Echocardiography
Volume 32, Issue 12 pp. 1891-1892
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Reversible Regional Myocardial Ischemia in a Six-Month-Old Infant Post Arterial Switch Operation Demonstrated by Speckle Tracking Echocardiography

Gregory J. Skinner M.B.B.S., M.R.C.P.C.H., 

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Gregory J. Skinner M.B.B.S., M.R.C.P.C.H.

East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Address for Correspondence and reprint requests: Dr Gregory Skinner, MBBS MRCPCH, East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, LE3 9QP, UK. Fax: +44 116 250 2422;

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Suhair O. Shebani M.B.B.Ch., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.C.H., 

Suhair O. Shebani M.B.B.Ch., M.Sc., F.R.C.P.C.H.

East Midlands Congenital Heart Centre, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

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First published: 18 September 2015
https://doi.org/10.1111/echo.13043

Mini-Abstract

We present the case of an infant with coronary artery stenosis following an arterial switch operation for transposition of the great arteries. He was demonstrated to have reversible regional myocardial ischemia using speckle tracking echocardiography (STE), which corresponded to the affected territory seen when he underwent cardiac catheterization with revascularization. This demonstrates the utility of STE in infants with regional myocardial dysfunction.

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