cardiopulmonary fitness...
March 9, 2023: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases