Heart 1998;80:322-326 ( October )

Myocardial perfusion defects and associated systemic ventricular dysfunction in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries

T S Hornung,^a E J Bernard,^b E T Jaeggi,^a R B Howman-Giles,^b D S Celermajer,^ac R E Hawker^a

^a Adolph Basser Cardiac Institute, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia, ^b Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, ^c Department of Cardiology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Sydney, Australia

Correspondence to: Dr T S Hornung, Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DN, UK.

Accepted for publication 30 March 1998

BackgroundPatients with systemic ventricles of right ventricular morphology are at high risk of contractile dysfunction, the cause of which has not been fully elucidated.
ObjectiveTo assess whether ischaemia or infarction contributes to ventricular impairment in unoperated patients with uncomplicated congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (TGA) by studying myocardial perfusion and function.
SettingPaediatric and adult congenital cardiac clinics of a tertiary referral centre.
PatientsFive patients with congenitally corrected TGA but without associated structural cardiac defects (aged 3.5 to 34 years).
InterventionsMaximal exercise stress testing using standard or modified Bruce protocols. Sestamibi (technetium-99m methoxy isobutyl isonitrile) scanning after isotope injection at maximal exercise and rest.
Main outcome measuresMaximum exercise capacity; right ventricular myocardial perfusion, regional wall motion, and thickening; right ventricular ejection fraction.
ResultsThe two youngest patients (3.5 and 11 years) had normal exercise capacity for age, while the others had reduced exercise performance. Sestamibi scanning showed reversible myocardial ischaemia in four patients and fixed defects indicating infarction in five. Irreversible defects were mostly associated with impaired wall motion and thickening. The ejection fraction was normal (65%) in the youngest patient but < 55% in the others (mean (SD) 47(11)%).
ConclusionsPatients with unoperated congenitally corrected TGA have a high prevalence of myocardial perfusion defects, with consequent abnormalities of regional wall motion and thickening, and impaired ventricular contractility. These data suggest that ischaemia and infarction are important in the pathogenesis of ventricular failure in this condition.

Keywords: congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries;  ventricular dysfunction;  myocardial perfusion;  sestamibi scanning

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