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Abnormal agitated saline study results after tetralogy of Fallot repair.

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Tunks, RD; Barker, PCA; Johnson, JN; Campbell, MJ
Published in: Echocardiography
November 2013

Residual intracardiac or extracardiac shunting is frequently seen in patients with repaired congenital heart disease and can cause systemic hypoxemia. We present the case of an adult with tetralogy of Fallot who underwent two corrective surgical procedures as a child with subsequent pulmonary valve replacement due to residual pulmonary insufficiency. Further details of her operative history were otherwise unknown. After being lost to follow-up for many years, she presented with unexplained cyanosis and a markedly abnormal agitated saline study on transthoracic echocardiography in which only the left heart filled after contrast administration. We review the differential diagnosis for such a presentation and discuss the utility of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to define the etiology. Cardiac MRI, a frequently used imaging modality to longitudinally assess adult patients with congenital heart disease, provides excellent image quality of cardiac structures and the ability to perform angiography in a variety of imaging planes. These advantages render cardiac MRI, a useful modality to determine the etiology of unexplained cyanosis in these patients as both intracardiac and extracardiac shunts can be detected.

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Published In

Echocardiography

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EISSN

1540-8175

Publication Date

November 2013

Volume

30

Issue

10

Start / End Page

E307 / E309

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vena Cava, Superior
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Middle Aged
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Hypoxia
  • Humans
 

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Tunks, R. D., Barker, P. C. A., Johnson, J. N., & Campbell, M. J. (2013). Abnormal agitated saline study results after tetralogy of Fallot repair. Echocardiography, 30(10), E307–E309. https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.12318
Tunks, Robert D., Piers C. A. Barker, Jason N. Johnson, and Michael J. Campbell. “Abnormal agitated saline study results after tetralogy of Fallot repair.Echocardiography 30, no. 10 (November 2013): E307–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.12318.
Tunks RD, Barker PCA, Johnson JN, Campbell MJ. Abnormal agitated saline study results after tetralogy of Fallot repair. Echocardiography. 2013 Nov;30(10):E307–9.
Tunks, Robert D., et al. “Abnormal agitated saline study results after tetralogy of Fallot repair.Echocardiography, vol. 30, no. 10, Nov. 2013, pp. E307–09. Pubmed, doi:10.1111/echo.12318.
Tunks RD, Barker PCA, Johnson JN, Campbell MJ. Abnormal agitated saline study results after tetralogy of Fallot repair. Echocardiography. 2013 Nov;30(10):E307–E309.
Journal cover image

Published In

Echocardiography

DOI

EISSN

1540-8175

Publication Date

November 2013

Volume

30

Issue

10

Start / End Page

E307 / E309

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Vena Cava, Superior
  • Tetralogy of Fallot
  • Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency
  • Pulmonary Artery
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Middle Aged
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Imaging, Three-Dimensional
  • Hypoxia
  • Humans