[Functional evaluation of pancreas cystic fibrosis. Correlations and value of the echocardiogram versus other methods (author's transl)].
The results of a correlation of various parameters used in the functional evaluation of 12 cases of pancreas cystic fibrosis (PCF) are reported. Three clinical scores were measured by four separate observers and average score was taken. Electrocardiogram, phono, vectorcardiogram, pH, blood gases, radiology, spirometry, erythropoietin, blood counts and echocardiogram were also recorded. Each of these were correlated. In the echocardiogram (EC), right and left systolic time intervals, wall and cavity of the right ventricle and the left ventricular function were measured. Some correlations were found to have a statistical significance: the data attained from the EC, clinical score and the spirometry. However, blood count, blood gases, erythropoietin and pH were found to have no statistical significance. The EC was found to be the most accurate and sensitive method of recognising the initial stages of pulmonary hypertension in PCF; detecting its presence at as early an age as six years (on average). These results present a strong argument for the use of the EC as a vital part of each exam of PCF.
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000150:complications / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D013599:Systole
Evaluación funcional de la fibrosis quística de páncreas. Correlaciones y valor del ecocardiograma frente a otros métodos.