Impairment of Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion and Tricuspid Annular Peak Systolic Velocity in Patients with Pectus Excavatum

Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 62(03): 236-237
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1349182

Letter to the Editor

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Martin Koestenberger

¹Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Medical University Graz, Graz, Republic of Austria

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William Ravekes

²Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States

References
1 Gürkan U, Aydemir B, Aksoy S , et al. Echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function before and after surgery in patients with pectus excavatum and right ventricular compression. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2014; 62 (3) 231-235
2 Koestenberger M, Ravekes W, Everett AD , et al. Right ventricular function in infants, children and adolescents: reference values of the tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in 640 healthy patients and calculation of z score values. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009; 22 (6) 715-719
3 Koestenberger M, Nagel B, Ravekes W , et al. Reference values of tricuspid annular peak systolic velocity in healthy pediatric patients, calculation of z score, and comparison to tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion. Am J Cardiol 2012; 109 (1) 116-121

References
1 Gürkan U, Aydemir B, Aksoy S , et al. Echocardiographic assessment of right ventricular function before and after surgery in patients with pectus excavatum and right ventricular compression. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2013; (e-pub ahead of print). doi:10.1055/s-0033-1342941
2 Koestenberger M, Nagel B, Ravekes W , et al. Reference values of tricuspid annular peak systolic velocity in healthy pediatric patients, calculation of z score, and comparison to tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion. Am J Cardiol 2012; 109 (1) 116-121
3 Koestenberger M, Ravekes W, Everett AD , et al. Right ventricular function in infants, children and adolescents: reference values of the tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) in 640 healthy patients and calculation of z score values. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009; 22 (6) 715-719