ABNORMAL SYSTEMIC VENOUS DOPPLER FLOW PATTERNS IN ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA IN INFANTS

Authors
STRASBURGER JF DUFFY CE GIDDING SS
Citation
Jf. Strasburger et al., ABNORMAL SYSTEMIC VENOUS DOPPLER FLOW PATTERNS IN ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA IN INFANTS, The American journal of cardiology, 80(5), 1997, pp. 640
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
80
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)80:5<640:ASVDFP>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
Congestive heart failure due to atrial tachycardia in the neonate may be caused in part by altered preload and changes in diastolic flow cha racteristics. During atrial tachycardia, venous flow reversal is prese nt. Onset of flow reversal is associated with a ventriculoatrial inter val. Decreased tricuspid valve inflow mean velocity and time velocity integral, decreased diastolic duration, and delayed diastolic onset we re present during tachycardia when compared with sinus rhythm.