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Functional Neonatal Echocardiography in

Haemodynamic Disturbancies

Jana Semberova

Institute for the Care of Mother and Child, Prague, Czech Republic

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What can we see on echo when something goes

wrong

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Bedside neonatal echocardiography

• Targeted neonatal echocardiography

• Point of care echocardiography (POCT echo)

• Functional echocardiography

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WHY to perform the scan

• Circulatory failure – major cause of neonatal morbidity

and mortality

• Measures currently used to assess circulatory status

often inadequate

• Circulation management varies widely

• Lack of standardized approach

• Echo can help to assess haemodynamic status and

perhaps to guide treatment

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WHEN to perform the scan?

• Routine (e.g. PDA assesment)

• Clinical status

• Functional assessment – findings may change over

time, sometimes very quickly

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The role of functional Echo

• Structure – exclude CHD

• PDA

• PPHN

• Filling, contractility, flow

• Other: Pericardial fluid, line position etc.

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CHD - TOF

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CHD - VSD

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PDA – Left to Right

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PDA - Bidirectional

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PDA – flow pattern, pressure gradient

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PDA heart failure

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Pulmonary Hypertension

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PPHN - TVI

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Contractility assessment

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Good Contractility

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Poor Contractility

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Hypertrophy

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LVOTO

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Filling (preload assessment – extracardiac IVC filling)

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Pericardial fluid

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Line position

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Normal Finding

Significant Left to Right Shunt - PDA

Coarctation of the Aorta

Low LV Output – Heart Failure

Abdominal Aorta Flow

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Other findings

• Air embolia

• Tumor

• Thrombus

• Etc….

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Functional assessment

• Quantification and normative values

• LVO, RVO – influenced by shunts

• SVC flow, SF, EF

• TDI, strain, strain rate, speckle tracking – not used

routinely in neonates, more research tools

• Visual assesment (Eyeballing)

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Management

according to Echo findings ???

What to do with what we find

• Fluid administration

• Inotrope administration

• Clinical status!

• So far limited evidence of outcome improvement

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Evolution over the time

Day 1 Day 7 Day 38

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Evolution over the time

FS 19% FS 36%

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• CLOSE COOPERATION WITH PEDIATRIC

CARDIOLOGIST CRUCIAL

• Practice, recognition and availability of functional

neonatal echo varies among countries/centers

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TNE Guidelines

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Practice in Czech Republic

• Tertiary units have someone who is able to perform

neonatal Echo

• Close cooperation with cardiology and cardiac surgery

(Cardiology center)

• Good prenatal diagnostics (lot of CHD recognized

prenatally-delivery in the hospital with cardiology and

cardiac surgery care)

• Self education, courses available

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Summary

• Functional Echo – useful tool in circulatory status

assessment

• Management can’t be based on Echo findings only

• Close cooperation with cardiologist necessary

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Special thanks to Dr. Jachym Kucera

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Thank you for your attention