title: Echocardiographic assessment of the adequacy of pulmonary arterial banding.
abstract: Thirty-one echocardiograms of 21 patients who had pumonary arterial banding were analyzed to assess the aequacy of surgery. In 5 patients the echocardiograms were obtained before and after banding and in 16 patients only after surgery. Right and left ventricular systolic time intervals were measured echographically. The ratios of the right ventricular preejection period to right ventricular ejection time (RPEP/RVET) were correlated with both diastolic (r = 0.94) and systolic (r = 0.86) pulmonary arterial pressures distal to the band. The analysis of right ventriclar systolic time intervals, especially the RPEP/RVET ratio, clearly differentiated patients with an adequate band (distal pulmonary arterial diastolic pressure less than 15 mm Hg) from patients with an inadequate band (distal pulmonary arterial diastolic pressure equal to or greater than 30 mm Hg). The results indicate that echocardiography is a useful noninvasive tool in evaluating the adequacy of the pulmonary arterial band and facilitates the follow-up of patients after banding.
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000601:surgery*; D013599:Systole; D013997:Time Factors