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A 6-year follow-up study of adult patients with congenitally corrected transposition

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 December 2014

Mirta Koželj ,
Marta Cvijić ,
Pavel Berden  and
Tomaž Podnar
Mirta Koželj*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška 7, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Marta Cvijić
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška 7, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Pavel Berden
Affiliation:
Institute of Radiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška 7, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Tomaž Podnar
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška 7, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Vrazov trg 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Correspondence to: Prof. Mirta Koželj, MD, Department of Cardiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Zaloška 7, 1525 Ljubljana, Slovenia. Tel:+38 601 522 2844; Fax:+38 601 522 2828; E-mail: mirta.kozelj@mf.uni-lj.si
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Abstract

The aims of this study were to assess the development of heart failure in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries in a medium-term follow-up, to identify the impact of tricuspid regurgitation on the development of heart failure, and to determine the most reliable marker for its identification. The prospective 6-year follow-up study included 19 adult patients. All patients were evaluated clinically by the determination of N-terminal pro-hormone brain natriuretic peptide levels, exercise stress testing, echocardiography magnetic resonance, or CT. Among them, two patients died of heart failure. There was a decline in exercise capacity and systolic systemic ventricular function (p=0.011). Systemic ventricular ejection fraction decreased (48.3±13.7 versus 42.7±12.7%, p=0.001). Tissue Doppler imaging showed a decline in peak tricuspid systolic annular velocity (10.3±2.0 versus 8.3±2.5 cm/second, p=0.032) and peak tricuspid early diastolic annular velocity (14.6±4.3 versus 12.0±4.5 cm/second, p=0.048). The tricuspid regurgitation did not increase significantly. N-terminal pro-hormone brain natriuretic peptide levels increased (127.0 ng/L(82.3–305.8) versus 226.0 ng/L(112.5–753.0), p=0.022). Progressive exercise intolerance in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries appears to be driven mainly by a progression in systemic right ventricular dysfunction. Tricuspid regurgitation is likely to play a role, especially in patients with structural abnormalities of the tricuspid valve – Ebstein anomaly. The N-terminal pro-hormone brain natriuretic peptide levels and tissue Doppler parameters appear sensitive in detecting changes over time and may guide management.

Keywords

Congenitally corrected transpositionadultsheart failurefollow-up
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 7 , October 2015 , pp. 1332 - 1339
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