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Meskin M, Starkey PA, Kaspersen AE, Ringgaard S, Sand SG, Nygaard JV, Jensen JA, Traberg MS, Johansen P. Investigating the importance of left atrial compliance on fluid dynamics in a novel mock circulatory loop. Sci Rep 2024; 14:1864. [PMID: 38253772 PMCID: PMC10803730 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-52327-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/17/2024] [Indexed: 01/24/2024] Open
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The left atrium (LA) hemodynamic indices hold prognostic value in various cardiac diseases and disorders. To understand the mechanisms of these conditions and to assess the performance of cardiac devices and interventions, in vitro models can be used to replicate the complex physiological interplay between the pulmonary veins, LA, and left ventricle. In this study, a comprehensive and adaptable in vitro model was created. The model includes a flexible LA made from silicone and allows distinct control over the systolic and diastolic functions of both the LA and left ventricle. The LA was mechanically matched with porcine LAs through expansion tests. Fluid dynamic measures were validated against the literature and pulmonary venous flows recorded on five healthy individuals using magnetic resonance flow imaging. Furthermore, the fluid dynamic measures were also used to construct LA pressure-volume loops. The in vitro pressure and flow recordings expressed a high resemblance to physiological waveforms. By decreasing the compliance of the LA, the model behaved realistically, elevating the a- and v-wave peaks of the LA pressure from 12 to 19 mmHg and 22 to 26 mmHg, respectively, while reducing the S/D ratio of the pulmonary venous flowrate from 1.5 to 0.3. This model provides a realistic platform and framework for developing and evaluating left heart procedures and interventions.
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- Masoud Meskin
- Cardiovascular Biomechanics Group, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- Cardiovascular Experimental Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, Finlandsgade 22, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Cardiovascular Experimental Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, Finlandsgade 22, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Cardiovascular Experimental Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, Finlandsgade 22, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark
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- Biomechanics and Mechanobiology, Department of Biological and Chemical Engineering, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Cardiovascular Biomechanics Group, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
- Center for Fast Ultrasound Imaging, Department of Health Technology, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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- Cardiovascular Experimental Laboratory, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Aarhus University, Finlandsgade 22, 8200, Aarhus N, Denmark.
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Elliott AD, Ariyaratnam J, Howden EJ, La Gerche A, Sanders P. Influence of exercise training on the left atrium: implications for atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and stroke. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2023; 325:H822-H836. [PMID: 37505470 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00322.2023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2023] [Revised: 07/24/2023] [Accepted: 07/24/2023] [Indexed: 07/29/2023]
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The left atrium (LA) plays a critical role in receiving pulmonary venous return and modulating left ventricular (LV) filling. With the onset of exercise, LA function contributes to the augmentation in stroke volume. Due to the growing focus on atrial imaging, there is now evidence that structural remodeling and dysfunction of the LA is associated with adverse outcomes including incident cardiovascular disease. In patients with established disease, pathological changes in atrial structure and function are associated with exercise intolerance, increased hospital admissions and mortality, independent of left ventricular function. Exercise training is widely recommended in patients with cardiovascular disease to improve patient outcomes and maintain functional capacity. There are widely documented changes in LV function with exercise, yet less attention has been given to the LA. In this review, we first describe LA physiology at rest and during exercise, before exploring its association with cardiac disease outcomes including atrial fibrillation, heart failure, and stroke. The adaptation of the LA to short- and longer-term exercise training is evaluated through review of longitudinal studies of exercise training in healthy participants free of cardiovascular disease and athletes. We then consider the changes in LA structure and function among patients with established disease, where adverse atrial remodeling may be implicated in the disease process. Finally, we consider important future directions for assessment of atrial structure and function using novel imaging modalities, in response to acute and chronic exercise.
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- Adrian D Elliott
- Center for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Center for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Clinical Research Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Clinical Research Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Center for Heart Rhythm Disorders, University of Adelaide, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Reiter G, Kovacs G, Reiter C, Schmidt A, Fuchsjäger M, Olschewski H, Reiter U. Left atrial acceleration factor as a magnetic resonance 4D flow measure of mean pulmonary artery wedge pressure in pulmonary hypertension. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:972142. [PMID: 35990987 PMCID: PMC9381926 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.972142] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2022] [Accepted: 07/11/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
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Background Mean pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PAWP) represents a right heart catheter (RHC) surrogate measure for mean left atrial (LA) pressure and is crucial for the clinical classification of pulmonary hypertension (PH). Hypothesizing that PAWP is related to acceleration of blood throughout the LA, we investigated whether an adequately introduced LA acceleration factor derived from magnetic resonance (MR) four-dimensional (4D) flow imaging could provide an estimate of PAWP in patients with known or suspected PH. Methods LA 4D flow data of 62 patients with known or suspected PH who underwent RHC and near-term 1.5 T cardiac MR (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00575692) were retrospectively analyzed. Early diastolic LA peak outflow velocity (vE) as well as systolic (vS) and early diastolic (vD) LA peak inflow velocities were determined with prototype software to calculate the LA acceleration factor (α) defined as α = vE/[(vS + vD)/2]. Correlation, regression and Bland-Altman analysis were employed to investigate the relationship between α and PAWP, α-based diagnosis of elevated PAWP (>15 mmHg) was analyzed by receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. Results α correlated very strongly with PAWP (r = 0.94). Standard deviation of differences between RHC-derived PAWP and PAWP estimated from linear regression model (α = 0.61 + 0.10·PAWP) was 2.0 mmHg. Employing the linear-regression-derived cut-off α = 2.10, the α-based diagnosis of elevated PAWP revealed the area under the curve 0.97 with sensitivity/specificity 93%/92%. Conclusions The very close relationship between the LA acceleration factor α and RHC-derived PAWP suggests α as potential non-invasive parameter for the estimation of PAWP and the distinction between pre- and post-capillary PH.
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- Gert Reiter
- Research & Development, Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics GmbH, Graz, Austria
- Division of General Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research Graz, Austria
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- Division of General Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Division of General Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
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- Division of Pulmonology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Lung Vascular Research Graz, Austria
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- Division of General Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Austria
- *Correspondence: Ursula Reiter
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Wright SP, Dawkins TG, Eves ND, Shave R, Tedford RJ, Mak S. Hemodynamic function of the right ventricular-pulmonary vascular-left atrial unit: normal responses to exercise in healthy adults. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2020; 320:H923-H941. [PMID: 33356960 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00720.2020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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With each heartbeat, the right ventricle (RV) inputs blood into the pulmonary vascular (PV) compartment, which conducts blood through the lungs at low pressure and concurrently fills the left atrium (LA) for output to the systemic circulation. This overall hemodynamic function of the integrated RV-PV-LA unit is determined by complex interactions between the components that vary over the cardiac cycle but are often assessed in terms of mean pressure and flow. Exercise challenges these hemodynamic interactions as cardiac filling increases, stroke volume augments, and cycle length decreases, with PV pressures ultimately increasing in association with cardiac output. Recent cardiopulmonary exercise hemodynamic studies have enriched the available data from healthy adults, yielded insight into the underlying mechanisms that modify the PV pressure-flow relationship, and better delineated the normal limits of healthy responses to exercise. This review will examine hemodynamic function of the RV-PV-LA unit using the two-element Windkessel model for the pulmonary circulation. It will focus on acute PV and LA responses that accommodate increased RV output during exercise, including PV recruitment and distension and LA reservoir expansion, and the integrated mean pressure-flow response to exercise in healthy adults. Finally, it will consider how these responses may be impacted by age-related remodeling and modified by sex-related cardiopulmonary differences. Studying the determinants and recognizing the normal limits of PV pressure-flow relations during exercise will improve our understanding of cardiopulmonary mechanisms that facilitate or limit exercise.
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- S P Wright
- Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health, University of British Columbia-Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health, University of British Columbia-Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Centre for Heart, Lung and Vascular Health, University of British Columbia-Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Sinai Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.,Institute of Medical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Ikenaga H, Hayashi A, Nagaura T, Yamaguchi S, Yoshida J, Rader F, Siegel RJ, Kar S, Shiota T. Relation Between Pulmonary Venous Flow and Left Atrial Pressure During Percutaneous Mitral Valve Repair With the MitraClip. Am J Cardiol 2018; 122:1379-1386. [PMID: 30131107 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2018.06.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2018] [Revised: 06/19/2018] [Accepted: 06/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Pulmonary venous (PV) flow may provide valuable information in terms of the severity of mitral regurgitation and left atrial (LA) pressure. We sought to find PV flow determinants of LA pressure during MitraClip procedure. We analyzed 575 PV flows in 290 patients using transesophageal echocardiography before and after MitraClip procedure. We measured peak systolic velocity (Sv), diastolic velocity (Dv), systolic velocity time integral (Svti), diastolic velocity time integral (Dvti), and those systolic to diastolic ratio as PV flow parameters. Systolic PV flow velocity was lower than diastolic PV flow velocity before the procedure, but systolic PV flow velocity markedly increased after the procedure. Peak Sv/Dv ratio and Svti/Dvti ratio after the procedure were significantly higher than those before the procedure (peak Sv/Dv; 1.06 [inter-quartile range (IQR) 0.73 to 1.34] vs 0.32 [IQR 0.03 to 0.55], p <0.001, Svti/Dvti; 1.06 [IQR 0.76 to 1.61] vs 0.26 [IQR 0.02 to 0.51], p <0.001). Peak Sv/Dv ratio and Svti/Dvti ratio were negatively correlated with mean LA pressure and LA pressure V wave, respectively (peak Sv/Dv ratio; r = -0.50 and r = -0.59, Svti/Dvti ratio; r = -0.47 and r = -0.58, p <0.001). In receiver operating characteristics curve assessing the ability of PV flow to predict mean LA pressure ≥20 mm Hg after the successful procedure, the area under the curve of peak Sv/Dv ratio was 0.76 (p <0.001). Peak Sv/Dv ratio <0.98 best predicted LA pressure ≥20 mm Hg with 77% sensitivity and 71% specificity. In conclusion, systolic PV flow velocity immediately increased in response to mitral regurgitation reduction during MitraClip procedure. PV flow velocity, specifically systolic to diastolic ratio, was useful to evaluate invasively determined LA pressure.
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- Hiroki Ikenaga
- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
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Reiter U, Reiter G, Manninger M, Adelsmayr G, Schipke J, Alogna A, Rajces A, Stalder AF, Greiser A, Mühlfeld C, Scherr D, Post H, Pieske B, Fuchsjäger M. Early-stage heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the pig: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2016. [PMID: 27688028 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-016-0283-9]] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The hypertensive deoxy-corticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt-treated pig (hereafter, DOCA pig) was recently introduced as large animal model for early-stage heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The aim of the present study was to evaluate cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) of DOCA pigs and weight-matched control pigs to characterize ventricular, atrial and myocardial structure and function of this phenotype model. METHODS Five anesthetized DOCA and seven control pigs underwent 3 T CMR at rest and during dobutamine stress. Left ventricular/atrial (LV/LA) function and myocardial mass (LVMM), strains and torsion were evaluated from (tagged) cine imaging. 4D phase-contrast measurements were used to assess blood flow and peak velocities, including transmitral early-diastolic (E) and myocardial tissue (E') velocities and coronary sinus blood flow. Myocardial perfusion reserve was estimated from stress-to-rest time-averaged coronary sinus flow. Global native myocardial T1 times were derived from prototype modified Look-Locker inversion-recovery (MOLLI) short-axis T1 maps. After in-vivo measurements, transmural biopsies were collected for stereological evaluation including the volume fractions of interstitium (VV(int/LV)) and collagen (VV(coll/LV)). Rest, stress, and stress-to-rest differences of cardiac and myocardial parameters in DOCA and control animals were compared by t-test. RESULTS In DOCA pigs LVMM (p < 0.001) and LV wall-thickness (end-systole/end-diastole, p = 0.003/p = 0.007) were elevated. During stress, increase of LV ejection-fraction and decrease of end-systolic volume accounted for normal contractility reserves in DOCA and control pigs. Rest-to-stress differences of cardiac index (p = 0.040) and end-diastolic volume (p = 0.042) were documented. Maximal (p = 0.042) and minimal (p = 0.012) LA volumes in DOCA pigs were elevated at rest; total LA ejection-fraction decreased during stress (p = 0.006). E' was lower in DOCA pigs, corresponding to higher E/E' at rest (p = 0.013) and stress (p = 0.026). Myocardial perfusion reserve was reduced in DOCA pigs (p = 0.031). T1-times and VV(int/LV) did not differ between groups, whereas VV(coll/LV) levels were higher in DOCA pigs (p = 0.044). CONCLUSIONS LA enlargement, E' and E/E' were the markers that showed the most pronounced differences between DOCA and control pigs at rest. Inadequate increase of myocardial perfusion reserve during stress might represent a metrics for early-stage HFpEF. Myocardial T1 mapping could not detect elevated levels of myocardial collagen in this model. TRIAL REGISTRATION The study was approved by the local Bioethics Committee of Vienna, Austria (BMWF-66.010/0091-II/3b/2013).
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- Ursula Reiter
- Division of General Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 9/P, 8036, Graz, Austria.
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of General Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 9/P, 8036, Graz, Austria
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.,Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria.,Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany.,Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of General Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 9/P, 8036, Graz, Austria
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Reiter U, Reiter G, Manninger M, Adelsmayr G, Schipke J, Alogna A, Rajces A, Stalder AF, Greiser A, Mühlfeld C, Scherr D, Post H, Pieske B, Fuchsjäger M. Early-stage heart failure with preserved ejection fraction in the pig: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2016; 18:63. [PMID: 27688028 PMCID: PMC5043627 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-016-0283-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2016] [Accepted: 09/14/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
Abstract
BACKGROUND The hypertensive deoxy-corticosterone acetate (DOCA)-salt-treated pig (hereafter, DOCA pig) was recently introduced as large animal model for early-stage heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). The aim of the present study was to evaluate cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) of DOCA pigs and weight-matched control pigs to characterize ventricular, atrial and myocardial structure and function of this phenotype model. METHODS Five anesthetized DOCA and seven control pigs underwent 3 T CMR at rest and during dobutamine stress. Left ventricular/atrial (LV/LA) function and myocardial mass (LVMM), strains and torsion were evaluated from (tagged) cine imaging. 4D phase-contrast measurements were used to assess blood flow and peak velocities, including transmitral early-diastolic (E) and myocardial tissue (E') velocities and coronary sinus blood flow. Myocardial perfusion reserve was estimated from stress-to-rest time-averaged coronary sinus flow. Global native myocardial T1 times were derived from prototype modified Look-Locker inversion-recovery (MOLLI) short-axis T1 maps. After in-vivo measurements, transmural biopsies were collected for stereological evaluation including the volume fractions of interstitium (VV(int/LV)) and collagen (VV(coll/LV)). Rest, stress, and stress-to-rest differences of cardiac and myocardial parameters in DOCA and control animals were compared by t-test. RESULTS In DOCA pigs LVMM (p < 0.001) and LV wall-thickness (end-systole/end-diastole, p = 0.003/p = 0.007) were elevated. During stress, increase of LV ejection-fraction and decrease of end-systolic volume accounted for normal contractility reserves in DOCA and control pigs. Rest-to-stress differences of cardiac index (p = 0.040) and end-diastolic volume (p = 0.042) were documented. Maximal (p = 0.042) and minimal (p = 0.012) LA volumes in DOCA pigs were elevated at rest; total LA ejection-fraction decreased during stress (p = 0.006). E' was lower in DOCA pigs, corresponding to higher E/E' at rest (p = 0.013) and stress (p = 0.026). Myocardial perfusion reserve was reduced in DOCA pigs (p = 0.031). T1-times and VV(int/LV) did not differ between groups, whereas VV(coll/LV) levels were higher in DOCA pigs (p = 0.044). CONCLUSIONS LA enlargement, E' and E/E' were the markers that showed the most pronounced differences between DOCA and control pigs at rest. Inadequate increase of myocardial perfusion reserve during stress might represent a metrics for early-stage HFpEF. Myocardial T1 mapping could not detect elevated levels of myocardial collagen in this model. TRIAL REGISTRATION The study was approved by the local Bioethics Committee of Vienna, Austria (BMWF-66.010/0091-II/3b/2013).
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- Ursula Reiter
- Division of General Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 9/P, 8036 Graz, Austria
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Division of General Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 9/P, 8036 Graz, Austria
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover, Germany
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- Hannover Medical School, Institute of Functional and Applied Anatomy, Hannover, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria
- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, German Heart Center Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Berlin Institute of Health, Berlin, Germany
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- Division of General Radiology, Department of Radiology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 9/P, 8036 Graz, Austria
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Pironet A, Desaive T, Geoffrey Chase J, Morimont P, Dauby PC. Model-based computation of total stressed blood volume from a preload reduction manoeuvre. Math Biosci 2015; 265:28-39. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2015.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2014] [Revised: 02/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Murine left atrium and left atrial appendage structure and function: echocardiographic and morphologic evaluation. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0125541. [PMID: 25928887 PMCID: PMC4415937 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0125541] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2014] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Aim of this study was to provide an echocardiographic protocol for the description of the normal murine venous reservoir (atrium, appendage and pulmonary veins) and to investigate the possibility to use this approach to discriminate changes on left atrium (LA) and left atrial appendage (LAA) in a stress-induced model such us myocardial infarction. Global left ventricular function and the venous reservoir were assessed by a Vevo2100 in 20 female C57BL/6N. LA and LAA were also studied in 10 CD-1 and 10 FVB mice, whereas modifications investigated in 15 C57BL/6N subjected to coronary artery ligation. Left ventricle function was evaluated as well as pulsed Doppler mitral valve, pulmonary vein, and LAA velocities. From 2D view monoplane LA volumes were obtained and LAA long axis measured. Macroscopic inspection with casts and immunohistochemistry were performed. Results show that compared to humans, in C57BL/6N mice left atrium was disproportionately smaller (5.2±1.4 μL) than the left ventricle (53±8 μL) and connected through a duct by a large LAA and posteriorly to three pulmonary veins. The LA volume increased 2-fold during reservoir with two distinct phases, early and late divided by a short pause. LAA long axis (4.1±0.5 mm) was almost 2 times longer than the LA. LAA flow volume together with LA volume reservoir account for about 36% of stroke volume and the rest was provided by conduit flow. Linear regressions showed that stroke volume was strongly influenced by LAA flow, LA early filling volume and left ventricle base descent. Moreover, we also report the ability to assess LA and LAA in other mice strains and discriminate size increase following myocardial infarction. In conclusion, we performed a complete characterization of murine left venous reservoir establishing an optimized protocol that can be used in both investigative and pharmacological studies requiring rapid and serial determination of cardiac structure and function.
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Kusunose K, Zhang Y, Mazgalev TN, Van Wagoner DR, Thomas JD, Popović ZB. Impact of vagal nerve stimulation on left atrial structure and function in a canine high-rate pacing model. Circ Heart Fail 2014; 7:320-6. [PMID: 24397925 DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.113.000937] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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BACKGROUND Cervical vagal nerve stimulation (VNS) can improve left ventricular dysfunction in the setting of heart failure (HF). However, little is known about the impact of VNS on left atrial (LA) function. The aim of this study was to compare LA mechanics and histology between control and VNS-treated animals during HF development. METHODS AND RESULTS Fifteen mongrel dogs were randomized into control (n=7) and VNS (n=8) groups. All dogs underwent 8 weeks of high-rate ventricular pacing (at 220 beats per minute for the first 4 weeks to develop HF and another 4 weeks at 180 beats per minute to maintain HF). LA contractile function (LA negative peak strain), conduit function (LA positive peak strain), and reservoir function (LA total strain) were measured from speckle tracking in 2 groups. At the end of the terminal study, the LA appendage was obtained. Baseline LA strains were comparable in the control and VNS-treated dogs. At 4 and 8 weeks of ventricular pacing, all LA strains were decreased and LA volumes were increased in the control group compared with the VNS group (P<0.05). Histological evaluation of the left atrium revealed that percent fibrosis was significantly lower in the VNS versus the control group (8±1% versus 13±1%; P<0.001). Finally, transmitral flow showed decreased atrial contribution to left ventricular filling in the control group (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS VNS improved LA function and volumes and suppressed LA fibrosis in the canine high-rate ventricular pacing model. VNS is a novel and potentially useful therapy for improving LA function during HF.
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- Kenya Kusunose
- Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Molecular Cardiology, Cleveland Clinic, OH; and New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine, Old Westbury
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Left Atrial Function: Doppler and Strain. CURRENT CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING REPORTS 2010. [DOI: 10.1007/s12410-010-9041-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Wakami K, Ohte N, Asada K, Fukuta H, Goto T, Mukai S, Narita H, Kimura G. Correlation between left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and peak left atrial wall strain during left ventricular systole. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009; 22:847-51. [PMID: 19560662 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.04.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2009] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE Left atrial (LA) reservoir function is determined by integration of LA relaxation and left ventricular (LV) systolic function, and LV diastolic dysfunction increases LA volume at end systole. This study investigates the effect of LV end-diastolic pressure on LA wall tension during LV systole. METHODS A total of 101 stable patients with sinus rhythm undergoing cardiac catheterization were studied. LA wall extension during LV systole was evaluated as LA wall strain in the longitudinal direction obtained using two-dimensional ultrasound speckle tracking imaging. LV end-diastolic pressure and LV end-systolic and end-diastolic volumes were obtained in cardiac catheterization, and LV ejection fraction was determined. RESULTS Peak LA wall strain during LV systole had a significant inverse correlation with LV end-diastolic pressure (r = - 0.76, P < .0001). This correlation was also significant in patients with preserved LV systolic function (LV ejection fraction > or =50%) (r = - 0.64, P < .0001). In patients with peak LA wall strain during LV systole of less than 30%, 89% had elevated LV end-diastolic pressure (> or =16 mm Hg). CONCLUSION Elevated LV end-diastolic pressure is associated with a decrease of peak LA wall strain in the longitudinal direction during LV systole. In patients with peak LA wall strain during LV systole of less than 30%, the majority had elevated LV end-diastolic pressure, while most patients with peak LA wall strain during LV systole 45% or higher had normal LV end-diastolic pressures. In patients whose LV ejection fraction is 50% or more, when peak LA wall strain during LV systole is between 30% and 44%, it is not possible to predict LV end-diastolic pressure from peak LA wall strain measures.
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- Kazuaki Wakami
- Department of Cardio-Renal Medicine and Hypertension, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Danzmann LC, Bodanese LC, Köhler I, Torres MR. Left atrioventricular remodeling in the assessment of the left ventricle diastolic function in patients with heart failure: a review of the currently studied echocardiographic variables. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2008; 6:56. [PMID: 19014611 PMCID: PMC2615425 DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-6-56] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2008] [Accepted: 11/16/2008] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Multiparametric echocardiographic imaging of the failing heart is now increasingly used and useful in decision making in heart failure. The reasons for this, relies on the need of different strategies of handling these patients, as differentiation of systolic or diastolic dysfunction, as well as on the gamma of approaches available, such as percutaneous and surgical revascularization, devices implantations, and valvular regurgitations and stenosis corrections. Congestive heart failure in patients with normal left ventricular diameters or preserved left ventricular ejection fraction had been pointed out recently as present in a proportion so high as 40 to 50 percent of cases of heart failure, mainly due to the epidemics in well developed countries, as is the problem of not well controlled metabolic states (such as obesity and diabetes), but also due to the real word in developing countries, as is the case of hypertension epidemics and its lack of adequate control. As a matter of public utility, the guidelines in the diagnosis and treatment of such patients will have to be cheap, available, easily reproducible, and ideally will furnish answers for the clinician questions not in a binary "black or white" manner, but with graduations, so if possible it has to be quantitative. The present paper aim to focus on the current clinical applications of tissue Doppler and of left atrial function and remodeling, and its pathophysiologic relationship with the left ventricle, as will be cleared in the documented review of echocardiography that follows, considering that the need of universal data on the syndrome of the failing heart does not mean, unfortunately, that all patients and clinicians in developing countries have at their own health facilities the same imaging tools, since they are, as a general rule, expensive.
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- Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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Donal E, Grimm RA, Yamada H, Kim YJ, Marrouche N, Natale A, Thomas JD. Usefulness of Doppler assessment of pulmonary vein and left atrial appendage flow following pulmonary vein isolation of chronic atrial fibrillation in predicting recovery of left atrial function. Am J Cardiol 2005; 95:941-7. [PMID: 15820159 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.12.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2004] [Revised: 12/02/2004] [Accepted: 12/01/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a widespread condition that causes significant morbidity and mortality. Recently, pulmonary venous (PV) isolation using radiofrequency ablation has been used successfully to exclude the pulmonary venous ostia, resulting in correction of AF. Further, miniaturized high-frequency ultrasound phased-array transducers currently provide Doppler and 2-dimensional imaging during the ablation procedure. We examined atrial function and its determinants using intracardiac echocardiography before and after PV isolation in 45 patients who had chronic AF (56 +/- 11 years old). PV, left atrial (LA) appendage, and mitral and tricuspid flows were recorded. Recovery of booster pump function (defined by the presence of mitral inflow A wave, LA appendage a-wave, and PV A-reversal wave velocities >10 cm/s) was observed in 39 of 45 patients (86.6%). PV flow systolic wave before and after ablation correlated with the degree of LA booster pump function after PV isolation. An early systolic PV flow peak velocity >57.47 cm/s predicted "good" LA booster pump function recovery with 96% specificity. Diastolic LA appendage emptying in AF correlated (p <0.001) and predicted good LA booster pump function with 92% specificity for velocities >46.4 cm/s. Thus, monitoring LA function during PV isolation for chronic AF is feasible. Most patients recovered LA booster pump function immediately after PV isolation, and the degree of recovery correlated with LA reservoir function. Preserved reservoir function during AF is predictive of satisfactory recovery of booster pump function after PV isolation.
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- Erwan Donal
- Department of Cardiology, Poitiers University Hospital, Poitiers, France
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Verma A, Marrouche NF, Yamada H, Grimm RA, Cummings J, Burkhardt JD, Kilicaslan F, Bhargava M, Karim AA, Thomas JD, Natale A. Usefulness of intracardiac Doppler assessment of left atrial function immediately post-pulmonary vein antrum isolation to predict short-term recurrence of atrial fibrillation. Am J Cardiol 2004; 94:951-4. [PMID: 15464687 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/05/2004] [Revised: 06/08/2004] [Accepted: 06/08/2004] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Doppler assessments of pulmonary venous (PV) and left atrial appendage flows are useful surrogates of left atrial (LA) function, but it is unknown if these can predict atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after pulmonary vein antrum isolation. We compared Doppler surrogates of LA function immediately after pulmonary vein antrum isolation in patients with AF recurrence versus matched patients without recurrence. Patients with a 6-month recurrence had significantly lower LA appendage peak emptying velocity (19 +/- 10 vs 29 +/- 11 cm/s) and lower peak PV systolic wave velocity (36 +/- 17 vs 46 +/- 22 cm/s) compared with those without, suggesting that intracardiac Doppler assessment of LA function after AF ablation predicts AF recurrence.
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- Atul Verma
- Department of Cardiology, Section of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio 44195, USA
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Zielinsky P, Piccoli A, Gus E, Manica JL, Satler F, Nicoloso LH, Luchese S, Marcantonio S, Scheid M, Hatém D. Dynamics of the Pulmonary Venous Flow in the Fetus and Its Association With Vascular Diameter. Circulation 2003; 108:2377-80. [PMID: 14557366 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000093195.73667.52] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background—
The usual positioning of the Doppler sample volume to assess fetal pulmonary vein flow is in the distal portion of the vein, where the vessel diameter is maximal. This study was performed to test the association of the pulmonary vein pulsatility index (PVPI) with the vessel diameter.
Methods and Results—
Twenty-three normal fetuses (mean gestational age, 28.6±5.3 weeks) were studied by Doppler echocardiography. Pulmonary right upper vein flow was assessed adjacent to the venoatrial junction (“distal” position) and in the middle of the vein (“proximal” position). The vessel diameter was measured by 2D echocardiography with power Doppler, and the PVPI was obtained by the ratio (maximal velocity [systolic or diastolic peak]−minimal velocity [presystolic peak])/mean velocity. The statistical analysis used
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test and exponential correlation studies. Mean distal diameter was 0.33±0.10 cm (0.11 to 0.57 cm), and mean proximal diameter was 0.16±0.08 cm (0.11 to 0.25 cm) (
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<0.0001). Mean distal PVPI was 0.84±0.21 (0.59 to 1.38), and mean proximal PVPI was 2.09±0.59 (1.23 to 3.11) (
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<0.0001). Exponential inverse correlation between pulmonary vein diameter and pulsatility index was highly significant (
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<0.0001), with a determination coefficient of 0.439.
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In the normal fetus, the pulmonary venous flow pulsatility decreases from the lung to the heart, and this parameter is inversely correlated to the diameter of the pulmonary vein, which increases from its proximal to its distal portion. This study emphasizes the importance of the correct positioning of the Doppler sample volume, adjacent to the venoatrial junction, to assess pulmonary venous flow dynamics.
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- Paulo Zielinsky
- Fetal Cardiology Unit, Institute of Cardiology of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Ono M, Nakatani S, Hirooka K, Yamagishi M, Miyatake K. Propagation of Mitral Valve Closure Flow to the Pulmonary Vein: Its Clinical Relevance to Left Atrial Compliance in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. J Echocardiogr 2003. [DOI: 10.2303/jecho.1.8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Ohta Y, Tanabe K, Shimizu H, Nakamura K, Ohta T, Shimada T. Pulmonary venous systolic flow: influence of gravity on pulmonary venous flow velocities assessed in patients with atrial fibrillation. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2002; 15:1087-93. [PMID: 12373251 DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.122082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
The origin of the pulmonary venous (PV) systolic flow wave is still unclear and could be the atrial relaxation and systolic descent of the atrioventricular plane, which decrease atrial pressure (suction) or raised PV pressure. In atrial fibrillation (AF), loss of atrial contraction and relaxation significantly modifies the systolic PV flow wave. The effect of recumbent positional changes on PV, however, has not yet been characterized in AF. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of positional changes on systolic PV flow in patients with AF studied by transesophageal echocardiography. The study group consisted of 45 patients with AF (34 patients with AF, alone, and 11 patients with mitral stenosis [MS]). To assess the influence of left atrial pressure, we included patients with MS and AF. Pulsed wave Doppler transesophageal echocardiography of the left and right upper PV were performed in the left lateral recumbent position in all patients and repeated records were obtained with the subject in the supine position in 25 (AF alone: n = 20, MS: n = 5) of 45 patients. In the left lateral recumbent position, the systolic PV flow velocity and systolic fraction of the left PV, which were recorded on the recumbent subject's lower side, were significantly increased compared with those of the right PV in both AF alone and MS with AF (33.9 +/- 10.8 vs 13.8 +/- 6.4 cm/s, 0.45 +/- 0.09 vs 0.20 +/- 0.10 in AF alone; 30.2 +/- 11.7 vs 14.6 +/- 6.0 cm/s, 0.43 +/- 0.12 vs 0.20 +/- 0.07 in MS, respectively, P < .01). By changing the position from the left lateral to the supine position, systolic PV flow velocity and systolic fraction of the left and right PV became the same (29.3 +/- 8.4 vs 27.9 +/- 8.4 cm/s, 0.39 +/- 0.09 vs 0.36 +/- 0.06 in AF alone, 23.5 +/- 8.8 vs 27.5 +/- 5.0 cm/s, 0.35 +/- 0.08 vs 0.35 +/- 0.09 in MS, respectively). These findings show that the PV volume (hydrostatic pressure) significantly modifies systolic PV flow wave in patients without atrial contraction and relaxation. We should take into consideration the body position on which PV flow is studied.
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- Yoko Ohta
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Shimane Medical University, Izumo, Japan
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Table 1 lists the parameters that are sought routinely in developing a complete hemodynamic profile by TEE. The arterial blood pressure is an essential starting point. Knowledge of the cardiac output (flow velocity integral) allows placement of the other parameters in context by providing a notion of the status of the general circulation and of the level of pulmonary and systemic vascular resistance. The mitral inflow allows segregation of the diastolic function of the left ventricle into one of three categories: (1) normal, (2) restrictive, or (3) delayed relaxation. Pulmonary vein inflow is complementary to mitral inflow and further confirms the status of the filling pressure. The MR jet is another means of gauging the systemic blood pressure and the filling pressure but is more technically demanding than recording mitral valve and pulmonary valve inflows. Tricuspid regurgitation, also technically demanding, reliably provides peak pulmonary systolic pressure, and PR provides the end-diastolic pulmonary artery pressure. Doppler [table: see text] flow in the great veins is useful in estimating right atrial pressure; this information must be integrated with TR and PR velocities to estimate pulmonary artery pressure. Finally, the motion and curvature direction of the IAS allows identification of the atrium with the higher pressure. Using the dynamic behavior of this structure enables reconstructing of the pressure in one atrium from knowledge of pressure in the other. As the case example shows, using these techniques in a routine fashion enables an accurate, comprehensive, and reliable qualitative assay of hemodynamic status.
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- N B Schiller
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine and Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA
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