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Tissue Doppler imaging following paediatric cardiac surgery: early patterns of change and relationship to outcome

Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill Division, Glasgow, UK

*Corresponding author. Department of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill Division, 13 Dalnair Street, Glasgow, G3 8SJ, UK. Tel.: +44 141 201 0251; fax: +44 141 201 9204.

E-mail address: markdanton{at}nhs.net (M.H.D. Danton).

In this study, tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) was used to assess changes in ventricular function following repair of congenital heart defects. The relationship between TDI indices, myocardial injury and clinical outcome was explored. Forty-five children were studied; 35 with cardiac lesions and 10 controls. TDI was performed preoperatively, on admission to paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) and day 1. Regional myocardial Doppler signals were acquired from the right ventricle (RV), left ventricle (LV) and septum. TDI indices included: peak systolic velocities, isovolumetric velocities (IVV) and isovolumetric acceleration (IVA). Preoperatively, bi-ventricular TDI velocities in the study group were reduced compared with normal controls. Postoperatively, RV velocities were significantly reduced and this persisted to day-1 (PreOp vs. PICU and day-1: 7.7±2.2 vs. 3.4±1.0, P<0.0001 and 3.55±1.29, P<0.0001). LV velocities initially declined but recovered towards baseline by day-1 (PreOp vs. PICU: 5.31±1.50 vs. 3.51±1.23, P<0.0001). Isovolumetric parameters in all regions were reduced throughout the postoperative period. Troponin-I release correlated with longer X-clamp times (r=0.82, P<0.0001) and reduced RV velocities (r=0.42, P=0.028). Reduced pre- and postoperative LV velocities correlated with longer ventilation (PreOp: r=0.54, P=0.002; PostOp: r=0.42, P=0.026). This study identified reduced postoperative RV velocities correlated with myocardial injury while reduced LV TDI correlated with longer postoperative ventilation.

Key Words: Tissue Doppler imaging; Isovolumetric; Paediatric cardiac surgery; Troponin-I