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- The study aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of a non-invasive dye dilution method for measuring shunt size related to atrial septal defects (ASD), addressing limitations in current diagnostic techniques.
- The research involved 192 ASD patients, comparing the dye dilution technique to traditional methods like Fick's invasive oximetry and transoesophageal echocardiography, showing strong correlations in shunt size measurement.
- The findings concluded that the dye dilution method using an earpiece densitometer is a viable and reliable way to assess shunt size in ASD patients.
Article Abstract
Aims: Objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of the non-invasive dye dilution method to quantify shunt size related to atrial septal defects (ASD).The diagnostic accuracy of shunt size determination in ASD's has been suboptimal with common non-invasive methods. We have previously developed a cost-effective and time-effective non-invasive dye dilution method. In this method, the indocyanine green solution is injected into the antecubital vein and the appearance of the dye is detected with an earpiece densitometer.
Methods And Results: We studied 192 patients with an ASD. Mean pulmonary blood flow/systemic blood flow (Qp/Qs) was measured with dye dilution technique and compared with following methods: Fick's invasive oximetry (n=49), transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) measuring ASD size (n=143) and cardiac MR (CMR) (n=9).For the first 49 patients, Qp/Qs was 2.05±0.70 with the Fick's invasive oximetry and 2.12±0.68 with dye dilution method with an excellent correlation between the two methods (R=0.902, p<0.001). In the second study sample, the ASD size by TEE was 15±6 mm on average, and the mean Qp/Qs 2.16±0.65 measured with dye dilution method with a good correlation between the methods (R=0.674, p<0.001). Qp/Qs measured with CMR was 1.87±0.40 resulting in a good correlation with the dye dilution method (R=0.696, p=0.037).
Conclusion: The dye dilution method with earpiece densitometer recording is a clinically feasible and reliable method to assess shunt size in ASDs.
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