Evaluation of diastolic function by the Tissue doppler in children affected by non-compaction.
The Tissue doppler analysis is a new echocardiographic approach to evaluate the diastolic function. In this report we performed a Tissue doppler analysis in a series of 15 children affected by non-compaction. The bidimensional echo-cardiogram showed a systolic function which was reduced only in 8 patients. Alterations of the diastolic function were founded in 7 patients: in 2 cases, a reduction of the E tissue wave was present in all segments. In 3 patients the diastolic dysfunction was limited to apical and lateral segments. In the last 2 children a reduction of the E wave interested only the apical segments. There was a strong correlation between systolic and diastolic dysfunction: in fact all patients with diastolic dysfunction also presented a severe reduction of the systolic function.
Fazio
Giovanni
G
Pipitone
Salvatore
S
Iacona
Maria Aurora
MA
Marchì
Salvatore
S
Mongiovì
Maurizio
M
Zito
Rosanna
R
Sutera
Loredana
L
Novo
Giuseppina
G
Novo
Salvatore
S
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003971:Diastole; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D018754:Ventricular Dysfunction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*