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O objetivo do presente trabalho foi validar micrométodo simples e sensível para a quantificação do propranolol em plasma utilizando CLAE-F com a finalidade de aplicação no monitoramento das concentrações de propranolol durante o washout. Necessitou-se apenas de 200&#181;L de plasma. Os tempos de retenção para o fármaco e o padrão interno (verapamil) foram 8,4 e 17,5min, respectivamente, utilizando coluna de fase reversa C18, (150 x 6mm, 5micra) e fase móvel consistindo de tampão acetato 0,1M, pH5,0 e acetonitrila (60:40, v/v), 0,7 mL/min, detecção 290nm (Ex) e 358nm (Em) em sistema isocrático de eluição. A validação deste método analítico avaliada através dos limites de confiança apresentou sensibilidade de 0,02 ng/mL (LD), linearidade na faixa compreendida entre 0,05 -1000ng/mL e 4,7% e 8,6% para precisão intra- e inter-dias, respectivamente. Observou-se, também, boa exatidão e alta seletividade para este método. Concluindo, o método analítico apresentado para a quantificação do propranolol mostrou elevada sensibilidade para quantificação do propranolol. Após a última dose pré-operatória, as concentrações plasmáticas do propranolol normalizadas com o hematócrito de seis pacientes pediátricos, expressas através das medianas, foram: 7,09 ng/mL no início da cirurgia, 2,69 ng/mL no inicio da CEC, 1,14 ng/mL intra- CEC, 2,79 ng/mL no pós-CEC, e 2,70 ng/mL no final da cirurgia. No pós-operatório tardio, registraram-se as medianas 0,63 ng/mL no primeiro PO e 0,03 ng/mL no segundo PO. Registrou-se declinio de 7,09 para 2,70 (p<0,05) da concentração de propranolol (normalizada) do início da cirurgia comparado ao inicio da CEC. Apesar do prolongado tempo de residência média (MRT) de 35,8 h as concentrações do propranolol mostraram redução significativa do primeiro PO para o segundo PO, indicando que restaurada a redistribuição, a eliminação foi completa. / The objective of the present study was to develop a simple and sensitive micromethod for the quantification of propranolol in plasma using HPLC-fluorescence for drug plasma concentration monitoring during the washout. Only 200&#181;L of biological sample was necessary. The retention times of the drug and its internal standard (verapamil) were 8.4 and 17.5 min, respectively, using a C18 reverse-phase column and a mobile phase consisting of 0.1 M acetate buffer, pH 5.0, and acetonitrile (60:40, v;/v), with detection at &#955;ex 290 nm and &#955;em 358 nm in an isocratic elution system. Validation of this analytical method showed that it was highly sensitive, with a detection limit of 0.02 ng/ml, linearity in the range of 0.05 to 1000 ng/mL, and intra- and inter-day precision of 4.7 and 8.6%, respectively. In addition, the method showed good accuracy and high selectivity. Analytical method validated showed high sensitivity for the quantification of propranolol; then this method was applied to quantify propranolol in plasma of children during the surgery for correction of tetralogy of Fallot including a followup at the first and second days of the intervention. The plasma propranolol concentrations, hematocrit normalized, after the last preoperative dose, expressed as medians, were: 7.09 ng/mL at the beginning of surgery, 2.69 ng/mL at the beginning of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), 1,14 ng/mL during CPB, 2,79 ng/mL after CPB, and 2.70 ng/mL at the end of surgery. Median of late postoperative propranolol concentrations were 0,63 ng/mL on postoperative day 1 and 0.03 ng/mL on day 2. A significant decline on the normalized propranolol concentration was observed between the beginning of surgery and the beginning of CPB. In addition, in spite of the prolonged mean residence time of 35.8 hours, the propranolol concentrations decreased significantly at the postoperative period on day 1 up to day 2, indicating that, once the redistribution is restored, the washout of drug was completed.

Cette thèse présente les travaux réalisés en vue de l’élaboration d’un modèle cardiaque associant croissance, mouvement et circulation sanguine pour permettre ensuite la construction d’un modèle patient à partir d’un modèle de population. Le premier axe de ce travail est la simulation de la croissance bi-ventriculaire. Un modèle existant de surface unique, calculé à l’aide de méthodes statistiques, a été généralisé à un modèle bi-ventriculaire puis appliqué à la tétralogie de Fallot (ToF). Le deuxième axe concerne la modélisation du mouvement cardiaque au niveau de la population. Un modèle d’ordre réduit basé sur un modèle Polyaffine et LogDemons a été proposé. Il simule la dynamique cardiaque avec peu de paramètres. Les paramètres de transformation sont analysés par des méthodes statistiques. Un modèle de mouvement moyen a été calculé pour représenter le mouvement standard de la population. Le troisième axe s'intéresse à la simulation de l’écoulement sanguin à l’échelle de la population. La complexité des simulations spécifiques à un patient a été réduite grâce à l’utilisation de méthodes d’analyse d’image, de dynamique des fluides numérique et de réduction d’ordre de modèle. La simulation du flux sanguin dans l’artère pulmonaire pour des patients ToF a permis de mieux comprendre l’impact du sang régurgité sur la pression et la vitesse. Étant donné nos contributions sur ces trois axes, nous sommes maintenant en bonne position pour élaborer le modèle couplé des contributions interdépendantes de la croissance, du mouvement et de l'écoulement sanguin. Ce modèle pourrait être utilisé afin d'aider la planification de la thérapie chez les patients atteints de maladies cardiaques. / This thesis presents work towards a coupled model of cardiac growth, motion, and blood flow to enable predictive patient-specific models to be built from a population-based model. The first axis of this work is to simulate bi-ventricular growth through aging. A previously proposed single surface model computed using statistical methods was extended to a bi-ventricular model and applied to Tetralogy of Fallot patients to model the complex evolution of the ventricles due to the pathology. The second axis concerns the development of a model to simulate cardiac motion at a population level. A reduced-order cardiac-specific motion model was proposed to simulate the motion dynamics with a small number of parameters using a Polyaffine and LogDemons based model. From the computed transformations, the parameters were analysed using statistical methods to obtain population-based measures of normality. A mean motion model was derived to represent the normal motion for a given population. The third axis is to develop a model of population-based flow dynamics. The complexity of patient-specific simulations was reduced by combining image analysis, computational fluid dynamics and model order reduction techniques. Blood flow through the pulmonary artery in Tetralogy of Fallot patients was simulated to better understand the impact of regurgitated blood on pressure and velocity. Given our contributions on these three axes, we are now in a good position to couple the models in order to capture the interrelated contributions of growth, motion and flow. Such a model could be used to aid in therapy planning and decision making for patients with heart disease.

In der vorliegenden Arbeit wurden Myokardproben des rechtsventrikulären Ausflusstraktes von Patienten mit Fallot’scher Tetralogie sowie Double Outlet Right Ventricle vom Fallot - Typ untersucht. Hintergrund der Studie waren Untersuchungen anderer Autoren an Cx43 - knock - out Mäusen, die dort Veränderungen des kardialen Phänotyps beschrieben, die sie als Fallot - artig interpretierten. Daraus wurde die Hypothese entwickelt, dass Änderungen auf der Ebene des Connexin 43 ursächlich mit der Fallot’schen Tetralogie verbunden sein könnten. Es erfolgte eine histologische Analyse von 25 Patientenproben im Hinblick auf die Lokalisation von Connexin 43 sowie N - Cadherin. Es zeigte sich eine altersabhängige Verteilung von Connexin 43 und N - Cadherin. Insbesondere Patienten der Gruppe 1 (jünger als zwei Jahre) zeigten eine Verteilung sowohl an der lateralen Zellseite, als auch am Pol der Kardiomyozyten. Mit zunehmendem Alter beschränkten sich sowohl Connexin 43 als auch N - Cadherin auf die Disci intercalares zwischen den Kardiomyozyten und befanden sich dort in enger Nachbarschaft zueinander. Des Weiteren erfolgte eine Analyse der codierenden Region des Connexin 43 Gens mittels High Resolution Melting - PCR und sich daran anschließender Sequenzierung. Es zeigten sich sowohl bei den Kontrollen als auch den Patienten bereits bekannte Single Nucleotide Polymorphismen sowie bis dato unbekannte Sequenzvariationen. Allerdings wurden keine homozygoten Veränderungen der DNA festgestellt. Auch fand sich keine der heterozygoten Veränderungen in allen untersuchten Patienten. Somit ist es unwahrscheinlich, dass ein einzelner Basenaustausch zum komplexen Krankheitsbild der Fallot’schen Tetralogie beziehungsweise zum Double Outlet Right Ventricle vom Fallot - Typ führt.

Statistical data suggests that increased use of evidence-based medical therapies has largely contributed to the decrease in American death rate caused by heart disease. And my studies are about two applications of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) as a non-invasive approach in evidence-based health care research. In my first study, the achievement of a pulmonary valve replacement surgery was assessed on a patient with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF). In order to evaluate the remodeling of right ventricle, two biventricular finite element models were built up for pre-surgical images and post-surgical images. In my second study, 3D Lagrangian strains and torsion in the left ventricle of ten rats were investigated using Displacement ENcoding with Stimulated Echoes (DENSE) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) images. Tools written in MATLAB were developed for 2D contouring, 3D modeling, strain and torsion computations, and statistical comparison across subjects.

Korrektur der Fallotschen Tetralogie nach vorhergehender Palliativoperation - Langzeitergebnisse aus einem historischen Patientenkollektiv Hintergrund: Die Fallotschen Tetralogie ist ein komplexer zyanotischer Herzfehler, der erst mit dem Einsatz der Herz-Lungen-Maschine korrigiert werden kann. Zuvor erfolgte eine palliativ Operation. Seit 1960 werden Patienten mit Fallotscher Tetralogie in der Klinik für Thorax, -Herz- und Gefäßchirurgie der Universität Göttingen operiert. Ziel der Arbeit ist es, die Langzeitergebnisse eines historischen Patientenkollektivs, die zwischen 1960 und 1984 zuerst mit einer palliativen Operation behandelt und im Anschluss die Korrektur-Operation erhalten haben, zu analysieren. Methoden: Von 1960 bis 1984 erhielten 324 Patienten mit Fallotscher Tetralogie eine Korrektur-Operation nachdem zuvor eine Palliativ-Operation durchgeführt wurde. Die Datenanalyse erfolgte retrospektiv. Drei Gruppen wurden anhand der primären Palliativ-Operation gebildet: BTA-Gruppe (Blalock-Taussig-Anastomose, n=250), WCA-Gruppe (Waterstone-Cooley-Anastomose, n=57) und AD-Gruppe (verschiedene andere palliative Verfahren, n=17). Ergebnisse: Das mittlere Patientenalter war zur Korrektur-Operation in der BTA-Gruppe signifikant höher (8,45 ± 4,62 Jahre vs. 6,89 ± 2,96 Jahre in der WCA-Gruppe; p=0,0015). Die Operationsdauer war in der BTA-Gruppe mit 283 ± 105 Minuten kürzer im Vergleich zur WCA-Gruppe 314 ± 114 Minuten (p=0,32 ???). Intraoperativ wurde unter anderem eine Erweiterungsplastik mit Patch bei 64,5% durchgeführt (BTA: 63,2%, WCA: 70,2%), von diesen waren 48,8% transannulär (BTA: 44,3%, WCA: 75%). Postoperativ war eine Rethorakotomie nach der Korrektur-Operation in der WCA-Gruppe seltener (11% vs. 25% in der BTA-Gruppe; p=0,002). Die Korrektur-Operation führte in allen Gruppen zu einer effektiven, signifikanten Reduktion des rechtsventrikulären Druckes (BTA: von 96,01 ± 21,17 mmHg auf 52,75 ± 15,79 mmHg, WCA: von 97,78 ± 34,73 mmHg auf 59,05 ± 15,04 mmHg; p <0,001). Die Dauer der mechanischen Ventilation nach der Korrektur-Operation war in der BTA-Gruppe signifikant kürzer als in der WCA-Gruppe (46 ± 57 Stunden vs. 108 ± 207 Stunden; p=0,002), ebenso dauerte der Intensivaufenthalt in der BTA-Gruppe signifikant kürzer (117 ± 100 Stunden vs. 189 ± 205 Stunden in der WCA-Gruppe; p<0,001). Die Frühletalität betrug im Gesamtkollektiv 15,1%, Unterschiede zwischen den Gruppen???. Im weiteren Verlauf starben 12 weitere Patienten, so dass die Gesamtletalität 18,8% beträgt. Beim letzten Kontakt befanden sich die meisten Patienten im NYHA-Stadium II und III (NYHA-Stadium des Gesamtkollektivs: 2,3 ± 1,0; BTA-Gruppe: 2,2 ± 1,0; WCA-Gruppe: 2,7 ± 0,8). Schlussfolgerung: Die Datenanalyse zeigt, dass von den Palliativ-Operationen vor einer Korrektur-Operation bei Fallotscher Tetralogie, die BTA die vorteilhaftere Variante darstellt. Bei der Korrektur-Operation hatten die Patienten nach vorheriger BTA-Shunt-Operation eine kürzere OP-Dauer, weniger Blutungen postoperativ, sowie kürzere Beatmungs- und Intensivaufenthaltsdauer. Nach Korrektur der Fallotschen Tetralogie zeigen alle Patienten eine effiziente Verbesserung der hämodynamischen Parameter und ein gutes klinisches Langzeitergebnis. Da das optimale Operationsverfahren von mehreren Faktoren abhängt (u.a. Alter des Patienten, klinischen Zustand und anatomische Gegebenheiten), muss eine individuelle Entscheidung erfolgen und falls eine Palliativ-Operation notwendig ist, sollte die Anlage einer BTA bevorzugt werden.

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Ziel: Ermittlung von rechts- und linksventrikulären Herzparametern sowie von Zeitparametern, welche die größte Beziehung zum Auftreten von ventrikulären Arrhythmien bei Patienten nach chirurgisch korrigierter Fallotscher Tetralogie haben. Methoden: 67 Patienten, davon 22 weiblich und 45 männlich, mit einem mittleren Alter von 20 a (Spanne von 3,5 bis 54 a) wurden in einem MRT Gyroscan ACS-NT (Philips, Best, The Netherlands) untersucht. Das mittlere Alter zum Zeitpunkt der Korrekturoperation war 6,8 a (mit einer Spanne von 1 Monat bis 40 a). Bei 39 Patienten wurde als Operationsmethode ein transannulärer oder subvalvulärer Patch gewählt, bei 28 Patienten die Anlage eines Conduits. Bei 31 Patienten erfolgten eine oder zwei Reoperationen. Die Volumetrie der Ventrikel erfolgte mit einer SSFP-Sequenz in Multislice-Multiphasen-Technik entweder in Atemstop oder mit Hilfe der Navigatortechnik. Es wurden links- und rechtsventrikuläre Volumina, Ejektionsfraktionen (RV-EF und LV-EF) und Muskelmassen erhoben. Zur Ermittlung der pulmonalen Regurgitationsfraktion (RF) wurde eine MR-Flußmessung in Phasenkontrast-Technik im Pulmonalarterienhauptstamm senkrecht zum Gefäßverlauf durchgeführt. Alle erhobenen Daten wurden sowohl in einer univariaten Regressionsanalyse zueinander, als auch in einer multiplen Regressionsanalyse zur Dauer des QRS-Komplexes in Beziehung gesetzt. Ergebnisse: 58 Patienten hatten einen RSB. Die mittlere Dauer des QRS-Komplexes betrug 132 ms (+/- 29 ms). Die Flußmessung wurde bei 58 Patienten durchgeführt und zeigte 42 milde bis moderate sowie 12 schwere Pulmonalinsuffizienzen. In der univariaten Regressionsanalyse fand sich eine Korrelation zwischen RF und QRS-Dauer (r=0,49; p / Objective - to evaluate those right and left ventricular parameters which have the greatest effect on genesis of cardiac arrhythmias in patients after surgical repair of tetralogy of fallot (TOF). Methods - 67 patients, 22 female and 45 male, with a mean age of 20.0 years (range 3 ½ to 54 years) were studied using a Gyroscan ACS-NT (Philips, Best, The Netherlands). Mean age at surgical repair was 6,8 years (range 1 month to 40 years). Valveless repair with a transannular or subvalvular patch was performed in 39 patients whereas in 28 patients a conduit was used. 31 patients underwent two or three surgical interventions. Measurements of the ventricles were performed with a multislice multiphase gradient echo sequence either with a breathhold technique or with respiratory gating. We obtained left and right ventricular volumes, ejection fractions (EF) and myocardial masses. To quantify the regurgitation fraction (RF) of the pulmonary insuffiency (PI) we performed a velocity encoded gradient echo measurement in the main pulmonary artery in a transverse section. Acquired data was evaluated in an univariate logistic regression analysis on all factors assessed and in a multi variate data analysis with backward selection. Results - 58 patients had a right bundle branch block. Mean QRS duration was 132 ms (+/-29 ms). Flow velocity mapping could be performed in 58 patients and showed 42 mild to moderate and 12 severe cases of PI. In the univariate analysis a significant correlation was found between RF and QRS duration (r=0,49; p

Introdução: Previamente, demonstramos que o remodelamento histológico do miocárdio à época da correção da tetralogia de Fallot (TF) influenciou na função do ventrículo direito (VD) no pós-operatório (PO) precoce. O impacto da fibrose miocárdica na função ventricular no PO tardio ainda é desconhecido. O objetivo deste estudo foi avaliar ecocardiograficamente na mesma coorte de pacientes a função do VD no PO tardio, comparando com dados anteriormente obtidos por ecocardiografia convencional e morfometria miocárdica. Métodos: Estudamos 20 pacientes no PO da TF (tempo de seguimento = 96,6 ± 13,3 meses), 15 homens (75%), idade média no PO tardio (PO2) 128,3 ± 25,7 meses. As velocidades miocárdicas do VD diastólica precoce (e´), tardia (a\') e sistólica (S\') foram avaliadas pelo Doppler tecidual no pré-operatório, três dias após a cirurgia, entre 30º-90º dia e no PO2. Parâmetros convencionais, como a excursão sistólica do anel da valva tricúspide (TAPSE), variação fracional da área (FAC), volume do átrio direito indexado, pico da velocidade de enchimento diastólico precoce (E) do fluxo transvalvar tricúspide e da deformação miocárdica global e regional, strain longitudinal sistólico (GLS), strain rate sistólico (GLSRs) e o strain no pico do tempo de relaxamento isovolumétrico (GLSTRIV), foram analisados apenas no PO2. Também, nesta fase, realizamos a análise tridimensional da fração de ejeção, e dos volumes diastólico e sistólico finais do VD. Resultados: A velocidade a\' diminuiu nas avaliações iniciais e persistiu anormal no PO2 (RM ANOVA p < 0,001). Houve correlação negativa significante entre a velocidade e\' no PO2 e a fração de área de fibrose miocárdica (FIBR) (p = 0,02; r = -0,54), e correlação positiva entre FIBR e a relação E/e\' (p= 0,0002; r= 0,787). No PO2, o TAPSE (1,50 ± 0,19cm) foi reduzido e FAC normal (47,51± 7,56%). O valor do GLS global foi 18,48 ± 2,97%, com Z score < -2 em 16 pacientes e diferiu regionalmente no segmento médio do septo (Z score < -2 em 5 pacientes) e no segmento médio da parede lateral (Z score < -2 em 1 paciente). Houve correlação negativa entre FIBR e GLS no segmento médio septal (p = 0,0376; r = -0,493), entretanto sem influência no GLS global. No PO2, a insuficiência pulmonar residual foi moderada ou acentuada em 15 pac (75%), sem diferença quanto à FIBR miocárdica em relação ao grau leve (p = 0,58). Estavam aumentados os volumes indexados: diastólico final médio (89,5 ± 34,3ml/m²; Z score > 2DP em 12 pacientes) e sistólico (40,6 ± 9,1ml/m²; Z score > 2DP em 14 pacientes). A fração de ejeção média foi normal 51,8 ± 6,9% e não houve correlação com a FIBR. Conclusões: A avaliação ecocardiográfica tardia identificou alterações evolutivas e adaptativas das funções sistólica e diastólica do VD, com função sistólica preservada e função diastólica anormal e associada ao grau de FIBR avaliado em amostras operatórias; o estudo da deformação miocárdica revelou alterações globais e regionais, possivelmente relacionadas à arquitetura do miocárdio nessa malformação e às adaptações decorrentes da interposição de retalhos e suturas cirúrgicas; a avaliação pelo modo tridimensional correlacionou-se positivamente com as medidas obtidas no modo bidimensional; a insuficiência pulmonar foi lesão residual altamente prevalente / Introduction: We have previously demonstrated that the myocardial remodeling at the time of corrective surgery in tetralogy of Fallot (TF) patients influenced the right ventricular (RV) function in the early post-operative period (PO). The impact of myocardial fibrosis in late follow up (LFU) has not been investigated so far. Our objective was to analyze in the same cohort of patients in LFU, the RV function, comparing the obtained results with echocardiographic data from the early PO and with myocardial morphometry. Methods: 20 patients in the late FLU of TF correction were studied (time of follow up = 96.6 ± 13.3 months), 15 men (75%), mean age at LFU 128.3 ± 25.7months. The early (e\') and late (a\') diastolic and the systolic (S\') myocardial velocities were evaluated through tissue Doppler in the pre-operative period, three days after surgery, between the 30o-90o days and in LFU. We analyzed conventional echocardiographic parameters like the tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), the fractional area change (FAC), the indexed right atrial volume, the peak early diastolic filling velocity (E) and of myocardial deformation: global longitudinal strain (GLS), global longitudinal systolic strain rate (GLSRs) and global longitudinal strain at the peak of the isovolumetric relaxation time (GLSTRIV) in the LFU. Also in LFU we analyzed by tridimensional echocardiography the ejection fraction and the final RV diastolic and systolic volumes. Results: The a\' velocity decreased in the initial evaluations and persisted abnormal in LFU (RM ANOVA, p < 0.001). There was a significant and negative correlation between e\' in LFU and the area fraction of myocardial fibrosis (FIBR) (p = 0.02; r = -0.54) and a positive correlation between FIBR and E/e\' ratio (p = 0.0002; r = 0.787). In the LFU TAPSE decreased (1.50 ± 0,19cm) and FAC was normal (47.51 ± 7.56%). The GLS value was 18.48 ± 2.97%, with Z score <- 2 SD in 16 patients, and was significantly different in the mid ventricular septum (Z score <- 2 in 5 patients) and in the mid segment of the lateral wall (Z score < -2 in 1 patient). There was a negative correlation between FIBR and GLS in the mid ventricular segment of the septum (p = 0.0376; r = -0.493), however without influence in GLS. In LFU pulmonary regurgitation was considered moderate or severe in 15 patients (75%), with no difference relative to the group with mild regurgitation regarding FIBR (p = 0.58). The final indexed RV volumes were increased: diastolic (89.5 ± 34.3ml/m2; Z score > 2SD in 12 patients) and systolic (40.6 ± 9.1ml/m2; Z score > 2SD in 14 patients). The mean RV ejection fraction was normal (51.8 ± 6.9%), and did not correlate with FIBR. Conclusions: The LFU echocardiographic evaluation identified evolutive and adaptative alterations in RV function, with preserved systolic and abnormal diastolic function, associated with the degree of FIBR assessed in myocardial samples; the study of myocardial deformation indexes revealed regional and global alterations, possibly related to the abnormal myocardial architecture specific for the cardiac malformation and/or to post-surgical adaptation to patches and sutures; the tridimensional echocardiography data correlated positively with those obtained through bidimensional echo; pulmonary regurgitation was a highly prevalent residual lesion

Farah MCK. Disfunção ventricular no pós-operatório da intervenção cirúrgica para correção dos defeitos congênitos da Tetralogia de Fallot. Estudo de correlação clínica e anatomopatológica [tese]. São Paulo: Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo; 2008. 136p. O estudo investigou de modo prospectivo o remodelamento ventricular histopatológico em crianças submetidas à correção cirúrgica de Tetralogia de Fallot (TF) com o objetivo de detectar possíveis fatores associados aos indicadores ecocardiográficos de disfunção ventricular sistólica e diastólica no período pós-operatório. Pacientes e métodos: foram incluídos 23 pacientes consecutivos portadores de TF (14 masculinos), com idade entre 12 e 186 meses (média=39,6 meses, mediana = 23 meses). A análise do Doppler Tecidual (índice de aceleração isovolumétrica - AVI, velocidade miocárdica sistólica - S\', velocidade miocárdica diastólica precoce - E\') foi realizada em três momentos: antes da cirurgia, nos primeiros três dias de PO e entre 30 a 90 dias após a cirurgia. Durante a cirurgia, além das bandas musculares infundibulares, foram obtidas biópsias subendocárdicas na via de entrada do VD e do VE. Foram avaliados quanto ao grau de hipertrofia miocárdica, colágeno intersticial (picorsirius) e capilaridade (imunohistoquímica-fator VIII). Níveis séricos de troponina T foram mensurados antes e após a cirurgia. Eletrocardiogramas realizados antes e após a cirurgia, características clínicas e uso prévio de propranolol foram avaliados. Este estudo foi aprovado pela comissão de ética da CPPESQUSP. Resultados: Os cardiomiócitos do VD mostraram acentuada hipertrofia. O colágeno intersticial esteve aumentado em ambos os ventrículos. A área ocupada por capilares não diferiu entre as diversas regiões estudadas. Houve diminuição significativa do AVI do VD no terceiro ecocardiograma (p=0,006) o que se correlacionou de modo negativo e significativo com o diâmetro dos cardiomiócitos da via de entrada do VD (r=-0,59; p=0,006). As velocidades de E\' do VD, diminuíram significativamente nos dois períodos pós-operatórios (p<0,001) e tiveram correlação negativa significativa com a porcentagem de colágeno intersticial (r= -0,525; p=0,004). Os níveis séricos de Troponina T aumentaram significativamente em todos os pacientes no período pós-operatório- 27,7 ±18,6 ng/ml e 15,9+11,3 ng/ml respectivamente no segundo e terceiro PO e se correlacionaram de modo positivo e significativo com o tempo de circulação extra corpórea e com o tempo de anoxia (p=0,019 e 0,018, respectivamente) e maior tempo de uso de droga vasoativa no pós-operatório (r=0,552, p=0,006). A duração do QRS aumentou significativamente no PO. Os pacientes que apresentaram aumento do QRS maior que 40ms, também apresentaram maior porcentagem de colágeno intersticial na via de entrada do VD. Conclusão: o remodelamento miocárdico presente no período pré-operatório, a julgar pela avaliação histopatológica morfométrica da hipertrofia celular e colágeno intersticial, influenciou respectivamente a função sistólica e diastólica do ventrículo direito no período pós-operatório da correção cirurgia da Tetralogia de Fallot. / It was investigate prospectively the histopathological myocardial remodeling in children submitted to surgical repair of Fallot\'s tetralogy, in order to detect possible factors associated to postoperative (PO) echocardiographic findings of systolic or diastolic ventricular dysfunction. Patients and Methods: 23 consecutive Fallot patients (14 males), aged 12 to 186 months (mean=39.6, median=23 months) were enrolled in the study. Tissue Doppler echocardiographic analysis (isovolumic acceleration-IVA, systolic myocardial velocity-S\' and early diastolic myocardial velocity-E\') was performed in three moments for both ventricles: before surgery, within the first three postoperative days and later, between the 30th and 90th PO days. During surgery, besides the anomalous infundibular bands resected, subendocardial biopsy samples from the right ventricular (RV) inflow tract and of the left ventricle (LV), through the ventricular septal defect, were obtained for histopathological morphometric evaluation: degree of cell hypertrophy, interstitial collagen (Sirius-red) and capillarity (immunohistochemistry against Factor-VIII). Troponin-T levels were measured before and after surgery. The electrocardiogram performed before and after surgery, some clinical features and previous use propranolol were considered. This study was approved by the Ethical Committee of our Institution. Results: the right ventricular cardyomyocytes showed a significant hypertrophy. The interstitial collagen was increase in both right and left ventricle. The capillary area fraction did not differ among the biopsy samples analyzed. IVA of the RV decreased significantly at the third echocardiographic evaluation (p=0.006) and correlated negatively with the diameter of the RV cardyomyocytes (r= -0.59; p=0.006). E\' measured at the RV decreased significantly in both PO periods (p<0.001) and showed a significant negative correlation with the percentage of interstitial myocardial collagen (r=-0.525; p=0,044). Troponin-T levels increased postoperatively in all patients (27.7 ±18,6ng/ml and 15.9+11.3ng/ml - second and third PO days) and correlated positively with the cardiopulmonary bypass and cross clamping times (p=0.019 and 0.018 respectively). The QRS interval increased significantly in the PO period. The patients in whom the PO electrocardiogram showed an increase of the QRS greater than 40ms, showed a greater interstitial collagen area fraction in the right ventricle inflow tract. Conclusions: Myocardial remodeling present preoperatively, as judged by the morphometric histopathological evaluation of cell hypertrophy and interstitial collagen, influenced respectively the medium term PO systolic and diastolic right ventricular function of repaired Fallot patients.