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01-02-2013 | Case Report

Left ventricle volume measured by cardiac CT in an infant with a small left ventricle: a new and accurate method in determining uni- or biventricular repair

Authors: Ho Jin Kim, Hyun Woo Goo, Sang-Hyub Park, Tae-Jin Yun

Published in: Pediatric Radiology | Issue 2/2013

Abstract

Left ventricle volume is a factor in determining the type of surgical treatment in patients with a hypoplastic left ventricle. The volume of the hypoplastic left ventricle can be measured by echocardiography and cardiac MRI. In an infant with congenital heart disease and a small left ventricle, cardiac CT was used for this measurement and biventricular repair was performed. The left ventricular end-diastolic volume index showed a gradual increase from 23.2 to 47.9 ml/m² 4 months after the biventricular repair, and the postoperative outcome was excellent. Cardiac CT provided an accurate volume of the hypoplastic left ventricle in this infant with congenital heart disease; that volume was used to determine the type of surgical repair.

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Title: Left ventricle volume measured by cardiac CT in an infant with a small left ventricle: a new and accurate method in determining uni- or biventricular repair
Authors: Ho Jin Kim
Hyun Woo Goo
Sang-Hyub Park
Tae-Jin Yun
Publication date: 01-02-2013
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in: Pediatric Radiology / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 0301-0449
Electronic ISSN: 1432-1998
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-012-2464-5

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Left ventricle volume measured by cardiac CT in an infant with a small left ventricle: a new and accurate method in determining uni- or biventricular repair

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