Doppler echocardiographic and electrocardiographic atrioventricular time intervals in newborn infants: evaluation of techniques for surveillance of fetuses at risk for congenital heart block.
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol
; 28(1): 57-62, 2006 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate one novel and two previously reported Doppler flow velocimetric techniques to estimate atrioventricular (AV) time intervals, suggested to be useful for early identification of fetuses at risk for congenital heart block.METHODS:
In 22 newborn infants, Doppler tracings were obtained from the mitral valve/aortic outflow and the superior vena cava/ascending aorta, as an ECG was recorded simultaneously. AV time intervals were measured using the onsets of the mitral A-wave/aortic outflow (MV-Ao), superior vena cava a-wave/aortic flow (SVC-Ao), and mitral A-wave/mitral valve closure (MV) as indirect markers of electrical atrial/ventricular activation.RESULTS:
Close positive linear relationships to the electrocardiographic PR interval were demonstrated for the MV-Ao (r = 0.82, S(y/x) = 7.4 ms), SVC-Ao (r = 0.85, S(y/x) = 6.8 ms), and MV (r = 0.92, S(y/x) = 3.8 ms) approaches. Both techniques using the aortic flow to indicate ventricular activation overestimated the PR interval the MV-Ao by + 32 +/- 7.7 ms (mean +/- SD) and the SVC-Ao approach by + 22 +/- 7.0 ms. The new MV approach using mitral closure for the same purpose did not overestimate the PR interval, but there was a trend towards underestimation of the PR intervals as time intervals increased.CONCLUSIONS:
When systematic differences between echocardiographic and electrocardiographic AV time intervals are compensated for, all three techniques are useful to get indirect estimates of the PR interval. As MV recordings only need insonation of a single valve, and are thus easier to obtain, this technique may be of value as a first screening method to identify fetuses in need for further surveillance. In cases with AV time prolongation the SVC-Ao method seems superior.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Nodo Atrioventricular
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Ecocardiografía Doppler
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Bloqueo Cardíaco
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Cardiopatías Congénitas
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Screening_studies
Límite:
Female
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Humans
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Newborn
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Pregnancy
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol
Asunto de la revista:
DIAGNOSTICO POR IMAGEM
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GINECOLOGIA
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OBSTETRICIA
Año:
2006
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Suecia