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Feasibility of Biventricular Repair in Right Dominant Unbalanced Atrioventricular Septal Defect: A New Echocardiographic Metric to Refine Surgical Decision-Making by Ignacio Lugones; María Fernanda Biancolini; Julio César Biancolini; Ana M. S. de Dios; Germán Lugones is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background: Unbalanced forms of atrioventricular septal defect continue to be challenging and present poor surgical outcomes. Echocardiographic indicators such as atrioventricular valve index, right ventricle/left ventricle inflow angle, and size of the ventricular septal defect have been identified as relevant discriminators that may guide surgical strategy. Our purpose is to describe another metric to refine surgical decision-making. ## Methods: We outline a geometrical description of the anatomic features of atrioventricular septal defect and describe equations that help explain the interplay between the main echocardiographic variables. ## Results: A new metric called “indexed ventricular septal defect” is defined as the size of the defect in relation to the valve diameter. We derive a final equation relating this index with the atrioventricular valve index and the right ventricle/left ventricle inflow angle. In the light of that equation, we discuss the interdependence of variables and employ data from a Congenital Heart Surgeons’ Society study to set the limits of the new index. ## Conclusion: Combined use of indexed ventricular septal defect and atrioventricular valve ind
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- Author
- Ignacio Lugones; María Fernanda Biancolini; Julio César Biancolini; Ana M. S. de Dios; Germán Lugones
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)