Abstract
Background Good quality of life correlates with a good exercise capacity in daily life in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Patients after correction of TOF usually develop residual defects as pulmonary regurgitation or pulmonary stenosis of different severity. We investigated the impact of several hemodynamic parameters measured by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and echocardiography and analysed these data together with results of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) of these patients.
Highlights
Good quality of life correlates with a good exercise capacity in daily life in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF)
We investigated the impact of several hemodynamic parameters measured by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and echocardiography and analysed these data together with results of cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) of these patients
136 consecutive patients with TOF were tested during routine follow-up with CMR, echocardiography und CPET
Summary
Good quality of life correlates with a good exercise capacity in daily life in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). Importance of hemodynamic RV and LV parameters and CPET-results in patients with Tetralogy of Fallot Christian Meierhofer1*, Timon-Amir Tavakkoli1, Andreas Kühn1, Alfred Hager1, Jan Müller1, Stefan Martinoff2, Peter Ewert1, Heiko Stern1, Sohrab Fratz1 From 18th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions Nice, France.
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