[Cardiac function of children with bronchial asthma].
OBJECTIVE
To explore the cardiac function of left and right ventricles in children with bronchial asthma at the acute stage and its association with the disease severity.


METHODS
The cardiac function was evaluated by using the American Acuson 128XP/10 Doppler echocardiography in 24 children with acute severe bronchial asthma and 40 children with acute mild bronchial asthma. Thirty-four healthy children were used as normal controls.


RESULTS
The injury of right ventricle diastolic function was predominant in children with mild asthma, and the right ventricle systolic function was also decreased. The systolic and diastolic function of left ventricle remained normal. In children with severe bronchial asthma, the injury of left ventricle systolic function was commonly seen, and the left ventricle diastolic function and the right ventricle systolic and diastolic function were also damaged.


CONCLUSIONS
The cardiac function damage occurs in children with acute bronchial asthma and may be correlated with the disease severity.
Peng
Shu-Mei
SM
Guangdong Province Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital, Guangzhou 510010, China. luzonghongpengsm@163.com
Sun
Ping
P
Zeng
Jing
J
Deng
Xue-Mei
XM
D001249:Asthma / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right