Evaluation of Cardiac Function Characteristics after Patent Ductus Arteriosus Closure in Children and Adults by Echocardiographic Data

Abstract

This study was to investigate the value of echocardiographic data in assessing changes in cardiac function before and after transcatheter closure in children and adult patients with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA). In this study, 150 patients with isolated PDA treated by cardiac catheterization and transcatheter closure were selected as the study sample. Real-time color Doppler echocardiography was used both after and after operation. The results showed that the left ventricle returned to normal in 75 patients one day after operation, with an average age of $10.95\pm 3.27$ years; the left ventricle did not return to normal in 10 patients 360 days after operation, with an average age of $64.31\pm 7.05$ years. Left ventricular end diastolic volume index (LVEDVI) and left ventricular end systolic volume index (LVESVI) of patients decreased significantly one day after operation and remained at $51.95\pm 9.55$  mL/m2 and $20.36\pm 8.11$  mL/m-2, respectively. In summary, echocardiographic data have a high reference value in assessing cardiac function characteristics in children and adult patients with PDA and are worthy of further promotion.