Morphometrics predicts the differential regurgitant fraction in bilateral pulmonary arteries of patients with repaired tetralogy of fallot

Hui Chung Teng, Yi Chun Chen, Yung Lin Chen, Ken Pen Weng, Jun Yen Pan, Ming Hua Chang, Hsiu Wen Cheng, Ming Ting Wu*

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In patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (rTOF), the regurgitant fraction (RF) in left pulmonary artery (LPA) and right pulmonary artery (RPA) is usually unequal. The morphometrics may play a crucial role in this RF discrepancy. Cardiovascular MR of 79 rTOF patients and 20 healthy controls were retrospectively enrolled. Forty-four from the 79 patients were matched in age, sex and body surface area to the 20 controls and were investigated for: (1) phase-contrast flow of main pulmonary artery (MPA), LPA, and RPA; (2) vascular angles: the angles between the thoracic anterior–posterior line (TAPL) with MPA (θM–AP), MPA with RPA (θM–R), and MPA with LPA (θM–L); (3) cardiac angle, the angle between TAPL and the interventricular septum; (4) area ratio of bilateral lung and hemithorax regions. Compared with the 20 controls, the 44 rTOF patients exhibited wider θM–AP, sharper θM–L angle, and a smaller θM–LM–R ratio. In the 79 rTOF patients, LPA showed lower forward, backward, and net flow, and greater RF as compared with RPA. Multivariate analysis showed that the RF of LPA was negatively associated with the θM–LM–R ratio and the age at surgery (R2 = 0.255). Conversely, the RF of RPA was negatively associated with the left lung/left hemithorax area ratio and cross-sectional area (CSA) of LPA, and positively associated with CSA of RPA and MPA (R2 = 0.366). In rTOF patients, the RF of LPA is more severe than that of RPA, which may be related to the vascular morphometrics. Different morphometric parameters are independently associated with the RF of LPA or RPA, which may offer potential insights for surgical strategies.

原文English
頁(從 - 到)655-664
頁數10
期刊International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
40
發行號3
DOIs
出版狀態Published - 3月 2024

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