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Evaluation of cardiac systolic and diastolic functions in small for gestational age babies during the first months of life: a prospective follow-up study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 February 2013

Dolunay Gürses  and
Burçin Seyhan
Dolunay Gürses*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
Burçin Seyhan
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey
*
Correspondence to: Dr D. Gürses MD, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey. Tel: +90 532 4243774; Fax: +90 258 2653000; E-mail: dolunayk@yahoo.com
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Abstract

Objective

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the cardiac functions and age-related changes of these functions in full-term small for gestational age infants during the first 3 months of life.

Methods

Cardiac functions of 20 term small for gestational age and 20 term appropriate for gestational age infants were studied using conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography on postnatal day 5 and at 1 and 3 months.

Results

Ventricular diameters, ventricular wall thicknesses, and left ventricular mass significantly increased with age in both groups. All these parameters were significantly lower in small for gestational age infants. No differences were detected by conventional echocardiography between the groups in systolic and diastolic functions. Systolic velocity, early diastolic and atrial contraction velocities, and the ratio between early diastolic and atrial contraction velocities determined by tissue Doppler echocardiography increased with age. Systolic velocity was lower in the small for gestational age babies for all myocardial regions on the 5th day. Peak early diastolic velocity was decreased in the small for gestational age babies at the first and second evaluations for all myocardial regions. The ratio between early diastolic and atrial contraction velocities was significantly lower in the small for gestational age babies for the interventricular septum and right ventricle. Significant positive correlations were detected between the Ponderal index and systolic and early diastolic velocities.

Conclusion

The present findings suggest that systolic and diastolic function indices including tissue Doppler measures are significantly affected in small for gestational age babies during the first 3 months of life.

Keywords

Cardiac maturationechocardiographyinfantlow birth weightneonatetissue Doppler imaging
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 4 , August 2013 , pp. 597 - 605
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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