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Table 1 Perioperative echocardiographic and cardiac catheterization parameters

From: Implantation of ventricular assist device for systemic right ventricular failure in a patient with transposition of the great arteries and post-Mustard procedure: a case report

 

Before surgery

Postoperative day 90

Echocardiography

 Right ventricle

  End-diastolic diameter (mm)

61

61

  Ejection fraction (%)

19

−

  Fractional area change (%)

10

1

  TAPSE (mm)

12.1

6.9

 LAD (mm)

54

30

 Left ventricle

  End-diastolic diameter (mm)

49

35

  Ejection fraction (%)

72

67

  Fractional area change (%)

40.1

48

 IVC (mm)

21

15

 Baffle flow (m/s)

1.52

0.9

 Others

Moderate AR, mild TR

−

Catheterization

 Right atrial pressure (mmHg)

7

10

 Left ventricular pressure (mmHg)

46/8

46/14

 PAP (s/d/m) (mmHg)

48/24/32

46/22/32

 PAWP (mmHg)

23

18

 Arterial pressure (s/d/m) (mmHg)

100/68/83

87/73/81

 \( S\overline{v}{O}_2 \) (%)

64.6

66.8

 Cardiac output (L/min)

4.6

4.9

 Cardiac index (L/min/m2)

2.8

2.9

 SVR (WU)

16.5

14.5

 PVR (WU)

2.0

2.9

 Circulatory support

Dobutamine 3 μg/kg/min

Jarvik 2000 (VAD)

  1. Abbreviations: TAPSE tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, LAD left atrial end-systolic diameter, IVC inferior vena cava diameter, AR aortic valve regurgitation, TR tricuspid valve regurgitation, PAP pulmonary artery pressure, s/d/m systolic/diastolic/mean, PAWP pulmonary artery wedge pressure, \( S\overline{v}{O}_2 \) mixed venous oxygen saturation, SVR systemic vascular resistance, WU Wood unit, PVR pulmonary vascular resistance