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  • Evaluation of right ventric...
    Oliveira, Ana Laísa Andrada; Oliveira, Maria Eduarda Pereira; Guimarães, Lucas Veiga; Trindade, Gabrielly Machado; Chaves, Guilherme Martins; Gonçalves, Andreia Cristina Pernas; Souza, Talita Jaine Franchini; Moraes, Letícia Santos; Lujan, Victória Soares Coelho; Faria, Lívia Silva de Paula; Manuel, Valdano

    Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.), January 2023, 2023-01-00, 20230101, Volume: 40, Issue: 1
    Journal Article

    Background Most patients who undergo tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) repair experience late right ventricle (RV) dysfunction due to pulmonary valve regurgitation (PVR). Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the gold standard method for evaluating RV during follow‐up. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) has been introduced as a novel method for the assessment of RV dysfunction. We aimed to compare the feasibility of GLS and CMR for assessing RV function after TOF repair. Methods We systematically reviewed the English literature using PubMed, SciELO and Google Scholar for articles published between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2020. Articles evaluating RV function comparing by GLS and CMR after TOF repair were included. Results Nine studies including 465 patients were analyzed. Most patients were men (280; 60%), the male:female ratio was 1.5:1, and the age range was .8 to 57.7 years. The mean follow‐up time was 6 to 32 months. The correlation between RV GLS and RV ejection fraction (EF) by CMR was negative for the articles and varied from moderate to strong (r = ‐.45, r = ‐.60, r = ‐.76). Conclusion Right ventricle GLS can be considered for routine follow‐up of TOF repair patients, even though CMR remains the noninvasive gold standard method. Using a single parameter may not allow comparison of the accuracy of 3D RV EF by using CMR and GLS. Further studies with a larger number of patients undergoing TOF repair are required to evaluate the correlation between these examinations.