Assessment of Atrial Electromechanical Delay Using Tissue Doppler Echocardiography in Children with Asthma

Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, atrial enlargement, and cor pulmonale may be associated with asthma. These pathological conditions may disturb the electrophysiological properties of the right atrium. This study investigated the atrial electromechanical delay and P-wave di...

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Published in:Pediatric cardiology 2014-06, Vol.35 (5), p.857-862
Main Authors: Çiftel, Murat, Yılmaz, Osman, Kardelen, Fırat, Kahveci, Hasan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Asthma - complications
Asthma - physiopathology
Asthma in children
Atrial fibrillation
Body mass index
Cardiac Surgery
Cardiology
Child
Children's furniture
Cross-Sectional Studies
Echocardiography
Echocardiography, Doppler - methods
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Atria - physiopathology
Heart Conduction System - physiopathology
Heart Ventricles - physiopathology
Humans
Male
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Original Article
Vascular Surgery
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Summary:Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction, pulmonary hypertension, atrial enlargement, and cor pulmonale may be associated with asthma. These pathological conditions may disturb the electrophysiological properties of the right atrium. This study investigated the atrial electromechanical delay and P-wave dispersion (PWD) in patients with asthma. Thirty-four children aged 8–16 years who were being followed up for asthma constituted the patient group, and 34 age- and body mass index-matched patients constituted the control group. Both groups underwent RV tissue Doppler measurements, intra-right atrial conduction time (IRCT-echo) determination, intra-left atrial conduction time (ILCT-echo) determination, inter-atrial conduction time (IACT-echo) determination, and PWD measurement. The IRCT-echo (14.38 ± 5.46 and 8.20 ± 3.90 ms; p  
ISSN:0172-0643
1432-1971
DOI:10.1007/s00246-014-0867-9