Cardiac magnetic resonance parameters predict transplantation-free survival in patients with fontan circulation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Several clinical risk factors for death and heart transplantation have been identified in patients with Fontan circulation. It is unknown whether cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) measurements of ventricular size and function are independently associated with these outcomes and further improve risk stratification.

Methods and results

Data on patients with Fontan circulation who had a CMR study from January 2002 to January 2011 were retrospectively reviewed. The end point was time to death or listing for heart transplantation after the CMR study. The median age of the 215 patients was 18.3 years (25th, 75th percentiles: 14, 26) with a median age at Fontan of 3.6 years (2.3, 7.1). During a median post-CMR follow-up period of 4.1 years (2.6, 6.2), 24 patients (11%) re

SUBMITTER: Rathod RH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4262249 | biostudies-literature | 2014 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature