Noninvasive examination methods in the detection of right heart hypertrophy in children with mucoviscidosis
Richter, R.; Reisinger, I.; Mahlke, E.; Thal, W.
Zeitschrift für Erkrankungen der Atmungsorgane 171(2): 156-162
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0303-657X PMID: 3239100 Document Number: 322850
Pulmonary hypertension with right ventricular hypertrophy (Cor pulmonale) is a critical complication in cystic fibrosis patients. Early detection and therapy might decrease mortality. Noninvasive diagnostic methods as vector-ECG, m-mode echocardiography and thallium myocardial scintigraphy were performed in 50 children with cystic fibrosis to determine the degree of right ventricular hypertrophy.