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Keane RR, Menon V, Cremer PC. Acute Heart Valve Emergencies. Cardiol Clin 2024; 42:237-252. [PMID: 38631792 DOI: 10.1016/j.ccl.2024.02.009] [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] [Indexed: 04/19/2024]
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Within the cardiac intensive care unit, prompt recognition of severe acute valvular lesions is essential because hemodynamic collapse can occur rapidly, especially when cardiac chambers have not had time for compensatory remodeling. Within this context, optimal medical management, considerations for temporary mechanical circulatory support and decisive treatments strategies are addressed. Fundamental concepts include an appreciation for how sudden changes in flow and pressure gradients between cardiac chambers can impact hemodynamic and echocardiographic findings differently compared to similarly severe chronic lesions, as well as understanding the main causes for decompensated heart failure and cardiogenic shock for each valvular abnormality.
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- Ryan R Keane
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, 9500 Euclid Ave: Desk J1-5, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, 9500 Euclid Ave: Desk J1-5, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Coordinating Center for Clinical Research, Heart Vascular and Thoracic Institute, 9500 Euclid Ave: Desk J1-5, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
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Mihos CG, Nappi F. A narrative review of echocardiography in infective endocarditis of the right heart. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2020; 8:1622. [PMID: 33437821 PMCID: PMC7791248 DOI: 10.21037/atm-20-5198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Infective endocarditis (IE) is characterized by bacterial or fungal masses that form in the cardiac chambers and valves, and in severe cases invade the endocardium or intra-cardiac vessels. Right-sided IE accounts for 5% to 10% of cases, with a low mortality cited at 6%. A history of intravenous drug abuse (IVDU) is present in 90% of isolated right-sided IE cases, with normal intra-cardiac anatomy prior to infection in approximately 80%. Nevertheless, up to 50% of patients require early surgical intervention which is associated with significant peri-operative morbidity. Echocardiography is the gold standard for diagnosis with a sensitivity of 80% for the transthoracic modality and 95% for transesophageal studies; it provides important clinical information regarding the severity of infection and development of secondary complications. This includes identification of active infective vegetations, healed IE, prosthetic valve IE, and abscess formation and rupture. Prompt clinical, microbiologic, and imaging assessment of patients with suspected left or right-sided IE is of paramount importance and is reflected in the modified Duke criteria, the well-validated algorithm for accurate and timely diagnosis of IE. Data suggests the criteria sensitivity may be decreased in right-sided IE only, and thus, care must be taken to perform skilled and detailed echocardiographic assessments of the right heart in suspected cases. Herein we provide a review of IE of the right heart, with a focus on pathophysiology and its echocardiographic presentation and characteristics.
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- Christos G Mihos
- Echocardiography Laboratory, Columbia University Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai Heart Institute, Miami Beach, FL, USA
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Centre Cardiologique du Nord de Saint-Denis, Paris, France
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Buggey J, Hoit BD. A case of prosthetic aortic valve dehiscence due to infective endocarditis without paravalvular regurgitation. Echocardiography 2019; 36:1409-1412. [PMID: 31169931 DOI: 10.1111/echo.14401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2019] [Revised: 05/13/2019] [Accepted: 05/14/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis is often a challenging disease process that carries high morbidity and mortality. Echocardiography is widely used to identify infected valves and associated complications. One major complication of an infection involving the aortic annulus is dehiscence of the prosthetic valve from the aortic root and is usually associated with paravalvular regurgitation. Here, we present a rare case of complete prosthetic valve dehiscence without paravalvular regurgitation on transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography.
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- Jonathan Buggey
- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, Ohio
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- University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center, Harrington Heart and Vascular Institute, Cleveland, Ohio.,Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio
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Ruiz CE, Hahn RT, Berrebi A, Borer JS, Cutlip DE, Fontana G, Gerosa G, Ibrahim R, Jelnin V, Jilaihawi H, Jolicoeur EM, Kliger C, Kronzon I, Leipsic J, Maisano F, Millan X, Nataf P, O'Gara PT, Pibarot P, Ramee SR, Rihal CS, Rodes-Cabau J, Sorajja P, Suri R, Swain JA, Turi ZG, Tuzcu EM, Weissman NJ, Zamorano JL, Serruys PW, Leon MB. Clinical Trial Principles and Endpoint Definitions for Paravalvular Leaks in Surgical Prosthesis. Eur Heart J 2017; 39:1224-1245. [DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehx211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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- Carlos E Ruiz
- Hackensack University Medical Center, Structural and Congenital Heart Center, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Columbia University Medical Center and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
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- State University of New York Downstate Medical Center and College of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Cedars Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California
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- Montreal Heart Institute, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Structural and Congenital Heart Center, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute-North Shore LIJ Health System, New York, New York
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- Lenox Hill Heart and Vascular Institute-North Shore LIJ Health System, New York, New York
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- St. Paul's Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- AP-HP Hôpital Bichat Service de Cardiologie, Paris, France
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- Minneapolis Heart Institute and Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota
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- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Columbia University Medical Center and Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
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Ruiz CE, Hahn RT, Berrebi A, Borer JS, Cutlip DE, Fontana G, Gerosa G, Ibrahim R, Jelnin V, Jilaihawi H, Jolicoeur EM, Kliger C, Kronzon I, Leipsic J, Maisano F, Millan X, Nataf P, O'Gara PT, Pibarot P, Ramee SR, Rihal CS, Rodes-Cabau J, Sorajja P, Suri R, Swain JA, Turi ZG, Tuzcu EM, Weissman NJ, Zamorano JL, Serruys PW, Leon MB. Clinical Trial Principles and Endpoint Definitions for Paravalvular Leaks in Surgical Prosthesis. J Am Coll Cardiol 2017; 69:2067-2087. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.02.038] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2016] [Revised: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 02/15/2017] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Konoske R, Whitener G, Nicoara A. Intraoperative Evaluation of Paravalvular Regurgitation by Transesophageal Echocardiography. Anesth Analg 2015. [DOI: 10.1213/ane.0000000000000787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Prosthetic heart valve (PHV) dysfunction is a rare, but potentially life-threatening, complication. In clinical practice, PHV dysfunction poses a diagnostic dilemma. Echocardiography and fluoroscopy are the imaging techniques of choice and are routinely used in daily practice. However, these techniques sometimes fail to determine the specific cause of PHV dysfunction, which is crucial to the selection of the appropriate treatment strategy. Multidetector-row CT (MDCT) can be of additional value in diagnosing the specific cause of PHV dysfunction and provides valuable complimentary information for surgical planning in case of reoperation. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) has limited value in the evaluation of biological PHV dysfunction. In this Review, we discuss the use of established imaging modalities for the detection of left-sided mechanical and biological PHV dysfunction and discuss the complementary role of MDCT in this context.
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Zoghbi WA, Chambers JB, Dumesnil JG, Foster E, Gottdiener JS, Grayburn PA, Khandheria BK, Levine RA, Marx GR, Miller FA, Nakatani S, Quiñones MA, Rakowski H, Rodriguez LL, Swaminathan M, Waggoner AD, Weissman NJ, Zabalgoitia M. Recommendations for evaluation of prosthetic valves with echocardiography and doppler ultrasound: a report From the American Society of Echocardiography's Guidelines and Standards Committee and the Task Force on Prosthetic Valves, developed in conjunction with the American College of Cardiology Cardiovascular Imaging Committee, Cardiac Imaging Committee of the American Heart Association, the European Association of Echocardiography, a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology, the Japanese Society of Echocardiography and the Canadian Society of Echocardiography, endorsed by the American College of Cardiology Foundation, American Heart Association, European Association of Echocardiography, a registered branch of the European Society of Cardiology, the Japanese Society of Echocardiography, and Canadian Society of Echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2009; 22:975-1014; quiz 1082-4. [PMID: 19733789 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 924] [Impact Index Per Article: 61.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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- William A Zoghbi
- Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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Cicioni C, Di Luzio V, Di Emidio L, De Remigis F, Fragassi G, Gregorini R, Mazzola A, Paparoni S, Prosperi F, Ferri C. Limitations and discrepancies of transthoracic and transoesophageal echocardiography compared with surgical findings in patients submitted to surgery for complications of infective endocarditis. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2006; 7:660-6. [PMID: 16932078 DOI: 10.2459/01.jcm.0000242998.74923.4d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Transoesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is recognized to be superior to transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in evaluating complications of infective endocarditis (IE). The aim of this study was to compare results from TTE and TEE with surgical findings, and to assess limitations and discrepancies of TEE as compared with surgical findings. METHODS A retrospective analysis was carried out in 63 consecutive patients undergoing surgical intervention for IE-related complications. All patients were submitted to TTE and TEE before surgery. Clinical, anaesthesiological and surgical data were reviewed for all patients as well as the TTE and TEE examinations recorded on S-VHS videotape. Patients were divided into two groups according to the time elapsed from TEE to surgery (> 72 h in group A and < 72 h in group B). RESULTS The study population included 44 patients with native valve endocarditis and 19 patients with prosthetic valve endocarditis for a total of 76 affected valves (54 native and 22 prosthetic valves). No significant differences were observed between groups in number of patients (31 vs. 32; P = NS), of native valves (29 vs. 27; P = NS), and of prosthetic valves (10 vs. 12; P = NS). Discrepancies between TEE and surgical findings were found in 14 cases (11/31 in group A vs. 3/32 in group B; P = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS Time between TEE and surgery seems to be an important factor affecting comparison. Lesion characteristics appear to be more precise and concordant with surgical findings the shorter the time elapsed from TEE to surgery. Changes resulting from disease progression require repeat TEE evaluation prior to surgical intervention for IE-related complications. This could be useful in providing the surgeon with a more accurate definition of valvular lesions for optimal planning of intervention.
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- Catia Cicioni
- Division of Cardiology, Civic Hospital, Castiglione delle Stiviere (MN), Italy
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Metz E, Hartmann M, von Birgelen C, Haalebos MMP, Verhorst PMJ. Major dehiscence of infected aortic valve prosthesis with "rocking motion" but without diastolic paravalvular regurgitation. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2006; 22:771-4. [PMID: 16779614 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-006-9106-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2006] [Accepted: 05/14/2006] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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We present a case of a 66-year-old patient with infective endocarditis of an aortic valve bioprosthesis with major dehiscence and extensive "rocking motion" but without any diastolic paravalvular regurgitation as assessed with radiography and transesophageal echocardiography.
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- Ethel Metz
- Department of Cardiology, Medisch Spectrum Twente, Thoraxcentrum Twente, Haaksbergerstraat 55, 7513 ER, Enschede, The Netherlands
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Safi AM, Kwan T, Afflu E, Al Kamme A, Salciccioli L. Paravalvular regurgitation: a rare complication following valve replacement surgery. Angiology 2000; 51:479-87. [PMID: 10870857 DOI: 10.1177/000331970005100605] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Paravalvular regurgitation is an uncommon but important complication, usually following valve replacement surgery. Early recognition and management are important for reoperations are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Presently, little data are available on this topic. The authors review the subject.
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- A M Safi
- Department of Medicine, The Brooklyn Hospital Center, New York 11201, USA
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- M Zabalgoitia
- Echocardiography Laboratories, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, USA
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Krivokapich J, Child JS. Role of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis. Cardiol Clin 1996; 14:363-82. [PMID: 8853131 DOI: 10.1016/s0733-8651(05)70290-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Echocardiography has become a mainstay in the diagnosis of endocarditis. Vegetations were first visualized noninvasively beginning with M-mode echocardiography in the mid-1970s. The evolution of echocardiography, to include first two-dimensional imaging and then Doppler imaging in the 1980s, established echocardiography as the noninvasive test of choice to evaluate for the presence of vegetations as well as for their sequelae. Most recently, the addition of transesophageal echocardiography has expanded the role and yield of echocardiography in diagnosing endocarditis as well as in guiding management.
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- J Krivokapich
- Department of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, USA
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A myocardial abscess is a life threatening complication of infective endocarditis that necessitates early diagnosis in order to identify the need for emergent surgical intervention and improved prognosis. This review discusses the relevant historical aspects, clinical features suggestive of the diagnosis, associated conditions and various appropriate imaging modalities--in particular, trans-thoracic and trans-esophageal echocardiography, Indium-111 radionucleide scintigraphy, and computerized tomographic scanning. Specific clinical and echocardiographic criteria for identifying a myocardial abscess are discussed and comparative data presented from published studies in the literature.
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- J Chakrabarti
- Department of Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, MA 01199, USA
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Yvorchuk KJ, Chan KL. Application of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis and management of infective endocarditis. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1994; 7:294-308. [PMID: 8060646 DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80400-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Infective endocarditis continues to be a cause of significant cardiac morbidity and mortality. To improve the prognosis of patients with this disorder, early diagnosis is crucial but difficult to establish on the basis of clinical parameters alone. Echocardiography, both transthoracic and transesophageal techniques, has a major role in the detection of vegetations that are the hallmark of endocarditis. Valvular and perivalvular complications can also be well assessed by echocardiography. With the improved resolution provided by recent technologic advances in echocardiography, vegetations can be reliably detected in most patients with endocarditis. We propose that present diagnostic criteria for endocarditis be revised to include echocardiographic findings as a major parameter in the diagnosis. Finally, a diagnostic approach incorporating transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in these patients will be discussed taking into consideration the different degrees of clinical suspicion for the existence of the disease.
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- K J Yvorchuk
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario, Canada
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Chambers J, Fraser A, Lawford P, Nihoyannopoulos P, Simpson I. Echocardiographic assessment of artificial heart valves: British Society of Echocardiography position paper. Heart 1994; 71:6-14. [PMID: 8011398 PMCID: PMC483704 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.71.4_suppl.6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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- J Chambers
- Department of Cardiology, Guy's Hospital, London
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Assessment of artificial heart valves is a classic example of pitfalls in Doppler and color flow echocardiography. These limitations should be analyzed in the context of the most common clinical conditions associated with prosthetic valve dysfunction, that is, assessment of stenosis, regurgitation, endocarditis, and source of emboli. Estimation of the mean transvalvular gradient in addition to valve areas may avoid potential problems of over- or underestimation of stenotic lesions. The combination of acoustic attenuation, acoustic shadowing, and jet(s) eccentricity makes accurate grading of prosthetic regurgitation difficult and often frustrating. Reverberations and side lobe are frequent artifacts that decrease the ability of two-dimensional echocardiography to identify endocarditis-induced lesions such as vegetations and abscesses, as well as potential sources of emboli such as thrombus and atrial septal abnormalities. Transesophageal echocardiography has provided a new window in the evaluation of prosthetic cardiac valve function. With this approach, high frequency, high resolution transducers greatly improve the quality of ultrasound and color flow Doppler images that result in a higher diagnostic yield. In patients with suspected mitral prosthesis malfunction, transesophageal echocardiography is the method of choice. Contrast study during the transesophageal examination increases the sensitivity to detect potential sources of emboli such as patent foramen ovale. The improvement in diagnostic accuracy may allow one to avoid further diagnostic tests and, in selected patients, it may facilitate optimal timing of a surgical intervention.
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- M Zabalgoitia
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio 78284
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Murphy JG, Foster-Smith K. MANAGEMENT OF COMPLICATIONS OF INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS WITH EMPHASIS ON ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FINDINGS. Infect Dis Clin North Am 1993. [DOI: 10.1016/s0891-5520(20)30511-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Daniel WG, Mügge A, Grote J, Hausmann D, Nikutta P, Laas J, Lichtlen PR, Martin RP. Comparison of transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography for detection of abnormalities of prosthetic and bioprosthetic valves in the mitral and aortic positions. Am J Cardiol 1993; 71:210-5. [PMID: 8421985 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(93)90740-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Two-dimensional echocardiography is the diagnostic procedure of choice for evaluation of prosthetic valve abnormalities. However, transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) may be limited owing to acoustic shadowing and poor acoustic windows. Some of these limitations may be overcome by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE). One hundred twenty-six patients with 148 prosthetic valves (113 bioprostheses and 35 mechanical devices) were studied by M-mode and 2-dimensional TTE and TEE. Prosthetic valve morphology was confirmed by surgery or autopsy in all cases; 124 prostheses were classified as diseased (33 endocarditis, 8 thrombi, and 83 degeneration defined as leaflet thickening > 3 mm with restricted motion) and 24 as normal. Prosthetic valve endocarditis and thrombi were correctly identified by TTE in 12 of 33 (36%) and 1 of 8 (13%) prostheses, respectively, but could be diagnosed by TEE in 27 of 33 (82%; p < 0.001) and 8 of 8 (100%; p < 0.01), respectively. Compared with TTE, TEE had a higher sensitivity for morphologic prosthetic valve abnormalities in patients with either bioprostheses (88 [87%] vs 66 [65%] of 101 prostheses; p < 0.01) or mechanical devices (19 [83%] vs 5 [22%] of 23 prostheses; p < 0.01) and in patients with a prosthesis in either the aortic (49 [77%] vs 32 [50%] of 64; p < 0.01) or mitral (58 [97%] vs 39 [65%] of 60; p < 0.001) position. Overall, sensitivity and specificity were 57 and 63%, respectively, for TTE, and 86 and 88%, respectively, for TEE.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- W G Daniel
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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Sochowski RA, Chan KL. Implication of negative results on a monoplane transesophageal echocardiographic study in patients with suspected infective endocarditis. J Am Coll Cardiol 1993; 21:216-21. [PMID: 8417064 DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(93)90739-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 139] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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OBJECTIVES This study was conducted to determine the implications of negative findings on a transesophageal echocardiographic study in which neither a vegetation nor an abscess is identified in patients with clinically suspected infective endocarditis. BACKGROUND Echocardiography is the procedure of choice for evaluating suspected infective endocarditis in patients. Transesophageal echocardiography has been shown to be superior to transthoracic imaging. Although the importance of positive results or a diagnostic study is known, the significance of negative findings on a transesophageal study is not clear. METHODS All transesophageal echocardiographic studies performed over a 2-year period for suspected infective endocarditis were reviewed and the clinical course of patients with an initially negative study result was assessed to determine their final diagnosis. RESULTS Of the 105 patients identified, 65 had a negative transesophageal study result. In the majority of this group (56 of 65), an alternate diagnosis was made or there was no infective endocarditis on follow-up examination, or both. Of the remaining nine patients, four were treated for endocarditis without a definite diagnosis and five had infective endocarditis proved by either repeat transesophageal study (n = 3), pathologic findings (n = 1) or a diagnostic clinical course (n = 1). Gram-positive bacteremia and the presence of a prosthetic valve in the aortic position tended to be more common in the latter group. CONCLUSIONS A negative transesophageal study result reduces the likelihood that endocarditis is present. Repeat examination, however, should be considered in high risk patients, such as those with prosthetic valves or unexplained bacteremia, to avoid a missed diagnosis.
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- R A Sochowski
- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ontario, Canada
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Mohr-Kahaly S, Kupferwasser I, Erbel R, Wittlich N, Iversen S, Oelert H, Meyer J. Value and limitations of transesophageal echocardiography in the evaluation of aortic prostheses. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1993; 6:12-20. [PMID: 8439418 DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(14)80251-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Results of 34 transesophageal (TEE) studies in patients with suspected aortic prosthetic dysfunction were compared with transthoracic echocardiographic (TTE) results and to anatomic findings. Mass lesions noted at surgery (autopsy) were correctly described in 93% by TEE versus 43% by TTE. Abscesses were detected in 88% by TEE versus 18% by TTE. Bioprosthetic degeneration was visualized in 88% versus 38% and prosthetic obstruction correctly identified in 75% versus 50% by TEE and TTE, respectively. Anatomic aortic regurgitant lesions were identified in 96% by TEE versus 77% by TTE, whereas the correct origin was detected in 88% of cases by TEE versus 54% of cases by TTE. TEE provides valuable additional information on morphologic conditions and flow pathology in aortic valve prostheses.
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- S Mohr-Kahaly
- Second Medical Clinic, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany
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Hsiung MC, Ku CS, Wei J, Ding YA, Lin CC, Wang DJ, Shieh SM, Lin KC. Transesophageal color Doppler flow imaging in the evaluation of prosthetic cardiac valves. Echocardiography 1992; 9:583-8. [PMID: 10147796 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1992.tb00503.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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To determine the value of transesophageal echocardiography in the assessment of prosthetic cardiac valves, 11 patients with clinically suspected cardiac prosthetic valve dysfunction were studied by transesophageal two-dimensional imaging, as well as by color Doppler flow mapping. Among these 11 patients, there were 10 with biological tissue valves and 3 with metallic valves (1 Bjork-Shiley, 2 St. Jude). Nine patients had replacement of mitral valves alone. The remaining two had received both mitral and aortic prostheses. The degree of mitral regurgitation was graded by transesophageal color Doppler according to the area of the regurgitant jet visualized. The degree of aortic regurgitation was graded by the jet height/left ventricular outflow height ratio method. All transesophageal studies were performed without complication and all were well tolerated. The pathological morphology of the cardiac prosthesis was clearly visualized by transesophageal two-dimensional imaging and subsequently proven at surgery. Of those tested, one patient was found to have a torn leaflet, one had a dislodged leaflet, one patient had paravalvular leakage, four had cusp vegetations, and five patients had prosthetic degeneration for other reasons. Mitral regurgitation was graded as absent in one patient, mild in two patients, moderate in two patients, and severe in six patients. Aortic regurgitation was graded as severe in both patients with aortic prostheses. We conclude that in patients with clinically suspected cardiac prosthetic dysfunction, transesophageal two-dimensional imaging combined with color Doppler can provide reliable information that corresponds to surgical findings.
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- M C Hsiung
- Division of Cardiology, Tri-Service General Hospital, National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Sanfilippo AJ, Picard MH, Newell JB, Rosas E, Davidoff R, Thomas JD, Weyman AE. Echocardiographic assessment of patients with infectious endocarditis: prediction of risk for complications. J Am Coll Cardiol 1991; 18:1191-9. [PMID: 1918695 DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90535-h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 228] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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To enhance the echocardiographic identification of high risk lesions in patients with infectious endocarditis, the medical records and two-dimensional echocardiograms of 204 patients with this condition were analyzed. The occurrence of specific clinical complications was recorded and vegetations were assessed with respect to predetermined morphologic characteristics. The overall complication rates were roughly equivalent for patients with mitral (53%), aortic (62%), tricuspid (77%) and prosthetic valve (61%) vegetations, as well as for those with nonspecific valvular changes but no discrete vegetations (57%), although the distribution of specific complications varied considerably among these groups. There were significantly fewer complications in patients without discernible valvular abnormalities (27%). In native left-sided valve endocarditis, vegetation size, extent, mobility and consistency were all found to be significant univariate predictors of complications. In multivariate analysis, vegetation size, extent and mobility emerged as optimal predictors and an echocardiographic score based on these factors predicted the occurrence of complications with 70% sensitivity and 92% specificity in mitral valve endocarditis and with 76% sensitivity and 62% specificity in aortic valve endocarditis.
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Daniel WG, Mügge A, Martin RP, Lindert O, Hausmann D, Nonnast-Daniel B, Laas J, Lichtlen PR. Improvement in the diagnosis of abscesses associated with endocarditis by transesophageal echocardiography. N Engl J Med 1991; 324:795-800. [PMID: 1997851 DOI: 10.1056/nejm199103213241203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 440] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Echocardiography is recognized as the method of choice for the noninvasive detection of valvular vegetations in patients with infective endocarditis, with transesophageal echocardiography being more accurate than transthoracic echocardiography. The diagnosis of associated abscesses by transthoracic echocardiography is difficult or even impossible in many cases, however, and it is not known whether transesophageal echocardiography is any better. METHODS To determine the value of transesophageal echocardiography in the detection of abscesses associated with endocarditis, we studied prospectively by two-dimensional transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography 118 consecutive patients with infective endocarditis of 137 native or prosthetic valves that was documented during surgery or at autopsy. RESULTS During surgery or at autopsy, 44 patients (37.3 percent) had a total of 46 definite regions of abscess. Abscesses were more frequent in aortic-valve endocarditis than in infections of other valves, and the infecting organism was more often staphylococcus (52.3 percent of cases) in patients with abscesses than in those without abscesses (16.2 percent). The hospital mortality rate was 22.7 percent in patients with abscesses, as compared with 13.5 percent in patients without abscesses. Whereas transthoracic echocardiography identified only 13 of the 46 areas of abscess, the transesophageal approach allowed the detection of 40 regions (P less than 0.001). Sensitivity and specificity for the detection of abscesses associated with endocarditis were 28.3 and 98.6 percent, respectively, for transthoracic echocardiography and 87.0 and 94.6 percent for transesophageal echocardiography; positive and negative predictive values were 92.9 and 68.9 percent, respectively, for the transthoracic approach and 90.9 and 92.1 percent for the transesophageal approach. Variation between observers was 3.4 percent for transthoracic and 4.2 percent for transesophageal echocardiography. CONCLUSIONS The data indicate that transesophageal echocardiography leads to a significant improvement in the diagnosis of abscesses associated with endocarditis. The technique facilitates the identification of patients with endocarditis who have an increased risk of death and permits earlier treatment.
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- W G Daniel
- Department of Internal Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Germany
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- R L Popp
- Cardiology Division, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305
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Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Weekly clinicopathological exercises. Case 14-1990. A 76-year-old man with a prosthetic aortic valve, staphylococcal sepsis, and a recent myocardial infarct. N Engl J Med 1990; 322:988-99. [PMID: 2314449 DOI: 10.1056/nejm199004053221408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Grigg L, Fulop J, Daniel L, Weisel R, Rakowski H. Doppler echocardiography assessment of prosthetic heart valves. Echocardiography 1990; 7:97-114. [PMID: 10149195 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1990.tb00353.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography is an accurate noninvasive method for the evaluation of prosthetic valve function. The flow characteristics and pressure gradients of normally functioning mechanical and bioprosthetic valves have been, in general established. Normal functioning mitral valve prostheses have a valve area greater than 1.8 cm 2 with the St. Jude valve having the largest effective valve area and normally functioning aortic prosthetic valves have a peak instantaneous gradient of less than 45 mmHg, with the Starr-Edwards valves (Starr-Edwards, Irvine CA) showing the highest gradients. The incidence of minimal or mild regurgitation is approximately 15% to 30% in the mitral position and 25% to 50% in the aortic position, with the higher incidence of regurgitation seen with mechanical compared to bioprosthetic valves. Transthoracic Doppler echocardiography can accurately detect patients with prosthetic valvular stenosis. The presence of prosthetic aortic regurgitation can also generally be accurately assessed, except in the presence of both prosthetic aortic and mitral valves. Assessment of prosthetic mitral regurgitation remains limited due to significant attenuation of the ultrasound beam by the prosthesis and the frequent underestimation of severity of regurgitation. Other limitations of transthoracic studies include assessment of leaflet morphology, detection of vegetations and valve abscesses, and differentiation between valvular and paravalvular regurgitation.
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- L Grigg
- Division of Cardiology, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Burstow DJ, Nishimura RA, Bailey KR, Reeder GS, Holmes DR, Seward JB, Tajik AJ. Continuous wave Doppler echocardiographic measurement of prosthetic valve gradients. A simultaneous Doppler-catheter correlative study. Circulation 1989; 80:504-14. [PMID: 2766505 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.80.3.504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 126] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Studies correlating prosthetic valve gradients determined by continuous wave Doppler echocardiography with gradients obtained by cardiac catheterization have, to date, been limited to patients with mitral and tricuspid prostheses or have compared nonsimultaneous measurements. Simultaneous Doppler and catheter pressure gradients in 36 patients (mean age, 63 +/- 13 years) with 42 prosthetic valves (20 aortic, 20 mitral, one tricuspid, and one pulmonary) were studied. Catheter gradients were obtained using a dual-catheter technique. The simultaneous pressure tracings and Doppler flow velocity profiles were digitized at 10-msec intervals to derive the corresponding maximal and mean gradients. The correlation between the maximal Doppler gradient and the simultaneously measured maximal catheter gradient was 0.94 (SEE = 6), and that between the Doppler gradient and the simultaneously measured mean catheter gradient was 0.96 (SEE = 3). There were no significant differences in correlation between gradients for the 32 mechanical valves (maximal gradients: r = 0.95, SEE = 6; mean gradients: r = 0.96, SEE = 3) and the 10 bioprosthetic valves (maximal gradients: r = 0.89, SEE = 6; mean gradients: r = 0.93, SEE = 3). In patients with mitral prostheses, Doppler gradients correlated well with the corresponding catheter gradients obtained with direct measurement of left atrial pressure (maximal gradients: r = 0.96, SEE = 2; mean gradients: r = 0.97, SEE = 1.2). A close correlation between corresponding Doppler and catheter gradients also was found in patients with aortic prostheses (maximal gradients: r = 0.94, SEE = 6; mean gradients: r = 0.94, SEE = 3). Thus, continuous wave Doppler echocardiography can accurately predict the pressure gradient across prosthetic valves.
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- D J Burstow
- Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN 55905
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Gross CM, Prisant LM, Paolini D, von Dohlen TW. Echocardiographic appearance of a flail bioprosthetic mitral valve leaflet mimicking vegetation. Am Heart J 1989; 117:953-7. [PMID: 2929407 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(89)90633-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- C M Gross
- Section of Cardiology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta 30912
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Nellessen U, Schnittger I, Appleton CP, Masuyama T, Bolger A, Fischell TA, Tye T, Popp RL. Transesophageal two-dimensional echocardiography and color Doppler flow velocity mapping in the evaluation of cardiac valve prostheses. Circulation 1988; 78:848-55. [PMID: 3168192 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.78.4.848] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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To determine the value of transesophageal ultrasound in the assessment of cardiac valve prostheses, 14 patients with clinically suspected mitral prosthesis malfunction were studied by transthoracic and transesophageal two-dimensional imaging as well as by color Doppler flow velocity mapping (color Doppler). Patients underwent left ventricular angiography (n = 13), surgery (n = 11), or both angiography and surgery (n = 10). Nine patients had only mitral valve replacement, four patients had both mitral and aortic valve replacement, and one patient had mitral, aortic, and tricuspid valve replacement. There were 16 biological and four mechanical prostheses. The degree of mitral regurgitation was graded by both transthoracic and transesophageal color Doppler according to the area of the regurgitant jet visualized and was compared with a three-point classification of mitral regurgitation by left ventricular angiography judged by observers blinded to the echocardiographic results. All transesophageal studies were performed without complication and were well tolerated. The pathological morphology of the mitral prosthesis was additionally or more clearly visualized by transesophageal two-dimensional imaging and subsequently proven at surgery in three patients with flail leaflets and one patient with a vegetation compared with images obtained by the transthoracic approach. Valvular regurgitation was graded by the transthoracic approach as absent in four patients, mild in two patients, moderate in five patients, and severe in only three patients. The transesophageal assessment showed absence of mitral regurgitation in two patients, moderate regurgitation in two patients, and severe regurgitation in 10 patients.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- U Nellessen
- Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, California 94305
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Vandenberg BF, Dellsperger KC, Chandran KB, Kerber RE. Detection, localization, and quantitation of bioprosthetic mitral valve regurgitation. An in vitro two-dimensional color-Doppler flow-mapping study. Circulation 1988; 78:529-38. [PMID: 2970336 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.78.3.529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The usefulness of two-dimensional color-Doppler flow-imaging (2D Doppler) in the detection, localization, and quantitation of bioprosthetic mitral valve regurgitation is uncertain. Mitral bioprostheses, before and after the creation of transvalvular (n = 33), paravalvular (n = 17), or combined (n = 23) defects, were mounted in a pulsed duplication system (flow rates, 2.5-6.5 l/min; pulse rate, 70 beats/min). An Aloka 880 2D Doppler system (Japan) was used to image the regurgitant jets in the simulated left atrial chamber, analogous to images obtained with transesophageal echocardiography. Jet area was corrected to an estimate of stroke volume: 2D Doppler measurements were divided by [(valve effective orifice area) X (continuous-wave Doppler-determined mean diastolic filling velocity)]/pulse rate. Regurgitant fraction and regurgitant volume were measured by an electromagnetic flow probe. 2D Doppler correctly identified the presence and location of paravalvular regurgitation. In transvalvular and combined transvalvular-paravalvular defects, there were six incorrect interpretations, all having transvalvular regurgitant volumes less than 4 ml/beat. In the presence of transvalvular regurgitation, jet area, length, and width correlated linearly with regurgitant volume (r = 0.82, 0.80, and 0.68, respectively; p less than 0.0001) and regurgitant fraction (r = 0.62, 0.61, and 0.45, respectively; p less than 0.001). Correlations with regurgitant fraction were improved when 2D Doppler measurements were corrected for stroke volume (r = 0.78, 0.79, and 0.67, respectively; p less than 0.0001). Mitral bioprostheses with transvalvular defects were also studied at varying flow rates (3.2-7.5 l/min) and pulse rates (70, 90, and 110 beats/min). The correlation between jet area and regurgitant volume was improved with a second-order polynomial regression (r = 0.93, p less than 0.0001). Our conclusions are that 1) in this in vitro model analogous to transesophageal imaging, 2D Doppler accurately detects and localizes bioprosthetic mitral valve regurgitation; 2) in transvalvular bioprosthetic mitral valve regurgitation, 2D Doppler measurement of jet area has a curvilinear relation with regurgitant volume, and correlation with regurgitant fraction is improved with correction for stroke volume; and 3) in paravalvular bioprosthetic mitral valve regurgitation, correlations between 2D Doppler measurements and regurgitant volumes are weaker, possibly because of jet eccentricity.
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- B F Vandenberg
- Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242
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Alam M, Rosman HS, Lakier JB, Kemp S, Khaja F, Hautamaki K, Magilligan DJ, Stein PD. Doppler and echocardiographic features of normal and dysfunctioning bioprosthetic valves. J Am Coll Cardiol 1987; 10:851-8. [PMID: 3309005 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(87)80280-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Echocardiographic and Doppler studies were performed on 183 clinically normal and 58 severely dysfunctioning bioprosthetic mitral, aortic and tricuspid valves. The valve dysfunction resulted from spontaneous cusp degeneration in 49 instances and from paravalvular regurgitation in 9. The pulsed Doppler study demonstrated regurgitant flow in 36 (92%) of 39 regurgitant valves and 8 (90%) of 9 paravalvular regurgitant valves. Diagnostic echocardiographic features were present in only 51 and 10% of the patients, respectively. Although the Doppler regurgitant jet was peripheral in seven of the nine patients with paravalvular regurgitation, it was not possible to differentiate these patients from those who had valve degeneration and cusp tear at the periphery of the valve ring. Eight patients presented with a musical holosystolic murmur of mitral insufficiency. In all eight there was a characteristic honking intonation on the audio signal and a striated shuddering appearance on the video Doppler signal. Ten stenotic mitral bioprosthetic valves (less than or equal to 1.1 cm2 valve orifice) were identified by Doppler study. Diagnostic echocardiographic features were present in only two of these patients. The Doppler-derived valve orifice dimension correlated well (r = 0.83) with cardiac catheterization values. Fourteen asymptomatic or minimally symptomatic patients had echocardiographically thickened mitral cusps (greater than or equal to 3 mm). These patients had a significantly (p less than 0.0001) smaller valve area as compared with normal control valves, and during 4 to 24 months of follow-up, five of these patients developed severe valve regurgitation or stenosis. Doppler ultrasound is more sensitive than echocardiography in diagnosing bioprosthetic valve stenosis and regurgitation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- M Alam
- Heart and Vascular Institute, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan
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Chambers JB, Monaghan MJ, Jackson G, Jewitt DE. Doppler echocardiographic appearance of cusp tears in tissue valve prosthesis. J Am Coll Cardiol 1987; 10:462-6. [PMID: 3598014 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(87)80033-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Characteristic Doppler echocardiographic abnormalities were noted in five patients with a failing tissue prosthesis shown to have severe regurgitation and no evidence of obstruction. The audio signal was musical in quality and the regurgitant flow pattern was bidirectional and striated. There were 4 to 6 striations in the mitral and 18 in the aortic regurgitant jets per 100 cm/s length of signal. Pulsed Doppler ultrasound localized the jet to the valve in all cases although angiography failed to localize it in one of four cases. At surgery each valve had a tear in or partial disintegration of one cusp whereas the other two cusps were intact, mobile and of normal thickness. The Doppler appearance is thought to be caused by fluttering of the disrupted cusp leading to the shedding of families of vortices in both a retrograde and an orthograde direction. It is suggested that this is likely to be a useful sign for the diagnosis of cusp tears.
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Akins EW, Limacher M, Slone RM, Hill JA. Evaluation of an aortic annular pseudoaneurysm by MRI: comparison with echocardiography, angiography and surgery. Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol 1987; 10:188-93. [PMID: 3115572 DOI: 10.1007/bf02593867] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was clinically useful in a case of aortic annular pseudoaneurysm complicating bacterial endocarditis. The MRI findings were proven by angiography and surgery. Although surgical correction was attempted, the aneurysm recurred and has been followed by MRI and two-dimensional echocardiography. In addition to two-dimensional echocardiography, MRI represents a useful noninvasive imaging method for diagnosis and follow up of aortic annular pseudoaneurysm.
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- E W Akins
- Department of Radiology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville 32610
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Leport C, Domart Y, Trouillet J, Bricaire F, Gibert C, Vilde J. Endocardites infectieuses sur prothese valvulaire : Données cliniques, microbiologiques, pronostiques et thérapeutiques de 78 cas. Med Mal Infect 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0399-077x(87)80276-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Wilkins GT, Gillam LD, Kritzer GL, Levine RA, Palacios IF, Weyman AE. Validation of continuous-wave Doppler echocardiographic measurements of mitral and tricuspid prosthetic valve gradients: a simultaneous Doppler-catheter study. Circulation 1986; 74:786-95. [PMID: 3757190 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.74.4.786] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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For patients with stenotic native valves, the modified Bernoulli equation (delta P = 4V2) may be applied to Doppler-measured transvalvular velocities to yield an accurate estimate of transvalvular gradients. Although it would be useful if the same approach could be used for those with stenotic prosthetic valves, no previous study has validated the Doppler technique in this setting. We therefore recorded simultaneous continuous-wave Doppler flow profiles and transvalvular manometric gradients in 12 catheterized patients in whom all atrial and ventricular pressures were directly measured (transseptal left atrial catheterization and transthoracic ventricular puncture were performed where necessary). A total of 13 prostheses were studied: 11 mitral (seven porcine, three Starr-Edwards, and one Björk-Shiley) and two tricuspid (one porcine and one Björk-Shiley). The Doppler-determined mean gradient was calculated as the mean of the instantaneous gradients (delta P = 4V2) at 10 msec intervals throughout diastole. The correlation of simultaneous Doppler (DMG) and manometric mean gradients (MG) for the whole group (n = 13) demonstrated a highly significant relationship (MG = 1.07 DMG + 0.28; r = .96, p = .0001). The correlation was equally good for porcine valves alone (n = 8) (MG = 1.06 DMG + 0.55; r = .96, p = .001) and for mechanical valves alone (n = 5) (MG = 1.06 DMG - 0.04; r = .93, p = .02). In a subset of patients without regurgitation (n = 8), prosthetic valve areas were estimated by two Doppler methods originally described by Holen and Hatle, as well as by the invasive Gorlin method. As expected from theoretical considerations, a close correlation was not demonstrated between results of the Gorlin method and those of either Hatle's Doppler method (r = .65, fp = NS) or Holen's method (r = .14, p = NS). Comparison of the results of the two Doppler methods yielded a somewhat closer correlation (r = .73, p less than or equal to .05). These results suggest that in patients with disk-occluder, ball-occluder, and porcine prosthetic valves, Doppler estimates of transvalvular gradients are virtually identical to those obtained invasively.
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Simpson IA, Reece IJ, Houston AB, Hutton I, Wheatley DJ, Cobbe SM. Non-invasive assessment by Doppler ultrasound of 155 patients with bioprosthetic valves: a comparison of the Wessex porcine, low profile Ionescu-Shiley, and Hancock pericardial bioprostheses. BRITISH HEART JOURNAL 1986; 56:83-8. [PMID: 3524634 PMCID: PMC1277389 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.56.1.83] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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One hundred and fifty five patients with 167 bioprosthetic valves (68 Wessex porcine, 54 Hancock pericardial, and 45 low profile Ionescu-Shiley pericardial valves) were studied by Doppler ultrasound. Valve gradients were calculated from the mitral and aortic flow velocities by the modified Bernoulli equation. Mean mitral gradients were significantly smaller across the Ionescu-Shiley valves than across the Wessex porcine or Hancock pericardial valves. Mitral pressure half time was, however, significantly longer in the Hancock pericardial than in the Wessex porcine or Ionescu-Shiley valves. No significant differences were seen among the groups of aortic bioprostheses, though the comparable size of Wessex porcine valves showed significantly higher gradients. Bioprosthetic regurgitation was detected in 13 of 103 mitral and 11 of 59 aortic valves, though it was suspected clinically in only 12 mitral and six aortic bioprostheses. Doppler ultrasound is a repeatable non-invasive method of acquiring haemodynamic information in vivo from a variety of bioprostheses and it can detect bioprosthetic regurgitation at an early stage.
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A valve ring abscess was diagnosed in four patients with a prosthetic aortic valve by identifying an echo-free space on two-dimensional echocardiography. Three of the patients presented with severe aortic regurgitation and congestive heart failure after an episode of endocarditis, but two of them did not have evidence of active endocarditis. The fourth patient had endocarditis, but no evidence of aortic regurgitation or heart failure. All four patients required valve replacement. Similar findings in all 11 previously reported cases suggest that a valve ring abscess can be diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography. It may be found without clinical evidence of endocarditis, in the absence of aortic regurgitation, without echocardiographically identifiable vegetations or during resolution of endocarditis.
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Ryan T, Armstrong WF, Dillon JC, Feigenbaum H. Doppler echocardiographic evaluation of patients with porcine mitral valves. Am Heart J 1986; 111:237-44. [PMID: 3946166 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(86)90134-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The application of Doppler echocardiography to the study of valvular function has recently been extended to include prosthetic valves. We have used Doppler echocardiography to evaluate 40 patients with porcine mitral valves (PMV) implanted 0.5 to 99 months prior to examination. Three parameters of PMV flow were assessed: maximum diastolic left ventricular inflow velocity (Vmax), pressure half-time (P1/2t), and presence or absence of mitral regurgitation (MR). Normally functioning PMV (n = 29) were characterized by Vmax less than or equal to 180 cm/sec and P1/2t less than or equal to 160 msec. Within this group, P1/2t was not correlated significantly with the age of the patient nor with prosthesis size. Doppler correctly identified all 10 patients with MR. Among these 10 patients, Vmax was 206 +/- 53 cm/sec, significantly higher than the mean observed in normally functioning prostheses (136 +/- 24 cm/sec, p less than 0.001). In eight patients with stenosis of the PMV, mean P1/2t was 220 +/- 63 msec, and in seven of eight, it was greater than or equal to 180 msec (p less than 0.001 compared to normals). We conclude that: (1) Vmax less than or equal to 180 cm/sec, P1/2t less than or equal to 160 msec, and absence of systolic turbulence in the left atrium characterize normally functioning PMV; (2) P1/2t greater than or equal to 180 msec identifies patients with stenosis of the PMV; and (3) Doppler echocardiography can detect MR and separate mitral from tricuspid regurgitation.
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Williams GA, Labovitz AJ. Doppler hemodynamic evaluation of prosthetic (Starr-Edwards and Björk-Shiley) and bioprosthetic (Hancock and Carpentier-Edwards) cardiac valves. Am J Cardiol 1985; 56:325-32. [PMID: 4025173 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(85)90858-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 120] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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One hundred thirty-four patients with prosthetic or bioprosthetic heart valves were investigated with Doppler echocardiography to determine normal values for commonly used prosthetic valves and to test the specificity of abnormal Doppler findings. In 70 patients the aortic valves had been replaced and in 64 the mitral valves had been replaced. Gradients across prostheses in the aortic position were calculated from maximal velocity. Peak calculated aortic transvalvular gradients in normal subjects were 22 +/- 10 mm Hg in 33 Björk-Shiley valves, 23 +/- 10 mm Hg in 27 porcine valves and 29 +/- 13 mm Hg in 6 Starr-Edwards valves. Mild aortic regurgitation was seen in 42% of Björk-Shiley valves, 26% of porcine valves and 2 of 6 Starr-Edwards valves. Mitral valve orifice was calculated by the pressure half-time method. In clinically normal patients with mitral valve prostheses, the effective mitral valve orifice was 2.5 +/- 0.8 cm2 in 35 Björk-Shiley valves, 2.1 +/- 0.7 cm2 in 17 porcine valves, and 2.0 +/- 0.3 cm2 in 10 Starr-Edwards valves. Mitral regurgitation was found in 11% of Björk-Shiley valves, 19% of porcine valves and 30% of Starr-Edwards valves. Repeat studies at 2 weeks to 14 months revealed no difference in 8 aortic and 14 mitral prostheses. Seven aortic and 4 mitral valves functioned abnormally as determined by Doppler, and the abnormal function was confirmed in each at surgery or at cardiac catheterization.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Schiller NB. Echocardiography: current status and future prospects. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIAC IMAGING 1985; 1:41-60. [PMID: 3916482 DOI: 10.1007/bf01786161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Ellis SG, Goldstein J, Popp RL. Detection of endocarditis-associated perivalvular abscesses by two-dimensional echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 1985; 5:647-53. [PMID: 3973262 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80390-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
Abstract
The development of a perivalvular abscess as a complication of infective endocarditis adds appreciably to the expected morbidity and mortality of patients, but such abscesses are seldom recognized by available noninvasive techniques. Therefore, two-dimensional echocardiographic findings in 22 patients with perivalvular abscess found at surgery or necropsy were compared with those in 24 patients without abscess in a retrospective but blinded study. Forty-six valves were examined (31 aortic and 15 mitral, 35 prosthetic and 11 native); 4.0 +/- 2.4 days (range 0 to 7) elapsed between echocardiography and surgery or necropsy. Patients with perivalvular abscess had a somewhat higher incidence of serious complications (emergency repeat valve replacement or death) than did patients with endocarditis alone (63 versus 35%, respectively, p less than 0.05). No single echocardiographic finding was frequently seen with a perivalvular abscess. A "typical" echo-free abscess was noted in only one patient; however, the presence of one or more of the following had a positive predictive value of 86% and a negative predictive value of 87% for the presence of perivalvular abscess: prosthetic valve rocking; sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, anterior aortic root thickness of 10 mm or greater, posterior aortic root thickness of 10 mm or greater or perivalvular density in a septum of 14 mm or greater. These predictive values, of course, apply only to patients with infective endocarditis going to surgery, and may assist the surgeon in knowing whether or not to expect an abscess.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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