Doppler-derived mitral deceleration time - An early strong predictor of left ventricular remodeling after reperfused anterior acute myocardial infarction
G. Cerisano et al., Doppler-derived mitral deceleration time - An early strong predictor of left ventricular remodeling after reperfused anterior acute myocardial infarction, CIRCULATION, 99(2), 1999, pp. 230-236
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Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Background-The relation between remodeling and left ventricular (LV) diasto
lic function has not yet been fully investigated. The aim of this study was
to determine whether early assessment of Doppler-derived mitral decelerati
on time (DT), a measure of LV compliance and filling, may predict progressi
ve LV dilation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI).
Methods and Results-Fifty-one patients (aged 61 +/- 11 years; 6 women) with
anterior AMI successfully treated with direct coronary angioplasty underwe
nt 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic examinations within 24 hours
of admission, at days 3, 7, and 30 and 6 months after the index infarction
. Mitral flow velocities were obtained from the apical 4-chamber view with
pulsed Doppler. End-diastolic Volume index (EDVI) and end-systolic volume i
ndex (ESVI) were calculated with the Simpson's rule algorithm. Patients wer
e divided according to the DT duration assessed at day 3 in 2 groups: group
1 (n=33) with DT >130 ms and group 2 (n=18) with DT less than or equal to
30 ms. Patency and restenosis rate at 6 months were similar between the 2 g
roups (94% group 1 vs 89% group 2; P=0.52; 27% group 1 vs 33% group 2; P=0.
64, respectively). LV volume indexes were similar in both groups at baselin
e (EDVI: 71 +/- 3 group 1 vs 70 +/- 3 mL/m(2) group 2, P=0.42; ESVI: 43 +/-
3 group 1 vs 48 +/- 3 ml,/m(2) group 2, P=0.13, respectively). From day 3
on, LV volume indexes progressively increased in group 2 and were significa
ntly larger than those of group 1 at 6 months (LVEDVI 61 +/- 3 group 1 vs 1
04 +/- 6 mL/m(2) group 2, P=0.00001; LVESVI 31 +/- 3 group 1 vs 73 +/- 6 mL
/m(2) group 2, P=0.00001, respectively). A significant inverse correlation
was found between DT and changes in EDVI at 6 months (r=-0.68; P < 0.000000
1). By stepwise multiple regression analysis among several clinical, demogr
aphic, angiographic, and echocardiographic variables, DT was the most power
ful predictor of EDVI changes at 6 months (P=0.02).
Conclusions-These data suggest that early estimation (day 3) of Doppler-der
ived mitral DT provides a simple and accurate mean to predict late LV dilat
ion after reperfused AMI.