The utility of speckle-tracking echocardiography in early and midterm follow-up after anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery repair

Mani Ram Krishna; Kaushik Jothinath; Vijay Kumar Raju

doi:10.4103/apc.apc_10_23

The utility of speckle-tracking echocardiography in early and midterm follow-up after anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery repair

Ann Pediatr Cardiol. 2023 May-Jun;16(3):208-211. doi: 10.4103/apc.apc_10_23. Epub 2023 Sep 8.

Authors

Mani Ram Krishna¹, Kaushik Jothinath², Vijay Kumar Raju²

Affiliations

¹ Tiny Hearts Fetal and Pediatric Cardiac Clinic, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India.
² Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, GKNM Hospital, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a reversible cause of left ventricular (LV) dysfunction in infants. The LV function is expected to improve serially and return to normal by 1 year after surgical repair. The pattern of improvement in LV function has not been serially analyzed after ALCAPA repair. We report our preliminary experience with serial assessment of LV function in infants undergoing ALCAPA repair utilizing speckle tracking echocardiography.

Keywords: Anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery; functional echocardiography; global longitudinal strain.