title: Usefulness of branch pulmonary artery regurgitant fraction to estimate the relative right and left pulmonary vascular resistances in congenital heart disease.
abstract: In postoperative congenital heart patients with pulmonary regurgitation, individual branch pulmonary artery regurgitant fractions estimate relative pulmonary vascular resistance independent of pulmonary blood flow distribution.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA. harrismat@email.chop.edu
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Paul M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: Kevin K
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Whitehead
authors.forename: Mark A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fogel
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity / Q000502:physiology; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D002648:Child; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D011379:Prognosis; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000502:physiology*