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Pediatric cardiology · Aug 2019
Case ReportsImproved Left Ventricular Strain and Dyssynchrony After Pulmonary Artery Banding in an Infant with End-Stage Dilated Cardiomyopathy: Insights from Three-Dimensional Speckle Tracking.
- Yu-Hsuan Liu, Yih-Sharng Chen, Ming-Tai Lin, and Chun-An Chen.
- Department of Cardiology, National Taiwan University Children's Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan.
- Pediatr Cardiol. 2019 Aug 1; 40 (6): 1317-1319.
AbstractPulmonary artery banding may benefit infants with dilated cardiomyopathy. We present the case of an infant with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy and intractable heart failure who received pulmonary artery banding. Serial follow-up through two-dimensional and three-dimensional echocardiography revealed gradual improvement in the left ventricular ejection fraction and favorable remodeling. The result of three-dimensional speckle tracking suggested that this benefit is associated with improvements in global strain and intraventricular dyssynchrony.
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