Alan F. Riley1, Elena C. Ocampo1, Joseph Hagan2, M. Regina Lantin‐Hermoso1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.14, No.5, pp. 706-712, 2019, DOI:10.1111/chd.12774
Abstract Background: When performed by cardiologists, hand‐held echocardiography (HHE)
can assess ventricular systolic function and valve disease in adults, but its accuracy
and utility in congenital heart disease is unknown. In hypoplastic left heart syndrome
(HLHS), the echocardiographic detection of depressed right ventricular (RV) systolic
function and higher grade tricuspid regurgitation (TR) can identify patients who are
at increased risk of morbidity and mortality and who may benefit from additional
imaging or medical therapies.
Methods: Children with HLHS after Stage I or II surgical palliation (Norwood or Glenn
procedures) were prospectively enrolled. Subjects underwent HHE by a pediatric
cardiologist on the… More >
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