PURPOSE: To assess the responses of pulmonary regurgitation (PR) and biventricular function to submaximal exercise by using a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging exercise protocol with young adult patients who underwent tetralogy of Fallot repair at a young age. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifteen patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot (mean age, 17.5 years +/- 2.5 [SD]) underwent MR imaging at rest and during exercise for the evaluation of PR and biventricular function. Results were compared with findings from 16 control subjects (mean age, 17.5 years +/- 2.3). Mean age at tetralogy of Fallot repair was 2.1 years +/- 1.6, and mean follow-up time after repair was 15.4 years +/- 2.6. Exercise level at MR imaging was calculated individually and corresponded to 60% of peak oxygen uptake. The parameters of cardiac function obtained at rest and during exercise were compared by using a paired t test. An unpaired t test was used to compare parameters of cardiac function between patients and control subjects. RESULTS: PR decreased during exercise (from 27 mL/m(2) +/- 17 to 23 mL/m(2) +/- 15; P =.012). At rest, right ventricular (RV) ejection fraction was normal (>47%) in 80% of patients. RV response to exercise in the patient group was abnormal compared with response in the control group, as demonstrated by an increase in RV end-diastolic volume index (132 mL/m(2) +/- 36 to 137 mL/m(2) +/- 38; P =.041) and no significant change in end-systolic volume index or ejection fraction. In only one patient, RV ejection fraction increased by more than 5%. Left ventricular response was not different between patients and control subjects. CONCLUSION: MR imaging is well suited to assess cardiac response to exercise, and findings revealed a decrease in PR and an abnormal RV response to exercise in patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot.
PURPOSE: To assess the responses of pulmonary regurgitation (PR) and biventricular function to submaximal exercise by using a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging exercise protocol with young adult patients who underwent tetralogy of Fallot repair at a young age. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Fifteen patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot (mean age, 17.5 years +/- 2.5 [SD]) underwent MR imaging at rest and during exercise for the evaluation of PR and biventricular function. Results were compared with findings from 16 control subjects (mean age, 17.5 years +/- 2.3). Mean age at tetralogy of Fallot repair was 2.1 years +/- 1.6, and mean follow-up time after repair was 15.4 years +/- 2.6. Exercise level at MR imaging was calculated individually and corresponded to 60% of peak oxygen uptake. The parameters of cardiac function obtained at rest and during exercise were compared by using a paired t test. An unpaired t test was used to compare parameters of cardiac function between patients and control subjects. RESULTS: PR decreased during exercise (from 27 mL/m(2) +/- 17 to 23 mL/m(2) +/- 15; P =.012). At rest, right ventricular (RV) ejection fraction was normal (>47%) in 80% of patients. RV response to exercise in the patient group was abnormal compared with response in the control group, as demonstrated by an increase in RV end-diastolic volume index (132 mL/m(2) +/- 36 to 137 mL/m(2) +/- 38; P =.041) and no significant change in end-systolic volume index or ejection fraction. In only one patient, RV ejection fraction increased by more than 5%. Left ventricular response was not different between patients and control subjects. CONCLUSION: MR imaging is well suited to assess cardiac response to exercise, and findings revealed a decrease in PR and an abnormal RV response to exercise in patients with corrected tetralogy of Fallot.
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