TY - JOUR
T1 - Diagnostic accuracy and role of intraoperative biplane transesophageal echocardiography in pediatric patients with left ventricle outflow tract lesions
AU - Singh, G. K.
AU - Shiota, T.
AU - Cobanoglu, A.
AU - Droukas, P.
AU - Rice, M. J.
AU - Sahn, D. J.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Objectives: To define the lesion-specific role of biplane transesophageal echocardiography in children with left ventricular outflow tract obstructive lesions, the diagnostic accuracy of transthoracic and transesophageal images were compared, and the impact of transesophageal echocardiography on perioperative management was evaluated. Background: The reported high postoperative recurrence of left ventricular outflow tract obstructive lesion can be due to its incomplete surgical relief. A full preoperative definition of the lesions would aid in better surgical outcome. The complexity and spectrum of such lesions provide opportunity to evaluate the role of a recently available biplane transesophageal pediatric probe in its diagnosis and surgical management. Methods: In 16 consecutive patients (11 male patients) with left ventricular outflow tract obstructive lesions and with a mean age of 7.9 ± 5.7 years (range 0.25 to 20.0 years) and a mean weight of 29 ± 19 kg (range 4 to 66 kg), the morphologic and hemodynamic findings of standard preoperative transthoracic and intraoperative biplane transesophageal echocardiography were compared with surgical and cardiac catheterization findings (in seven patients) for the diagnostic accuracy and impact on the surgical management of the lesions. Results: Based on the levels of agreement, transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated higher diagnostic sensitivity (chi-squared analysis = 13.4 < 0.001) to the presence and extent of associated lesions (septal hypertrophy, multiple fibromuscular insertions, involvement of aortic and mitral valves not revealed by transthoracic imaging) and trend toward higher sensitivity (Fisher's exact p = 0.17) to primary morphologic diagnoses (abnormal chordal attachments, prolapsed aortic cusp, and tunnel-like outflow tract obstructive lesions missed by transthoracic imaging). As a result of these factors, intraoperative transesophageal imaging changed the surgical plan in 25% of the patients and modified it in an additional 25% of the patients. Conclusions: Transesophageal echocardiography can be a reliable diagnostic tool and has an important role in the surgical management of left ventricular outflow tract lesions in children.
AB - Objectives: To define the lesion-specific role of biplane transesophageal echocardiography in children with left ventricular outflow tract obstructive lesions, the diagnostic accuracy of transthoracic and transesophageal images were compared, and the impact of transesophageal echocardiography on perioperative management was evaluated. Background: The reported high postoperative recurrence of left ventricular outflow tract obstructive lesion can be due to its incomplete surgical relief. A full preoperative definition of the lesions would aid in better surgical outcome. The complexity and spectrum of such lesions provide opportunity to evaluate the role of a recently available biplane transesophageal pediatric probe in its diagnosis and surgical management. Methods: In 16 consecutive patients (11 male patients) with left ventricular outflow tract obstructive lesions and with a mean age of 7.9 ± 5.7 years (range 0.25 to 20.0 years) and a mean weight of 29 ± 19 kg (range 4 to 66 kg), the morphologic and hemodynamic findings of standard preoperative transthoracic and intraoperative biplane transesophageal echocardiography were compared with surgical and cardiac catheterization findings (in seven patients) for the diagnostic accuracy and impact on the surgical management of the lesions. Results: Based on the levels of agreement, transesophageal echocardiography demonstrated higher diagnostic sensitivity (chi-squared analysis = 13.4 < 0.001) to the presence and extent of associated lesions (septal hypertrophy, multiple fibromuscular insertions, involvement of aortic and mitral valves not revealed by transthoracic imaging) and trend toward higher sensitivity (Fisher's exact p = 0.17) to primary morphologic diagnoses (abnormal chordal attachments, prolapsed aortic cusp, and tunnel-like outflow tract obstructive lesions missed by transthoracic imaging). As a result of these factors, intraoperative transesophageal imaging changed the surgical plan in 25% of the patients and modified it in an additional 25% of the patients. Conclusions: Transesophageal echocardiography can be a reliable diagnostic tool and has an important role in the surgical management of left ventricular outflow tract lesions in children.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0894-7317(98)70119-1
DO - 10.1016/S0894-7317(98)70119-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 9487469
AN - SCOPUS:0031896749
SN - 0894-7317
VL - 11
SP - 47
EP - 56
JO - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
JF - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
IS - 1
ER -