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01-12-2016 | Poster presentation
Ventricular coupling in single ventricle patients: a MRI study of cardiac biomechanics
Authors:
Ramkumar Krishnamurthy, Cory V Noel, wei Pan, Jeffrey Jacot, Regina Lantin-Hermoso, Rajesh Krishnamurthy
Published in:
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Special Issue 1/2016
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Excerpt
Ventricular dysfunction in patients with a single right ventricle (SRV) or a single left ventricle (SLV) is a known risk factor for morbidity and mortality. In normal hearts, LV and RV augment each other, while this is not possible in single ventricle (SV) patients. Ventricular-ventricular relationship in SV patients remain poorly understood, with only a few studies performed [1-3]. Our earlier results show a decreased peak circumferential (ε
cc) and longitudinal (ε
L) strain in SV patients when compared to a normal population [
4]. However, an increase in longitudinal strain is noted in regions of decreased circumferential strain. …