Predictive value of the echocardiographic left atrial dimension in isolated ventricular septal defect

Bradley P. Fuhrman; Michael L. Epstein; John L Bass; James H Moller

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Predictive value of the echocardiographic left atrial dimension in isolated ventricular septal defect

Bradley P. Fuhrman, Michael L. Epstein, John L Bass, James H Moller

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Abstract

Echocardiographic left atrial dimension has been reported to correlate with left‐to‐right shunt (Qp/Qs) in children with isolated ventricular septal defect (VSD) or patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). In 17 children with isolated VSD, we prospectively compared Qp/Qs with the ratio of echocardiographic left atrial dimension to aortic root diameter (LAD/Ao) and with the left atrial dimension corrected for body surface area (LAD/M²). The correlation between LAD/Ao and Qp/Qs was not statistically significant (r = 0.49, p > 0.05). The LAD/M² correlated significantly with Qp/Qs (r = 0.66, p < 0.01); however, prediction intervals were excessively wide. Our findings indicate that it is inappropriate to predict Qp/Qs in these patients from echocardiographic LAD.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	347-351
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of Clinical Ultrasound
Volume	8
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1002/jcu.1870080410
State	Published - Aug 1980

Keywords

Echocardiography
Left atrial dimension
Ventricular septal defect

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