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Galazka P, Jahangir A, Kanani J, Ali M, Schweitzer M, Jan MF, Muthukumar L, Jain R, Tajik AJ. Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Septal Perforator Arteries Doppler Flow Dynamics. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2024; 37:338-351. [PMID: 38008131 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2023.11.018] [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: 11/03/2023] [Revised: 11/17/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 11/28/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) have been shown to exhibit abnormal diastolic vessel flow; however, flow pattern profiles and their possible association with different grades of diastolic dysfunction have not been studied. Color Doppler two-dimensional echocardiography permits visualization of the septal perforator arteries, and pulsed-wave Doppler allows recording of diastolic septal artery flow (SAF). Through routine visualization of the septal perforator arteries and acquisition of SAF, we noticed 3 patterns of SAF in patients with HCM. In this study, we aimed to assess the feasibility of the acquisition of SAF and to describe types of SAF in an HCM cohort and their associations with diastolic function. METHODS We reviewed two-dimensional echocardiograms and the electronic records of 108 patients with HCM in whom septal artery color and spectral Doppler had been performed. The peak diastolic and end-diastolic velocities, diastolic slope, diastolic flow time-velocity integral, and systolic flow reversal of the septal perforator arteries were recorded with pulsed-wave Doppler. Echocardiographic and clinical characteristics were analyzed. RESULTS A reproducible pulsed-wave Doppler tracing was recorded in 54% of patients with HCM. Three distinct patterns of SAF were identified: type 1-smooth, linear holodiastolic velocity decrease; type 2-with presence of an atrial dip; and type 3-biphasic velocity decrease with an early, rapid diastolic slope and a mid-to-late gentle slope. These 3 SAFs correlated with different grades of diastolic dysfunction. CONCLUSION Septal artery flow could be detected in more than 50% of patients with HCM. Three distinct types of SAF were identified, correlating with different grades of diastolic dysfunction. These 3 types of SAF can provide additional information about left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and diastolic function in patients with HCM in whom diastolic function may be difficult to determine.
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- Patrycja Galazka
- Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Academic Affairs, Cardiovascular Research, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee Wisconsin
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- Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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- Aurora Cardiovascular and Thoracic Services, Aurora Sinai/Aurora St. Luke's Medical Centers, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee Clinical Campus, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
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Coleman JA, Ashkir Z, Raman B, Bueno-Orovio A. Mechanisms and prognostic impact of myocardial ischaemia in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 39:1979-1996. [PMID: 37358707 PMCID: PMC10589194 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-023-02894-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Accepted: 06/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023]
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Despite the progress made in risk stratification, sudden cardiac death and heart failure remain dreaded complications for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients. Myocardial ischaemia is widely acknowledged as a contributor to cardiovascular events, but the assessment of ischaemia is not yet included in HCM clinical guidelines. This review aims to evaluate the HCM-specific pro-ischaemic mechanisms and the potential prognostic value of imaging for myocardial ischaemia in HCM. A literature review was performed using PubMed to identify studies with non-invasive imaging of ischaemia (cardiovascular magnetic resonance, echocardiography, and nuclear imaging) in HCM, prioritising studies published after the last major review in 2009. Other studies, including invasive ischaemia assessment and post-mortem histology, were also considered for mechanistic or prognostic relevance. Pro-ischaemic mechanisms in HCM reviewed included the effects of sarcomeric mutations, microvascular remodelling, hypertrophy, extravascular compressive forces and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction. The relationship between ischaemia and fibrosis was re-appraised by considering segment-wise analyses in multimodal imaging studies. The prognostic significance of myocardial ischaemia in HCM was evaluated using longitudinal studies with composite endpoints, and reports of ischaemia-arrhythmia associations were further considered. The high prevalence of ischaemia in HCM is explained by several micro- and macrostructural pathological features, alongside mutation-associated energetic impairment. Ischaemia on imaging identifies a subgroup of HCM patients at higher risk of adverse cardiovascular outcomes. Ischaemic HCM phenotypes are a high-risk subgroup associated with more advanced left ventricular remodelling, but further studies are required to evaluate the independent prognostic value of non-invasive imaging for ischaemia.
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- James A Coleman
- Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Oxford Centre for Clinical Magnetic Resonance Research, John Radcliffe Hospital, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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Aguiar Rosa S, Rocha Lopes L, Fiarresga A, Ferreira RC, Mota Carmo M. Coronary microvascular dysfunction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: Pathophysiology, assessment, and clinical impact. Microcirculation 2020; 28:e12656. [PMID: 32896949 DOI: 10.1111/micc.12656] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2020] [Revised: 06/21/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Myocardial ischemia constitutes one of the most important pathophysiological features in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Chronic and recurrent myocardial ischemia leads to fibrosis, which may culminate in myocardial dysfunction. Since the direct visualization of coronary microcirculation in vivo is not possible, its function must be studied indirectly. Invasive and noninvasive techniques allow microcirculatory dysfunction to be evaluated, including echocardiography, magnetic resonance, positron emission tomography, and cardiac catheterization. Blunted myocardial blood flow and coronary flow reserve have been suggested to associate with unfavorable prognosis. Microcirculatory dysfunction may be one additional important parameter to take into account for risk stratification beyond the conventional risk factors.
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- Sílvia Aguiar Rosa
- Department of Cardiology, Santa Marta Hospital, Lisbon, Portugal.,Nova Medical School, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Inherited Cardiac Disease Unit, Bart's Heart Centre, St Bartholomew's Hospital, London, UK.,Centre for Heart Muscle Disease, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, UK.,Centro Cardiovascular, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Predominant location of coronary artery atherosclerosis in the left anterior descending artery. The impact of septal perforators and the myocardial bridging effect. POLISH JOURNAL OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY 2015; 12:379-85. [PMID: 26855661 PMCID: PMC4735546 DOI: 10.5114/kitp.2015.56795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Introduction Coronary artery atherosclerosis presents characteristic patterns of plaque distribution despite systemic exposure to risk factors. We hypothesized that local hemodynamic forces induced by the systolic compression of intramuscular septal perforators could be involved in atherosclerotic processes in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) adjacent to the septal perforators’ origin. Therefore we studied the spatial distribution of atherosclerosis in coronary arteries, especially in relation to the septal perforators’ origin. Material and methods 64-slice computed tomography angiography was performed in 309 consecutive patients (92 male and 217 female) with a mean age of 59.9 years. Spatial plaque distribution in the LAD was analyzed in relation to the septal perforators’ origin. Additionally, plaque distribution throughout the coronary artery tree is discussed. Results The coronary calcium score (CCS) was positive in 164 patients (53.1%). In subjects with a CCS > 0, calcifications were more frequent in the LAD (n = 150, 91.5%) compared with the right coronary artery (RCA) (n = 94, 57.3%), circumflex branch (CX) (n = 76, 46.3%) or the left main stem (n = 42, 25.6%) (p < 0.001). Total CCS was higher in the LAD at 46.1 (IQR: 104.2) and RCA at 34.1 (IQR: 90.7) than in the CX at 16.8 (IQR: 61.3) (p = 0.007). In patients with calcifications restricted to a single vessel (n = 54), the most frequently affected artery was the LAD (n = 42, 77.8%). In patients with lesions limited to the LAD, the plaque was located mostly (n = 37, 88.1%) adjacent to the septal perforators’ origin. Conclusions We demonstrated that coronary calcifications are most frequently located in the LAD in proximity to the septal branch origin. A possible explanation for this phenomenon could be the dynamic compression of the tunneled septal branches, which may result in disturbed blood flow in the adjacent LAD segment (milking effect).
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Keegan J, Raphael CE, Parker K, Simpson RM, Strain S, de Silva R, Di Mario C, Collinson J, Stables RH, Wage R, Drivas P, Sugathapala M, Prasad SK, Firmin DN. Validation of high temporal resolution spiral phase velocity mapping of temporal patterns of left and right coronary artery blood flow against Doppler guidewire. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2015; 17:85. [PMID: 26428627 PMCID: PMC4591589 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-015-0189-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2015] [Accepted: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Temporal patterns of coronary blood flow velocity can provide important information on disease state and are currently assessed invasively using a Doppler guidewire. A non-invasive alternative would be beneficial as it would allow study of a wider patient population and serial scanning. METHODS A retrospectively-gated breath-hold spiral phase velocity mapping sequence (TR 19 ms) was developed at 3 Tesla. Velocity maps were acquired in 8 proximal right and 15 proximal left coronary arteries of 18 subjects who had previously had a Doppler guidewire study at the time of coronary angiography. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) velocity-time curves were processed semi-automatically and compared with corresponding invasive Doppler data. RESULTS When corrected for differences in heart rate between the two studies, CMR mean velocity through the cardiac cycle, peak systolic velocity (PSV) and peak diastolic velocity (PDV) were approximately 40 % of the peak Doppler values with a moderate - good linear relationship between the two techniques (R(2): 0.57, 0.64 and 0.79 respectively). CMR values of PDV/PSV showed a strong linear relationship with Doppler values with a slope close to unity (0.89 and 0.90 for right and left arteries respectively). In individual vessels, plots of CMR velocities at all cardiac phases against corresponding Doppler velocities showed a consistent linear relationship between the two with high R(2) values (mean +/-SD: 0.79 +/-.13). CONCLUSIONS High temporal resolution breath-hold spiral phase velocity mapping underestimates absolute values of coronary flow velocity but allows accurate assessment of the temporal patterns of blood flow.
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- Jennifer Keegan
- Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Department of Bioengineering, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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- Radiological Physics, University Medical Centre, Freiburg, Germany.
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- Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
- Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Department of Cardiology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Department of Cardiology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, London, UK.
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- Institue of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital, Liverpool, UK.
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- Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
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- Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Choy JS, Zhang ZD, Pitsillides K, Sosa M, Kassab GS. Longitudinal hemodynamic measurements in swine heart failure using a fully implantable telemetry system. PLoS One 2014; 9:e103331. [PMID: 25119289 PMCID: PMC4131878 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0103331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2013] [Accepted: 07/01/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Chronic monitoring of heart rate, blood pressure, and flow in conscious free-roaming large animals can offer considerable opportunity to understand the progression of cardiovascular diseases and can test new diagnostics and therapeutics. The objective of this study was to demonstrate the feasibility of chronic, simultaneous measurement of several hemodynamic parameters (left ventricular pressure, systemic pressure, blood flow velocity, and heart rate) using a totally implantable multichannel telemetry system in swine heart failure models. Two solid-state blood pressure sensors were inserted in the left ventricle and the descending aorta for pressure measurements. Two Doppler probes were placed around the left anterior descending (LAD) and the brachiocephalic arteries for blood flow velocity measurements. Electrocardiographic (ECG) electrodes were attached to the surface of the left ventricle to monitor heart rate. The telemeter body was implanted in the right side of the abdomen under the skin for approximately 4 to 6 weeks. The animals were subjected to various heart failure models, including volume overload (A-V fistula, n = 3), pressure overload (aortic banding, n = 2) and dilated cardiomyopathy (pacing-induced tachycardia, n = 3). Longitudinal changes in hemodynamics were monitored during the progression of the disease. In the pacing-induced tachycardia animals, the systemic blood pressure progressively decreased within the first 2 weeks and returned to baseline levels thereafter. In the aortic banding animals, the pressure progressively increased during the development of the disease. The pressure in the A-V fistula animals only showed a small increase during the first week and remained stable thereafter. The results demonstrated the ability of this telemetry system of long-term, simultaneous monitoring of blood flow, pressure and heart rate in heart failure models, which may offer significant utility for understanding cardiovascular disease progression and treatment.
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- Jenny S. Choy
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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- Transonic Systems Inc., Ithaca, New York, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Department of Surgery, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
- Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Indiana University, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
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Takemoto K, Hirata K, Wada N, Shiono Y, Komukai K, Tanimoto T, Ino Y, Kitabata H, Takarada S, Nakamura N, Kubo T, Tanaka A, Imanishi T, Akasaka T. Acceleration time of systolic coronary flow velocity to diagnose coronary stenosis in patients with microvascular dysfunction. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2013; 27:200-7. [PMID: 24345631 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2013.10.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to test whether acceleration time of systolic coronary flow velocity could contribute to the diagnosis of coronary stenosis in patients with microvascular dysfunction, on the basis of the hypothesis that systolic coronary flow is less influenced by microvascular function because of compressed myocardium. METHODS Coronary flow velocity was assessed in the left anterior descending coronary artery during hyperemia with intravenous adenosine by echocardiography in 502 patients who were scheduled for coronary angiography because of coronary artery disease and significant valvular disease. Coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) and the percentage acceleration time (%AT), as the percentage of the time from the beginning to the peak of systolic coronary flow over systolic time during hyperemia, were calculated. The diagnostic ability of CFVR and %AT for angiographic coronary artery stenosis was then analyzed. As invasive substudies, fractional flow reserve and %AT by a dual-sensor (pressure and Doppler velocity) guidewire were measured simultaneously with %AT on transthoracic echocardiography (n = 14). RESULTS Patients with coronary stenosis had significantly lower CFVR (1.7 ± 0.4) and greater %AT (65 ± 9%) compared with those without stenosis (2.6 ± 0.6 and 50 ± 13%, respectively). Percentage acceleration time by Doppler echocardiography was in good agreement with %AT (r = 0.98) and fractional flow reserve (r = 0.74) invasively measured by dual-sensor guidewire. Cutoff values of CFVR and %AT were determined as 2.0 and 60% in receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. The sensitivity, specificity, and accuracy of CFVR to detect coronary stenosis were 71.1%, 77.3%, and 75.4%, while those of %AT were 83.4%, 71.8%, and 75.4%, respectively. In addition, %AT provided high accuracy to detect coronary stenosis, especially in patients with previous myocardial infarctions, valvular disease, and left ventricular hypertrophy (81.1%, 84.1%, and 73.4%, respectively). CONCLUSIONS The %AT of systolic coronary flow velocity is a promising marker to diagnose coronary stenosis in patients with microvascular dysfunction.
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- Kazushi Takemoto
- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan.
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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- Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan
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Ferreiro DE, Cianciulli TF, Saccheri MC, Lax JA, Celano L, Beck MA, Gagliardi JA, Kazelián LR, Neme RO. Assessment of Coronary Flow with Transthoracic Color Doppler Echocardiography in Patients with Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Echocardiography 2013; 30:1156-63. [DOI: 10.1111/echo.12242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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- Daniel E. Ferreiro
- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Department of Cardiology; Hospital of the Government of the City of Buenos Aires “Dr. Cosme Argerich,”; Buenos Aires Argentina
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de Agustín JA, Marcos-Alberca P, Fernández-Golfín C, Bordes S, Feltes G, Almería C, Rodrigo JL, Arrazola J, Pérez de Isla L, Macaya C, Zamorano J. Myocardial bridging assessed by multidetector computed tomography: likely cause of chest pain in younger patients with low prevalence of dyslipidemia. Rev Esp Cardiol 2012; 65:885-90. [PMID: 22658689 DOI: 10.1016/j.recesp.2012.02.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2011] [Accepted: 02/02/2012] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The relationship between myocardial bridging and symptoms is still unclear. The purpose of our study was to assess the relationship between myocardial bridging detected by multidetector computed tomography and symptoms in a patient population with chest pain syndrome. METHODS The study enrolled 393 consecutive patients without previous coronary artery disease studied for chest pain and referred to multidetector computed tomography between January 2007 and December 2010. Noninvasive coronary angiography was performed using multidetector computed tomography. Myocardial bridging was defined as part of a coronary artery completely surrounded by myocardium on axial and multiplanar reformatted images. RESULTS Mean age was 64.6 (12.4) years and 44.8% were male. Multidetector computed tomography detected 86 myocardial bridging images in 82 of the 393 patients (20.9%). Left anterior descending was the most frequent coronary artery involved (87.2%). The prevalence of myocardial bridging was significantly higher in patients without significant atherosclerotic coronary stenosis on multidetector computed tomography (24.9% vs 15.0%; P=.02). Patients with myocardial bridging were younger (60.3 [13.8] vs 65.8 [11.9]; P<.001), had less prevalence of hyperlipidemia (29.3% vs 41.8%; P=.03), and more prevalence of cardiomyopathy (6.1% vs 1.6%, P=.02) compared with patients without myocardial bridging on multidetector computed tomography. CONCLUSIONS Multidetector computed tomography is an easy and reliable tool for comprehensive in vivo diagnosis of myocardial bridging. The results of the present study suggest myocardial bridging is the cause of chest pain in a subgroup of younger aged patients with less prevalence of hyperlipidemia and more prevalence of cardiomyopathy than patients with significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease on multidetector computed tomography. Full English text available from:www.revespcardiol.org.
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Kofflard M, Michels M, Krams R, Kliffen M, Geleijnse M, Ten Cate F, Serruys P. Coronary flow reserve in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: relation with microvascular dysfunction and pathophysiological characteristics. Neth Heart J 2011; 15:209-15. [PMID: 17612685 PMCID: PMC1896141 DOI: 10.1007/bf03085982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND.: The decrease in coronary flow reserve (CFR) in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) predisposes to myocardial ischaemia, systolic dysfunction and cardiac death. In this study we investigate to which extent haemodynamic, echocardiographic, and histological parameters contribute to the reduction of CFR. METHODS.: In ten HCM patients (mean age 44+/-14 years) and eight heart transplant (HTX) patients (mean age 51+/-6 years) CFR was calculated in the left anterior descending coronary artery. In all subjects haemodynamic, echocardiographic and histological parameters were assessed. The relationship between these variables and CFR was determined using linear regression analysis. RESULTS.: CFR was reduced in HCM compared with HTX patients (1.6+/-0.7 vs. 2.7+/-0.8, p<0.01). An increase in septal thickness (p<0.005), indexed left ventricular (LV) mass (p<0.005), LV end-diastolic pressure (p<0.001), LV outflow tract gradient (p<0.05) and a decrease in arteriolar lumen size (p<0.05) were all related to a reduction in CFR. CONCLUSION.: In HCM patients haemodynamic (LV end-diastolic pressure, LV outflow tract gradient), echocardiographic (indexed LV mass) and histological (% luminal area of the arterioles) changes are responsible for a decrease in CFR. (Neth Heart J 2007;15:209-15.).
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- M.J. Kofflard
- Albert Schweitzer Hospital, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentre, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentre, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentre, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentre, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Thoraxcentre, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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Coronary microvascular endothelial function deteriorates late (12 months) after sirolimus-eluting stent implantation. J Cardiol 2010; 56:229-35. [PMID: 20599356 DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2010.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2010] [Revised: 05/06/2010] [Accepted: 05/21/2010] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND Coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) may reflect coronary microvascular endothelial function in the absence of significant epicardial coronary artery stenosis. The purpose of this study was to evaluate coronary microvascular endothelial function late (6 and 12 months) after sirolimus-eluting stent (SES) implantation using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography. METHODS AND RESULTS A total of 21 lesions from 21 patients with significant left anterior descending artery stenosis who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with SES were enrolled and studied. As a control group, 10 patients who were treated with bare metal stent (BMS) were also studied. CFVR was measured at 6 and 12 months after PCI. Coronary angiography was also performed at 6 and 12 months (SES only) after stenting. Between 6 and 12 months after SES implantation, there was no significant difference in angiographical diameter stenosis. On the other hand, CFVR significantly decreased between 6 and 12 months in the SES group (2.5±0.5 vs. 2.2±0.5, p<0.01), but not in the BMS group (2.3±0.4 vs. 2.5±0.3, p=0.1). CONCLUSIONS Coronary microvascular endothelial function may deteriorate between 6 and 12 months after SES implantation.
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Fukuda N, Fukuda Y, Morishita S, Sakabe K, Shinohara H, Tamura Y. Diastolic flow velocity pattern of the left anterior descending coronary artery in hypertrophied heart, with special reference to the difference between hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy. J Echocardiogr 2010; 8:45-51. [PMID: 27278660 DOI: 10.1007/s12574-009-0031-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2009] [Revised: 11/12/2009] [Accepted: 11/23/2009] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND This study aimed to clarify the characteristics of diastolic flow velocity pattern of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) in patients with left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), and the difference in diastolic LAD flow velocity pattern between hypertensive LVH and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS The flow velocity pattern was recorded at the mid-portion of the LAD by high-frequency transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in 22 patients with HCM, 10 hypertensive patients with LVH [LVH(+)HT], and 9 hypertensive patients without LVH [LVH(-)HT]. The diastolic flow pattern was analyzed. Standard two-dimensional echocardiogram and apexcardiogram (ACG) were also recorded. RESULTS The interventricular septal thickness (IVST) and the sum of the IVST and LV posterior wall thickness (PWT) (IVST + PWT) were greater in HCM than in HT (p < 0.01) patients. Early diastolic upstroke time (D-UT) of the LAD flow velocity wave was longest in HCM, and was longer in LVH(+)HT than in LVH(-)HT (p < 0.01) patients. Direct correlation was found between D-UT and IVST, IVST + PWT in patients with LVH(+)HT and LVH(-)HT (r = 0.80, 0.79, respectively; p < 0.01), but no correlation was found between these parameters in HCM. Late-diastolic step (LDS) formation of the LAD flow velocity wave was observed in 68% of HCM, 20% of LVH(+)HT, but none of the LVH(-)HT patients. The A wave ratio of ACG was higher in patients with LDS than in those without (p < 0.01). The LDS occurred coincidently with the A wave of ACG. CONCLUSIONS The diastolic LAD flow velocity pattern in hypertrophied heart is characterized by slow acceleration and LDS formation, reflecting impaired relaxation and increased stiffness of the LV, respectively. These abnormalities correlate with the degree of hypertrophy in hypertensive heart, but do not correlate with that in HCM.
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- Nobuo Fukuda
- Department of Cardiology and Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Zentsuji Hospital, 2-1-1 Senyu-cho, Zentsuji, Kagawa, 765-8507, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiology and Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Zentsuji Hospital, 2-1-1 Senyu-cho, Zentsuji, Kagawa, 765-8507, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology and Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Zentsuji Hospital, 2-1-1 Senyu-cho, Zentsuji, Kagawa, 765-8507, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology and Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Zentsuji Hospital, 2-1-1 Senyu-cho, Zentsuji, Kagawa, 765-8507, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology and Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Zentsuji Hospital, 2-1-1 Senyu-cho, Zentsuji, Kagawa, 765-8507, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology and Clinical Research, National Hospital Organization Zentsuji Hospital, 2-1-1 Senyu-cho, Zentsuji, Kagawa, 765-8507, Japan
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Kim WS, Minagoe S, Mizukami N, Zhou X, Yoshinaga K, Takasaki K, Yuasa T, Kihara K, Hamasaki S, Otsuji Y, Kisanuki A, Tei C. No reflow-like pattern in intramyocardial coronary artery suggests myocardial ischemia in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Cardiol 2008; 52:7-16. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2008.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2008] [Revised: 03/26/2008] [Accepted: 04/17/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Graziosi P, Ianni B, Ribeiro E, Perin M, Beck L, Meneghetti C, Mady C, Filho EM, Ramires JAF. Echocardiographic and hemodynamic determinants of right coronary artery flow reserve and phasic flow pattern in advanced non-ischemic cardiomyopathy. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2007; 5:31. [PMID: 17897450 PMCID: PMC2137923 DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-5-31] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2007] [Accepted: 09/26/2007] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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Background In patients with advanced non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (NIC), right-sided cardiac disturbances has prognostic implications. Right coronary artery (RCA) flow pattern and flow reserve (CFR) are not well known in this setting. The purpose of this study was to assess, in human advanced NIC, the RCA phasic flow pattern and CFR, also under right-sided cardiac disturbances, and compare with left coronary circulation. As well as to investigate any correlation between the cardiac structural, mechanical and hemodynamic parameters with RCA phasic flow pattern or CFR. Methods Twenty four patients with dilated severe NIC were evaluated non-invasively, even by echocardiography, and also by cardiac catheterization, inclusive with Swan-Ganz catheter. Intracoronary Doppler (Flowire) data was obtained in RCA and left anterior descendent coronary artery (LAD) before and after adenosine. Resting RCA phasic pattern (diastolic/systolic) was compared between subgroups with and without pulmonary hypertension, and with and without right ventricular (RV) dysfunction; and also with LAD. RCA-CFR was compared with LAD, as well as in those subgroups. Pearson's correlation analysis was accomplished among echocardiographic (including LV fractional shortening, mass index, end systolic wall stress) more hemodynamic parameters with RCA phasic flow pattern or RCA-CFR. Results LV fractional shortening and end diastolic diameter were 15.3 ± 3.5 % and 69.4 ± 12.2 mm. Resting RCA phasic pattern had no difference comparing subgroups with vs. without pulmonary hypertension (1.45 vs. 1.29, p = NS) either with vs. without RV dysfunction (1.47 vs. 1.23, p = NS); RCA vs. LAD was 1.35 vs. 2.85 (p < 0.001). It had no significant correlation among any cardiac mechanical or hemodynamic parameter with RCA-CFR or RCA flow pattern. RCA-CFR had no difference compared with LAD (3.38 vs. 3.34, p = NS), as well as in pulmonary hypertension (3.09 vs. 3.10, p = NS) either in RV dysfunction (3.06 vs. 3.22, p = NS) subgroups. Conclusion In patients with chronic advanced NIC, RCA phasic flow pattern has a mild diastolic predominance, less marked than in LAD, with no effects from pulmonary artery hypertension or RV dysfunction. There is no significant correlation between any cardiac mechanical-structural or hemodynamic parameter with RCA-CFR or RCA phasic flow pattern. RCA flow reserve is still similar to LAD, independently of those right-sided cardiac disturbances.
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- Pedro Graziosi
- Heart Institute (InCor) – University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Clinical Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) – University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Clinical Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) – University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Clinical Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) – University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Clinical Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) – University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Clinical Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) – University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Clinical Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) – University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Clinical Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) – University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Clinical Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Heart Institute (InCor) – University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Clinical Division, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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Cheng TO. Systolic narrowing of the left anterior descending coronary artery in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol 2007; 119:220-1. [PMID: 17052776 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.06.068] [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] [Received: 06/23/2006] [Accepted: 06/28/2006] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Simpson KE, Devine BC, Gunn-Moore DA, French AT, Dukes-McEwan J, Koffas H, Moran CM, Corcoran BM. ASSESSMENT OF THE REPEATABILITY OF FELINE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY USING CONVENTIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND SPECTRAL PULSE-WAVE DOPPLER TISSUE IMAGING TECHNIQUES. Vet Radiol Ultrasound 2007; 48:58-68. [PMID: 17236362 DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2007.00205.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The objective of this study was to determine the intraoperator, intraobserver, and interobserver repeatability in a series of conventional echocardiographic parameters and in some of the newer measurements of diastolic function, including color M-mode flow propagation velocity, isovolumic relaxation time and pulsed-wave Doppler tissue imaging velocities. Four healthy cats were each scanned five times over a 3-day period. The repeatability of these echocardiographic analyses was compared using Bland-Altman analysis (intraoperator repeatability). After a minimum of 5 weeks, one scan was randomly selected from each cat, and was remeasured by the original observer and the results compared using a standard paired Student's t-test (intraobserver repeatability). One scan from each cat was then randomly selected and two observers, with similar levels of experience, measured each of these scans. The repeatability of these echocardiographic analyses was compared using Bland-Altman analysis (interobserver repeatability). The conventional two-dimensional (2D), M-mode and spectral Doppler measurements were repeatable in both their acquisition and measurement by a single investigator; there was a greater degree of variation between the two observers. The predominant (S', E', and A') pulsed-wave Doppler tissue imaging velocities from the left apical four-chambered view, generally had a coefficient of variation of approximately 20% (range 9.62-34.08%). However, with pulsed-wave Doppler tissue imaging, velocities recorded during the isovolumic phases, the velocity of the tricuspid annulus, and the radial fiber velocity within the interventricular septum, frequently had coefficients of variation in excess of 20% and should therefore be interpreted with caution.
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- Kerry E Simpson
- Division of Veterinary Clinical Studies, College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.
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Westerhof N, Boer C, Lamberts RR, Sipkema P. Cross-Talk Between Cardiac Muscle and Coronary Vasculature. Physiol Rev 2006; 86:1263-308. [PMID: 17015490 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.00029.2005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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The cardiac muscle and the coronary vasculature are in close proximity to each other, and a two-way interaction, called cross-talk, exists. Here we focus on the mechanical aspects of cross-talk including the role of the extracellular matrix. Cardiac muscle affects the coronary vasculature. In diastole, the effect of the cardiac muscle on the coronary vasculature depends on the (changes in) muscle length but appears to be small. In systole, coronary artery inflow is impeded, or even reversed, and venous outflow is augmented. These systolic effects are explained by two mechanisms. The waterfall model and the intramyocardial pump model are based on an intramyocardial pressure, assumed to be proportional to ventricular pressure. They explain the global effects of contraction on coronary flow and the effects of contraction in the layers of the heart wall. The varying elastance model, the muscle shortening and thickening model, and the vascular deformation model are based on direct contact between muscles and vessels. They predict global effects as well as differences on flow in layers and flow heterogeneity due to contraction. The relative contributions of these two mechanisms depend on the wall layer (epi- or endocardial) and type of contraction (isovolumic or shortening). Intramyocardial pressure results from (local) muscle contraction and to what extent the interstitial cavity contracts isovolumically. This explains why small arterioles and venules do not collapse in systole. Coronary vasculature affects the cardiac muscle. In diastole, at physiological ventricular volumes, an increase in coronary perfusion pressure increases ventricular stiffness, but the effect is small. In systole, there are two mechanisms by which coronary perfusion affects cardiac contractility. Increased perfusion pressure increases microvascular volume, thereby opening stretch-activated ion channels, resulting in an increased intracellular Ca2+transient, which is followed by an increase in Ca2+sensitivity and higher muscle contractility (Gregg effect). Thickening of the shortening cardiac muscle takes place at the expense of the vascular volume, which causes build-up of intracellular pressure. The intracellular pressure counteracts the tension generated by the contractile apparatus, leading to lower net force. Therefore, cardiac muscle contraction is augmented when vascular emptying is facilitated. During autoregulation, the microvasculature is protected against volume changes, and the Gregg effect is negligible. However, the effect is present in the right ventricle, as well as in pathological conditions with ineffective autoregulation. The beneficial effect of vascular emptying may be reduced in the presence of a stenosis. Thus cardiac contraction affects vascular diameters thereby reducing coronary inflow and enhancing venous outflow. Emptying of the vasculature, however, enhances muscle contraction. The extracellular matrix exerts its effect mainly on cardiac properties rather than on the cross-talk between cardiac muscle and coronary circulation.
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- Nico Westerhof
- Laboratory of Physiology and Department of Anesthesiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research Vrije Universiteit, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Accadia M, Ascione L, De Michele M, D'Andrea A, Rumolo S, Sacra C, Scherillo M, Tuccillo B. Ultrasonographic assessment of basal coronary flow as a screening tool to exclude significant left anterior descending coronary artery stenosis. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2006; 7:696-700. [PMID: 16932084 DOI: 10.2459/01.jcm.0000243004.13041.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Coronary blood flow exhibits a biphasic pattern at rest with a higher diastolic and a smaller systolic component. In the present investigation, we evaluated whether a decreased diastolic to systolic velocity ratio of basal coronary flow may be useful in the identification of subjects with significant left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) stenosis. METHODS One hundred and twenty-nine consecutive patients (62 with unstable angina, 25 with acute myocardial infarction and 42 with chronic coronary artery disease) were included in the study. Blood flow velocities were recorded in the mid-distal portion of the LAD using an ATL 5000 CV HDI ultrasound system. All patients underwent coronary angiography and were divided into two groups according to the absence (group 1) or the presence (group 2) of significant LAD stenosis (lumen narrowing > or = 70%). In 60 of the 129 patients, coronary flow reserve was evaluated non-invasively. RESULTS Adequate Doppler recordings in the LAD were obtained by transthoracic echocardiography in 113 patients. There were no differences between groups with regard to sex, cardiovascular risk factors, left ventricular mass and volumes, ejection fraction, whereas the diastolic to systolic velocity ratio of basal coronary flow was significantly lower in group 2 patients (1.41 +/- 4.7 vs. 2.08 +/- 0.64, P < 0.00001). The receiver operating characteristic curve showed that a diastolic to systolic velocity ratio < 1.6 had a sensitivity of 77%, a specificity of 91%, a positive predictive value of 77%, a negative predictive value of 97%, and a diagnostic accuracy of 84% for the presence of significant LAD stenosis. In 55/60 patients, results of basal coronary flow and coronary flow reserve were concordant. On multivariate logistic regression analysis, the diastolic to systolic velocity ratio was a strong independent predictor of LAD stenosis > or = 70% (odds ratio 4.90, 95% confidence interval 1.65-7.30). CONCLUSIONS The present findings suggest that assessment of basal coronary flow in the LAD may be useful to rule out the presence of significant stenosis.
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- Maria Accadia
- Division of Cardiology, S Maria di Loreto Hospital, Naples, Italy
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Yoshida K, Hozumi T, Takemoto Y, Sugioka K, Watanabe H, Muro T, Yoshiyama M, Takeuchi K, Yoshikawa J. Impaired coronary circulation in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: noninvasive analysis by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography. Echocardiography 2006; 22:723-9. [PMID: 16194165 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.00115.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES We designed this study to examine the characteristics of coronary circulation in patients with apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) using noninvasive transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (TTDE). BACKGROUND Recent advances in TTDE have allowed noninvasive assessment of coronary circulation by the measurement of coronary flow velocity (CFV) patterns and coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR). However, there have been no previous studies evaluating coronary circulation in ApHCM. METHODS We analyzed CFV and CFVR in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD), and apical wall thickness in the left ventricle, in 10 ApHCM subjects and 10 control subjects. Mean diastolic velocity (MDV) and time from the beginning of diastole to peak velocity (TPV), and CFVR, defined as a ratio of drug-induced hyperemic to basal MDV, were measured. RESULTS At baseline, MDV was higher, and TPV was longer, in ApHCM subjects than in control subjects (29 +/- 5.7 versus 19 +/- 6.5 cm/sec; p < 0.01 and 5.2 +/- 1.0 versus 3.5 +/- 0.6 msec; p < 0.005, respectively). CFVR in ApHCM subjects was significantly lower than in control subjects (1.9 +/- 0.4 versus 3.1 +/- 0.8; p < 0.005). CFVR and basal MDV in ApHCM subjects showed significant correlations with apical/posterior wall thickness ratio [CFVR; r =-0.84, p < 0.01 and MDV; r = 0.74, p < 0.05, respectively]. CONCLUSION Noninvasive coronary flow assessment by TTDE revealed an impaired coronary circulation with reduced CFVR, high MDV at baseline and prolonged TPV. These results suggest that these characteristics of coronary circulation may provide an additional index for the assessment of ApHCM.
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- Ken Yoshida
- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Osaka City University Medical School, Osaka, Japan
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Sherrrid MV, Mahenthiran J, Casteneda V, Fincke R, Gasser M, Barac I, Thayaparan R, Chaudhry FA. Comparison of diastolic septal perforator flow velocities in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy versus hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy. Am J Cardiol 2006; 97:106-12. [PMID: 16377293 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.07.128] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2005] [Revised: 07/28/2005] [Accepted: 07/28/2005] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this study, we measured diastolic septal perforator flow velocities by Doppler transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Using color-guided pulsed Doppler TTE, septal perforator flow velocity recordings were attempted in 69 patients and successfully recorded in 47 (68%). First, we compared 14 patients with HCM to 12 controls and to 11 patients with hypertension with left ventricular hypertrophy. Next, in 10 additional patients with HCM, we compared the septal velocities with the epicardial left anterior descending artery (LAD) velocities recorded during the same TTE study. In the patients with HCM, the peak septal diastolic velocities were twice that of the normal controls (88 +/- 40 vs 41 +/- 13 cm/s) and also higher than in hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy (51 +/- 18 cm/s, p < 0.0001). All 10 patients with HCM showed a step-up of peak diastolic velocity from the LAD to the septal perforator from 41 +/- 9 to 72 +/- 17 cm/s (p < 0.0001). Three patients with HCM had surgical septal myectomy. These patients had luminal narrowings of the small intramural arteries at histopathologic examination. In conclusion, pulsed Doppler measurement of septal perforator flow velocities is feasible. In HCM, the epicardial coronary arteries enlarge to accommodate increased flow, and diastolic velocity is normalized. In contrast, the increased velocities in the septal branches of patients with HCM are similar to those previously observed in tunnel-like obstructions. These findings suggest that in HCM, notwithstanding an increase in coronary flow, hemodynamically significant narrowings are present in the septal branches. Doppler TTE may become useful for evaluation of abnormal intramural coronary flow in HCM.
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- Mark V Sherrrid
- Division of Cardiology, St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, USA.
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Celik S, Dagdeviren B, Yildirim A, Uslu N, Soylu O, Gorgulu S, Gurol T, Eren M, Tezel T. Comparison of Coronary Flow Velocities Between Patients with Obstructive and Nonobstructive Type Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: Noninvasive Assessment by Transthoracic Doppler Echocardiography. Echocardiography 2005; 22:1-7. [PMID: 15660680 DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2005.03172.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND We aimed to compare coronary flow velocity (CFV) measurements of patients with nonobstructive (NHCM) and obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HOCM) by using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (TTDE). METHODS AND RESULTS In 11 patients with NHCM and 26 with HOCM, CFV in the distal left anterior descending (LAD) coronary was measured by TTDE (3.5 MHz) under the guidance of color Doppler flow mapping in addition to standard 2D and Doppler echocardiography. The results were compared with 24 normal participants who had no evidence of cardiac disease. Peak diastolic velocity of LAD was also higher in NHCM and HOCM than controls (52 +/- 14 cm/sec and 54 +/- 20 cm/sec vs 41 +/- 11 cm/sec, respectively, P < 0.01). The analysis of systolic velocities revealed abnormal flow patterns in 16 (61%) patients with HOCM (12 systolic-reversal flow and 4 no systolic flow) and 6 (54%) (5 reversal flow and 1 zero flow) patients with NHCM (-11 +/- 30 cm/sec and -13 +/- 38 cm/sec, vs 24 +/- 9 cm/sec, respectively, P < 0.001). Linear regression analysis demonstrated no correlation between intraventricular pressure gradient and coronary flow velocities in HOCM patients. However, there were significant positive and negative correlations between septal thickness and diastolic and systolic velocities, respectively (r = 0.50, P < 0.002, and r =-0.43, P < 0.005). CONCLUSION We conclude that the coronary flow velocity abnormalities are independent from the type of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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- Seden Celik
- Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Yang EH, Yeo TC, Higano ST, Nishimura RA, Lerman A. Coronary hemodynamics in patients with symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 2004; 94:685-7. [PMID: 15342313 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.05.046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/27/2004] [Revised: 05/18/2004] [Accepted: 05/18/2004] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The purpose of this study was to analyze coronary hemodynamics and determine a possible mechanism for microvascular dysfunction in patients with symptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC). Although patients with HC have been shown to have microvascular dysfunction and reduced coronary flow reserve (CFR), the mechanism by which this occurs is not well understood. We studied coronary hemodynamics in 8 patients with symptomatic HC and compared them with 8 matched controls. Compared with controls, patients with HC had higher coronary blood flow, lower coronary resistance, and lower CFR. Patients with HC also had abnormal phasic coronary flow characteristics. These results suggest that the reduction of CFR in patients with HC may be secondary to near maximal vasodilation of the microcirculation in the basal state.
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- Eric H Yang
- Center of Coronary Physiology and Imaging, Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo College of Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Kim HK, Kim YJ, Sohn DW, Park YB, Choi YS. Transthoracic echocardiographic evaluation of coronary flow reserve in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol 2004; 94:167-71. [PMID: 15093975 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2003.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2002] [Accepted: 03/08/2003] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Recently, it has become possible to measure coronary flow reserve (CFR) non-invasively with transthoracic echocardiography (TTE). Twenty-one hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCMP) patients with asymmetric septal hypertrophy who had either not started medication or had stopped medication for at least 24 h were enrolled, along with 29 normal subjects. Mean diastolic coronary flow velocity (CFmv) and time velocity integral of diastolic coronary flow velocity (CFtvi) were measured at the distal left anterior descending artery with a 7 MHz transducer at the baseline and after dipyridamole infusion at a dose of 0.56 mg/kg. CFR was defined as the ratio of CFmv after dipyridamole over CFmv before dipyridamole. The baseline values for CFmv and CFtvi were significantly higher (0.40+/-0.09 vs. 0.31+/-0.06 m/s, p<0.001, 0.25+/-0.07 vs. 0.16+/-0.04 m, p<0.001, respectively), while that for CFR was significantly lower (2.01+/-0.42 vs. 3.06+/-0.39 m/s, p<0.001) in the HCMP patients, compared to the normal subjects. In the HCMP patients, CFR showed a moderate negative correlation with both baseline CFmv (r=-0.522, p=0.015) and baseline CFtvi (r=-0.495, p=0.034). Treadmill test was performed in 14 patients with Bruce protocol. CFR, baseline CFmv and baseline CFtvi did not correlate with maximal exercise time. In seven patients, the CFR measured after verapamil treatment was not significantly different from that measured before treatment. In conclusion, in patients with HCMP, CFR is probably reduced due to the recruitment of vasodilatory capacity at the resting state and this reduction is not directly related to reduced exercise capacity. Also, CFR is not affected by treatment with calcium antagonist.
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- Hyung-Kwan Kim
- Heart Research Institute and Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 28 Yongon-Dong, Chongno-Gu, Seoul 110-744, South Korea
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Celik S, Dagdeviren B, Yildirim A, Gorgulu S, Uslu N, Eren M, Gurol T, Ozen E, Tezel T. Determinants of coronary flow abnormalities in obstructive type hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: noninvasive assessment by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2004; 17:744-9. [PMID: 15220899 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.03.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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We aimed to visualize the coronary flow velocities (CFV) of patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy by using transthoracic Doppler echocardiography, and to determine the relationship between abnormal CFV patterns and conventional echocardiography indices. Guided by 2-dimensional echocardiography and Doppler color flow mapping, CFV in the distal left anterior descending coronary artery were measured in 21 patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy using a 3.5-MHz transducer. The results were compared with those of 18 control subjects. Abnormal systolic flow patterns were observed in 15 (71%) patients (11 systolic-reversal flow and 4 no systolic flow). For patients and control subjects, peak diastolic velocity and velocity-time integral obtained from distal left anterior descending coronary artery were higher (63 +/- 21 cm/s and 18.5 +/- 4 cm vs 41 +/- 11 cm/s and 14.2 +/- 5 cm, respectively; P <.01 for both) whereas peak systolic velocity and velocity-time integral were significantly lower (-17 +/- 10 cm/s and 4.5 +/- 6 cm vs 24 +/- 9 cm/s and 9.5 +/- 4 cm, respectively; P <.001 for both). Significant positive and negative correlations between diastolic CFV and septal thickness index (r = 0.79, P <.0001), and between systolic CFV and septal thickness index (r = -0.65, P <.005), have been observed. CFV abnormalities that could easily be recorded by a standard Doppler echocardiographic study seem to be related to septal thickness rather than the degree of obstruction in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy.
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- Seden Celik
- Department of Cardiology, Siyami Ersek Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery Center, Istanbul, Turkey.
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Watanabe N, Akasaka T, Yamaura Y, Akiyama M, Kaji S, Saito Y, Yoshida K. Intramyocardial coronary flow characteristics in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: non-invasive assessment by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography. Heart 2003; 89:657-8. [PMID: 12748226 PMCID: PMC1767688 DOI: 10.1136/heart.89.6.657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022] Open
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Yamamuro A, Akasaka T, Tamita K, Yamabe K, Katayama M, Takagi T, Morioka S. Coronary flow velocity pattern immediately after percutaneous coronary intervention as a predictor of complications and in-hospital survival after acute myocardial infarction. Circulation 2002; 106:3051-6. [PMID: 12473550 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.0000043022.44032.77] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Recently, it was reported that the degree of microvascular injury and left ventricular functional recovery during the chronic period can be predicted after treatment of the infarct-related artery based on the coronary flow velocity (CFV) pattern assessed using a Doppler guidewire. The aim of this prospective study was to examine whether the CFV pattern may predict complications and in-hospital survival after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS AND RESULTS The study population consisted of 169 consecutive patients with a first anterior AMI successfully treated with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We examined the CFV pattern immediately after PCI using a Doppler guidewire. In accordance with previous findings, we defined severe microvascular injury as a diastolic deceleration time < or =600 ms and the presence of systolic flow reversal. Patients were divided into two groups: those without severe microvascular injury (n=118; group 1) and those with severe microvascular injury (n=51; group 2). All of the patients who had cardiac rupture were in group 2. Congestive heart failure (CHF) was observed more frequently in group 2 than in group 1 (53% versus 8%, P<0.001). The in-hospital cardiac mortality rate was significantly higher in group 2 than in group 1 (18% versus 0%, P<0.001). Nine patients in group 2 died, 5 patients because of CHF and 4 patients because of cardiac rupture. CONCLUSIONS These findings suggest that the CFV pattern is an accurate predictor of the presence or absence of complications and of in-hospital survival after AMI.
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Misawa K, Nitta Y, Matsubara T, Oe K, Kiyama M, Shimizu M, Mabuchi H. Difference in coronary blood flow dynamics between patients with hypertension and those with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Hypertens Res 2002; 25:711-6. [PMID: 12452323 DOI: 10.1291/hypres.25.711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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We studied twelve patients with hypertensive left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), 10 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and 10 control subjects to examine the differences in coronary blood flow (CBF) dynamics between patients with hypertensive LVH and those with HCM. All subjects had normal coronary arteriograms. Measurements of CBF using Doppler Flo-Wire were performed at rest, and after infusions of acetylcholine and papaverine. The baseline CBF was significantly increased in both hypertensive LVH patients and HCM patients compared to that noted in control subjects (64.1+/-36.9, 80.0+/-38.1, 32.3+/-8.0 ml/min, respectively, p<0.01). Coronary flow reserve and endothelium-dependent vasodilatation were significantly lower in hypertensive LVH patients and HCM patients than in control subjects, but there was no significant difference between the hypertensive LVH and HCM patients themselves. In contrast, the diastolic/systolic velocity ratio at baseline was significantly lower in hypertensive LVH patients than in HCM patients (1.53+/-0.40, 6.31+/-7.50, p<0.05). Although CBF and coronary flow reserve correlated positively and negatively, respectively, with left ventricular mass index (r=0.51, -0.59, respectively), the diastolic/systolic velocity ratio at baseline did not show a significant correlation to left ventricular mass index. In conclusion, the diastolic/systolic velocity ratio differed between hypertensive LVH and HCM patients, independent of left ventricular mass. These results suggest that the difference of phasic pattern of CBF may be essential for coronary circulation in patients with hypertensive LVH and in those with HCM.
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- Katsushi Misawa
- Department of Cardiology, Toyama Red Cross Hospital, Toyama, Japan
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Mohiddin SA, Begley D, Shih J, Fananapazir L. Myocardial bridging does not predict sudden death in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy but is associated with more severe cardiac disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 2000; 36:2270-8. [PMID: 11127472 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(00)00987-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 71] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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OBJECTIVES We sought to examine the association between systolic compression of sections of epicardial coronary vessels (myocardial bridging) with myocardial perfusion abnormalities and clinical outcome in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). BACKGROUND It has recently been suggested that myocardial bridging is an important cause of myocardial ischemia and sudden death in children with HCM. METHODS Angiograms from 57 children with HCM were reviewed for the presence of bridging (50% or more maximum systolic arterial compression). QT interval indices, echocardiographic and cardiac catheterization findings, treadmill exercise tests, exercise thallium scintigraphy, Holter monitoring and electrophysiologic study findings were compared in children with and without bridging. The findings were also related to the presence or absence of compression of septal branches of the left anterior descending artery (LAD). RESULTS Bridging was present in 23 (40%) of the children. Multiple coronary arteries were involved in four children. Bridging involved the LAD in 16 of 28 (57%) affected vessels. Myocardial perfusion abnormalities were present in 14 of 30 (47%) children without bridging and in 17 of 22 (94%) children with bridging, p = 0.002. However, bridging was associated with more severe septal hypertrophy (19+/-8 mm vs. 28+/-8 mm, p < 0.001), a higher septum:posterior wall thickness ratio (2.7+/-1.2 vs. 1.8+/-0.9, p < 0.001), and higher left ventricle (LV) outflow gradient (45+/-37 mm Hg vs. 16+/-28 mm Hg, p = 0.002). Compression of septal LAD branches was present in 37 (65%) of the children and was significantly associated with bridging, severity of LV hypertrophy and outflow obstruction. Multivariate analysis demonstrated that LV septal thickness and septal branch compression, and not bridging, were independent predictors of thallium perfusion abnormalities. There was a 90% power at 5% significance to detect an effect of bridging on thallium abnormalities at an odds ratio of 3. Bridging was also not associated with significantly greater symptoms, increased QT and QTc intervals and QTc dispersion, ventricular tachycardia on Holter or induced at EP study, or a worse prognosis. CONCLUSIONS Bridging and compression of septal branches of the LAD are common in HCM children and are related to magnitude of LV hypertrophy. Left ventricular hypertrophy and compression of intramyocardial branches of the epicardial coronary arteries may contribute to myocardial perfusion abnormalities. Our findings suggest that bridging does not result in myocardial ischemia and may not cause arrhythmias or sudden death in HCM children.
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- S A Mohiddin
- Section of Electrophysiology and Inherited Heart Diseases, Cardiology Branch, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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Petkow Dimitrow P, Krzanowski M, Nizankowski R, Szczeklik A, Dubiel JS. Effect of verapamil on systolic and diastolic coronary blood flow velocity in asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Heart 2000; 83:262-6. [PMID: 10677401 PMCID: PMC1729332 DOI: 10.1136/heart.83.3.262] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To assess non-invasively the effect of verapamil treatment on coronary blood flow velocity in asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. DESIGN High frequency transthoracic Doppler echocardiography was used to compare resting phasic coronary blood flow velocity before and after a one month period of verapamil treatment in 17 patients (14 men and three women) with non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Eighteen healthy subjects formed an age and sex matched control group. Systolic and diastolic coronary blood flow velocity was measured in the distal portion of left anterior descending coronary artery using high frequency transthoracic Doppler echocardiography. Blood flow velocity before and after verapamil was compared in the patients with cardiomyopathy and with the results in the control group. RESULTS Compared with the controls, patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy had increased diastolic coronary blood flow velocity (41.8 (8.1) v 59.9 (21.9) cm/s, p < 0.01) and a lower mean systolic coronary blood flow velocity (18.7 (10.8) v -11.2 (27.5) cm/s, p < 0. 01) before verapamil treatment. A backward pattern of systolic flow, manifested by negative values of coronary blood flow velocity, was recorded in eight of the patients, while no negative values were found in the controls. After verapamil treatment the retrograde systolic blood flow was restored to an anterograde pattern in only one patient. The mean value of systolic coronary blood flow velocity did not change significantly and remained lower than the systolic forward flow velocity in the controls (-3.6 (31.8) v 18.7 (10.8) cm/s, p < 0.05). However, diastolic coronary blood flow velocity decreased significantly after verapamil (59.9 (21.9) v 50.7 (19.5) cm/s p < 0.05), reaching a level comparable with that in the controls (50.7 (19.5) v 41.8 (8.1) cm/s, p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS In contrast to healthy subjects, in non-obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy the systolic pattern of coronary blood flow was heterogeneous (both retrograde and anterograde), and diastolic coronary blood flow velocity was abnormally increased, despite a lack of significant symptoms. Verapamil treatment did not restore the forward pattern of systolic blood flow but decreased diastolic blood flow velocity to a level comparable with that in healthy subjects.
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- P Petkow Dimitrow
- Second Department of Cardiology, Jagiellonian University School of Medicine, ul Kopernika 17, 31-501 Krakow, Poland
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Youn HJ, Redberg RF, Schiller NB, Foster E. Demonstration of penetrating intramyocardial coronary arteries with high-frequency transthoracic echocardiography and Doppler in human subjects. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 1999; 12:55-63. [PMID: 9882779 DOI: 10.1016/s0894-7317(99)70173-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Characterization of intramyocardial coronary artery flow may offer insight into the spectrum of coronary physiology. The purposes of this study were to test the feasibility of detection and measurement of intramyocardial coronary artery flow by using high-frequency transthoracic ultrasound and to evaluate the hemodynamic and morphologic differences in intramyocardial coronary arteries between patients with echocardiographically normal myocardium and patients with diseased myocardium. In 116 subjects (age 58 +/- 19 years; male:female 67:49; 58 normal [control subjects], 40 with left ventricular hypertrophy [LVH], 18 with systolic left ventricular dysfunction [cardiomyopathy, CM]), we examined the myocardium just beneath the apical impulse window at a depth of 3 to 5 cm by using a 6- or 7-MHz centerline frequency transducer. For color Doppler examination, a special preset coronary program with a low Nyquist limit (12 to 20 cm) was used. After obtaining linear color signals, the width and length, peak and mean diastolic pulsed Doppler flow velocities, diastolic velocity time integrals, and percent duration of diastolic Doppler flow were measured. The number of linear color flow signals per square centimeter was counted in 520 different cardiac cycles, and the angles formed by their inner curvature was measured with a graduated protractor. We identified color flow Doppler signals within the myocardium having a mean width of 1.1 +/- 0.4 mm and flow direction from epicardium to endocardium in 104 (89. 7%) subjects and spectral Doppler signals in 74 (63.8%) subjects. In 33 (45.8%) subjects, only diastolic flow was detected and in 39 (54. 2%) subjects, diastolic flow was predominant with systolic reversal. Peak and mean diastolic flow velocities and velocity time integrals of spectral Doppler signal in control subjects were 26.2 +/- 8.6 cm/s, 19.0 +/- 6.3 cm/s, and 9.5 +/- 2.7 cm, respectively. There were no significant differences in width and density of linear color flow signals among the 3 groups. The color flow signals in the LVH and CM groups had a narrower angle of inner curvature (P <.005 for LVH, P <.05 for CM, respectively), and their spectral Doppler signals showed significantly higher diastolic velocities and shorter diastolic flow duration (P <.005 for LVH, P <.05 for CM, respectively) than those of the control subjects. Detection and measurement of flow signals consistent with penetrating intramyocardial coronary arteries are feasible in a high percentage of subjects by use of high-frequency transthoracic ultrasound. The findings in patients with LVH and CM suggest that there are distinct hemodynamic and morphologic departures from those with normal left ventricles that may be a consequence of disordered myocardial perfusion in diseased myocardium.
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- H J Youn
- Adult Echocardiographic Laboratory, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, 94143-0214, USA
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Hozumi T, Yoshida K, Akasaka T, Asami Y, Ogata Y, Takagi T, Kaji S, Kawamoto T, Ueda Y, Morioka S. Noninvasive assessment of coronary flow velocity and coronary flow velocity reserve in the left anterior descending coronary artery by Doppler echocardiography: comparison with invasive technique. J Am Coll Cardiol 1998; 32:1251-9. [PMID: 9809933 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(98)00389-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 315] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether transthoracic Doppler echocardiography (TTDE) can reliably measure coronary flow velocity (CFV) and coronary flow velocity reserve (CFVR) in the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) in the clinical setting. BACKGROUND Coronary flow velocity measurement has provided useful clinical and physiologic information. Advancement in TTDE provides noninvasive measurement of CFV and CFVR in the distal LAD. METHODS In 23 patients, CFV in the distal LAD was measured by TTDE (5 or 3.5 MHz) under the guidance of color Doppler flow mapping at the time of Doppler guide wire (DGW) examination. Coronary flow velocity in the distal LAD were measured at baseline and hyperemic conditions (intravenous administration of adenosine 0.14 mg/kg/min) by both TTDE and DGW techniques. Coronary flow velocity reserve was defined as the ratio of peak hyperemic to basal averaged peak velocity in the distal LAD. RESULTS Clear envelopes of basal and hyperemic CFV in the distal LAD were obtained in 18 (78%) of 23 study patients by TTDE. There were excellent correlations between TTDE and DGW methods for the measurements of CFV (averaged peak velocity: r=0.97, y=0.94x + 0.40; averaged diastolic peak velocity: r=0.97, y=0.94x + 0.69; systolic peak velocities: r=0.97, y=0.91x + 0.87; diastolic peak velocity: r=0.98, y=0.95x + 1.10). Coronary flow velocity reserve from TTDE correlated highly with those from DGW examinations (r=0.94, y=0.95x + 0.21). CONCLUSIONS Noninvasive measurement of CFV and CFVR in the distal LAD using TTDE accurately reflects invasive measurement of CFV and CFVR by DGW method.
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- T Hozumi
- Division of Cardiology, Kobe General Hospital, Japan.
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Gielen S, Strasser RH, Kübler W, Haller C. Images in cardiovascular medicine. Coronary artery ectasia and systolic flow cessation in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circulation 1998; 97:2372-4. [PMID: 9639384 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.97.23.2372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- S Gielen
- Department of Internal Medicine III, University of Heidelberg, Germany
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Akasaka T, Yoshida K, Yamamuro A, Hozumi T, Takagi T, Morioka S, Yoshikawa J. Phasic coronary flow characteristics in patients with constrictive pericarditis: comparison with restrictive cardiomyopathy. Circulation 1997; 96:1874-81. [PMID: 9323075 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.96.6.1874] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND Phasic coronary flow characteristics have been reported in patients with aortic valve disease and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The purpose of this study was to assess the differences in coronary flow characteristics between patients with constrictive pericarditis and those with restrictive cardiomyopathy. METHODS AND RESULTS The study populations consisted of 7 case patients with constrictive pericarditis, 8 with restrictive cardiomyopathy, and 11 control subjects with chest pain and normal coronary arteries. Five minutes after injection of 3 mg of isosorbide dinitrate, phasic coronary flow velocity patterns were analyzed in the proximal segment of the angiographically normal left anterior descending coronary artery at rest using a 0.014-in, 15-MHz Doppler guidewire. Coronary flow reserve was obtained from the ratio of adenosine-induced (0.14 mg x kg(-1) x min(-1) I.V.) hyperemic/baseline time-averaged peak velocity. Although in case patients with constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy maximal hyperemic time-averaged peak velocity (21+/-8 and 31+/-17 versus 60+/-19 cm/s, respectively; P<.001) and coronary flow reserve (1.3+/-0.4 and 1.6+/-0.6 versus 3.6+/-0.4, respectively, P<.001) were significantly lower than in control subjects, there were no significant differences in these indexes between the two groups of case patients. Velocity half-time of diastolic flow velocity corrected by square root(RR), which indicates deceleration of diastolic flow, in the groups of case patients with constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy was significantly less than that in control subjects (6.2+/-2.6 and 10.6+/-1.5 versus 16.9+/-2.7, respectively; P<.001); this was also significantly smaller in constrictive pericarditis than restrictive cardiomyopathy (P<.001). This index <9.5 could distinguish constrictive pericarditis from restrictive cardiomyopathy with a sensitivity of 86% and a specificity of 88%. Furthermore, time from the beginning of diastole to diastolic peak velocity corrected by square root(RR) indicating acceleration of diastolic flow velocity in constrictive pericarditis was significantly less than that in restrictive cardiomyopathy and control subjects (2.8+/-1.2 versus 4.8+/-0.8 and 4.4+/-0.6, respectively; P<.001). CONCLUSIONS Although coronary flow reserve is limited in both constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy because of restriction of hyperemic response, rapid acceleration and more rapid deceleration of diastolic flow velocity are more characteristic in constrictive pericarditis than in restrictive cardiomyopathy.
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- T Akasaka
- Department of Cardiology, Kobe General Hospital, Japan
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Kyriakidis MK, Dernellis JM, Androulakis AE, Kelepeshis GA, Barbetseas J, Anastasakis AN, Trikas AG, Tentolouris CA, Gialafos JE, Toutouzas PK. Changes in phasic coronary blood flow velocity profile and relative coronary flow reserve in patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Circulation 1997; 96:834-41. [PMID: 9264490 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.96.3.834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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BACKGROUND In this study, we both investigated coronary flow velocity in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) and tested the hypothesis of differing coronary flow reserve (CFR) of coronary arteries perfusing left ventricular regions with nonuniform myocardial hypertrophy by measuring the relative CFR. METHODS AND RESULTS Coronary flow velocity was assessed in left anterior descending coronary (LAD) and left circumflex (LCX) arteries in 18 patients with HOCM and marked hypertrophy only in the ventricular septum, in 13 patients without obstruction (HCM), and in 9 age- and sex-matched normal subjects at rest, during rapid atrial pacing, and after dobutamine infusion (5 to 30 microg/kg per minute). Relative CFR was estimated as the ratio between absolute CFR of the LAD and absolute CFR of the LCX (LAD/LCX(CF)). At the peak of rapid atrial pacing and during dobutamine stress, LAD/LCX(CF) was reversed in HOCM patients (from 1.25+/-0.11 to 0.82+/-0.07 and 0.79+/-0.06, respectively), whereas it remained unchanged in control subjects (from 1.0+/-0.1 to 1.0+/-0.05 and 1.0+/-0.05, respectively; P<.001). In HCM patients, LAD/LCX(CF) at rest was 1.10+/-0.11, whereas during rapid atrial pacing and dobutamine stress, it was 0.92+/-0.08 and 0.90+/-0.09, respectively. Relative CFR was 0.62+/-0.05 in HOCM patients and 1.05+/-0.05 (P<.001) in normal subjects. There was an inverse correlation between relative CFR and peak systolic outflow tract gradient (r2=.74, P<.001). CONCLUSIONS Regional distribution of hypertrophy in some patients with HOCM resulted in regional impairment of coronary flow. Relative CFR can be used to estimate regional disturbances of coronary flow and may help in patient selection for new interventional therapeutic techniques.
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- M K Kyriakidis
- Department of Cardiology, Hippokration Hospital, University of Athens, Greece
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Crowley JJ, Dardas PS, Harcombe AA, Shapiro LM. Transthoracic Doppler echocardiographic analysis of phasic coronary blood flow velocity in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Heart 1997; 77:558-63. [PMID: 9227302 PMCID: PMC484801 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.77.6.558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To use transthoracic Doppler echocardiography to assess coronary blood flow non-invasively in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. DESIGN High frequency transthoracic Doppler echocardiography was used to assess resting phasic coronary velocity patterns in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and to define the relation between coronary flow patterns and clinical, echocardiographic, and haemodynamic manifestations of this condition. SETTING A tertiary referral cardiothoracic centre. METHODS Fifteen patients (10 men and five women, mean (SD) age 49 (10.3) years) with asymmetric hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent high frequency (5 MHz) transthoracic Doppler echocardiographic assessment of the left anterior descending coronary artery. In addition, standard two dimensional echocardiography was performed. The results were compared with 16 normal participants (nine men and seven women, mean age 61.2 (10.7) years) who had no evidence of cardiac disease. RESULTS Biphasic diastolic predominant coronary artery blood velocity profiles were obtained in all patients and controls. Systolic peak blood velocity and velocity time integral were significantly reduced in the hypertrophic cardiomyopathy group compared with controls (11.3 (15.8) cm/s and 1.09 (1.78) cm v 20.5 (13.1) cm/s and 4.23 (2.80) cm, respectively, P < 0.05). A reversed pattern of systolic blood flow velocity was found in three patients with severe anterior wall and septal hypertrophy. During diastole there was prolongation of the diastolic acceleration (203 (53) ms v 110 (60) ms in controls, P < 0.05) and deceleration times (487 (200) ms v 210 (90) ms in controls, P < 0.05). There was no significant difference between those with and without symptoms or a left ventricular outflow tract gradient. CONCLUSIONS Patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy have abnormal systolic and diastolic coronary flow profiles at rest when measured by transthoracic echocardiography.
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- J J Crowley
- Regional Cardiac Unit, Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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Memmola C, Iliceto S, Napoli VF, Cavallari D, Santoro G, Rizzon P. Coronary flow dynamics and reserve assessed by transesophageal echocardiography in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 1994; 74:1147-51. [PMID: 7977076 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(94)90469-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [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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Myocardial ischemia is frequently associated with left ventricular outflow obstruction. To assess coronary flow impairment in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC), 10 patients with echo-Doppler-detected obstructive HC and normal coronary arteries underwent transesophageal echo-Doppler examination of both coronary flow velocity (CFV) at rest, recorded in the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery, and coronary flow reserve (CFR) evaluated by means of dipyridamole infusion response. Ten normal patients were similarly studied and served as a control group. Two relevant alterations in coronary flow dynamics were detected in patients with HC: (1) a significantly increased diastolic/systolic CFV ratio, and (2) a significantly reduced dipyridamole/baseline CFV ratio. Compared with normal subjects, the CFV pattern showed a significantly greater diastolic and a significantly lower systolic component at rest (in some patients it was reversed). Diastolic/systolic CFV ratio was significantly higher in patients with HC at baseline (3.1 +/- 1 vs 1.6 +/- 0.5; p < 0.01) and increased further after dipyridamole infusion (4.9 +/- 2 vs 2.2 +/- 0.7; p < 0.01). In addition, CFR was impaired in patients with HC (1.8 +/- 0.3 vs 3.1 +/- 0.5; p < 0.01). Furthermore, a significant correlation between CFR and intraventricular pressure gradient was found. Thus, transesophageal echo-Doppler examination is a useful tool for evaluating CFV dynamics and CFR as demonstrated in patients with obstructive HC.
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- C Memmola
- Institute of Cardiology, University of Bari, Italy
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