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Hughes RK, Augusto JB, Knott K, Davies R, Shiwani H, Seraphim A, Malcolmson JW, Khoury S, Joy G, Mohiddin S, Lopes LR, McKenna WJ, Kellman P, Xue H, Tome M, Sharma S, Captur G, Moon JC. Apical Ischemia Is a Universal Feature of Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2023; 16:e014907. [PMID: 36943913 PMCID: PMC10026964 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.122.014907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/09/2023] [Indexed: 03/23/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (ApHCM) accounts for ≈10% of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy cases and is characterized by apical hypertrophy, apical cavity obliteration, and tall ECG R waves with ischemic-looking deep T-wave inversion. These may be present even with <15 mm apical hypertrophy (relative ApHCM). Microvascular dysfunction is well described in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We hypothesized that apical perfusion defects would be common in ApHCM. METHODS A 2-center study using cardiovascular magnetic resonance short- and long-axis quantitative adenosine vasodilator stress perfusion mapping. One hundred patients with ApHCM (68 overt hypertrophy [≥15 mm] and 32 relative ApHCM) were compared with 50 patients with asymmetrical septal hypertrophy hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and 40 healthy volunteer controls. Perfusion was assessed visually and quantitatively as myocardial blood flow and myocardial perfusion reserve. RESULTS Apical perfusion defects were present in all overt ApHCM patients (100%), all relative ApHCM patients (100%), 36% of asymmetrical septal hypertrophy hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and 0% of healthy volunteers (P<0.001). In 10% of patients with ApHCM, perfusion defects were sufficiently apical that conventional short-axis views missed them. In 29%, stress myocardial blood flow fell below rest values. Stress myocardial blood flow was most impaired subendocardially, with greater hypertrophy or scar, and with apical aneurysms. Impaired apical myocardial blood flow was most strongly predicted by thicker apical segments (β-coefficient, -0.031 mL/g per min [CI, -0.06 to -0.01]; P=0.013), higher ejection fraction (-0.025 mL/g per min [CI, -0.04 to -0.01]; P<0.005), and ECG maximum R-wave height (-0.023 mL/g per min [CI, -0.04 to -0.01]; P<0.005). CONCLUSIONS Apical perfusion defects are universally present in ApHCM at all stages. Its ubiquitous presence along with characteristic ECG suggests ischemia may play a disease-defining role in ApHCM.
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- Rebecca K. Hughes
- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
- Cardiology Department, Hospital Professor Doutor Fernando Fonseca, Amadora, Portugal (J.B.A.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing (R.D., G.C.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
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- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
- William Harvey Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (J.W.M., S.M., M.T., S.S.)
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- Cardiovascular Clinical and Academic Group, Molecular and Clinical Sciences Institute, St. George’s University of London, United Kingdom (S.K.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
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- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
- William Harvey Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (J.W.M., S.M., M.T., S.S.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña, Spain (W.J.M.)
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Human and Health Services, Bethesda, MD (P.K., H.X.)
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- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Human and Health Services, Bethesda, MD (P.K., H.X.)
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- William Harvey Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (J.W.M., S.M., M.T., S.S.)
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- William Harvey Institute, Queen Mary University of London, United Kingdom (J.W.M., S.M., M.T., S.S.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- MRC Unit for Lifelong Health and Ageing (R.D., G.C.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Department of Cardiology, Inherited Heart Muscle Conditions Clinic, Royal Free Hospital, NHS Trust, United Kingdom (G.C.)
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., G.J., L.R.L., W.J.M., G.C., J.C.M.), University College London, United Kingdom
- Barts Heart Centre, The Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Unit and The Inherited Cardiovascular Diseases Unit, St Bartholomew’s Hospital, West Smithfield, London, United Kingdom (R.K.H., J.B.A., K.K., R.D., H.S., A.S., J.W.M., G.J., S.M., L.R.L., J.C.M.)
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Wheeler MT, Olivotto I, Elliott PM, Saberi S, Owens AT, Maurer MS, Masri A, Sehnert AJ, Edelberg JM, Chen YM, Florea V, Malhotra R, Wang A, Oręziak A, Myers J. Effects of Mavacamten on Measures of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Beyond Peak Oxygen Consumption: A Secondary Analysis of the EXPLORER-HCM Randomized Trial. JAMA Cardiol 2023; 8:240-247. [PMID: 36652223 PMCID: PMC9857843 DOI: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.5099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/27/2022] [Accepted: 11/17/2022] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
Abstract
Importance Mavacamten, a cardiac myosin inhibitor, improved peak oxygen uptake (pVO2) in patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) in the EXPLORER-HCM study. However, the full extent of mavacamten's effects on exercise performance remains unclear. Objective To investigate the effect of mavacamten on exercise physiology using cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET). Design, Setting, and Participants Exploratory analyses of the data from the EXPLORER-HCM study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial that was conducted in 68 cardiovascular centers in 13 countries. In total, 251 patients with symptomatic obstructive HCM were enrolled. Interventions Patients were randomly assigned in a 1:1 ratio to mavacamten or placebo. Main Outcomes and Measures The following prespecified exploratory cardiovascular and performance parameters were assessed with a standardized treadmill or bicycle ergometer test protocol at baseline and week 30: carbon dioxide output (VCO2), minute ventilation (VE), peak VE/VCO2 ratio, ventilatory efficiency (VE/VCO2 slope), peak respiratory exchange ratio (RER), peak circulatory power, ventilatory power, ventilatory threshold, peak metabolic equivalents (METs), peak exercise time, partial pressure of end-tidal carbon dioxide (PETCO2), and VO2/workload slope. Results Two hundred fifty-one patients were enrolled. The mean (SD) age was 58.5 (11.9) years and 59% of patients were male. There were significant improvements with mavacamten vs placebo in the following peak-exercise CPET parameters: peak VE/VCO2 ratio (least squares [LS] mean difference, -2.2; 95% CI, -3.05 to -1.26; P < .001), peak METs (LS mean difference, 0.4; 95% CI, 0.17-0.60; P < .001), peak circulatory power (LS mean difference, 372.9 mL/kg/min × mm Hg; 95% CI, 153.12-592.61; P = .001), and peak PETCO2 (LS mean difference, 2.0 mm Hg; 95% CI, 1.12-2.79; P < .001). Mavacamten also improved peak exercise time compared with placebo (LS mean difference, 0.7 minutes; 95% CI, 0.13-1.24; P = .02). There was a significant improvement in nonpeak-exercise CPET parameters, such as VE/VCO2 slope (LS mean difference, -2.6; 95% CI, -3.58 to -1.52; P < .001) and ventilatory power (LS mean difference, 0.6 mm Hg; 95% CI, 0.29-0.90; P < .001) favoring mavacamten vs placebo. Conclusions and Relevance Mavacamten improved a range of CPET parameters beyond pVO2, indicating consistent and broad benefits on maximal exercise capacity. Although improvements in peak-exercise CPET parameters are clinically meaningful, the favorable effects of mavacamten on submaximal exertional tolerance provide further insights into the beneficial impact of mavacamten in patients with obstructive HCM. Trial Registration ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03470545.
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- Matthew T. Wheeler
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California
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- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Careggi, Florence, Italy
- University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Institute of Cardiovascular Science, University College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor
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- Center for Inherited Cardiovascular Disease, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia
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- Center for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, Knight Cardiovascular Institute, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland
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- MyoKardia, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb, Brisbane, California
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- MyoKardia, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb, Brisbane, California
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton Pike, New Jersey
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- MyoKardia, Inc, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bristol Myers Squibb, Brisbane, California
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- Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston
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- Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
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- 1st Department of Arrhythmia, National Institute of Cardiology, Warsaw, Poland
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- Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California
- Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Coats CJ, Rantell K, Bartnik A, Patel A, Mist B, McKenna WJ, Elliott PM. Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Prognosis in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy. Circ Heart Fail 2015; 8:1022-31. [DOI: 10.1161/circheartfailure.114.002248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2014] [Accepted: 09/10/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background—
Exercise testing is performed in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy to evaluate blood pressure response, a risk factor for sudden cardiac death. The prognostic role of exercise gas exchange variables is unknown.
Methods and Results—
Between 1998 and 2010, 1898 patients (age 47±15 years, range 16–86 years; 67% male) with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing. A total of 178 (9.4%) patients reached the primary end point of all-cause mortality or heart transplant (death/transplant) during a median follow-up of 5.6 years (interquartile range 2.6–8.9), giving an annual event rate of 1.6% per person year. Peak oxygen consumption (adjusted hazard ratio [HR] 0.82, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.77–0.88,
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<0.001), ventilatory efficiency (adjusted HR 1.10, 95% CI 1.00–1.22,
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=0.049), and ventilatory anaerobic threshold (adjusted HR 0.82, 95% CI 0.70–0.96,
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=0.016) were predictors of the primary outcome after correction for age, sex, left atrial size, nonsustained ventricular tachycardia, and ejection fraction. The overall adjusted death/transplant estimates for patients in the lowest quartile with peak oxygen consumption ≤15.3 mL/kg/min were 14% at 5 years and 31% at 10 years. Peak oxygen consumption (HR 0.81, 95% CI 0.77–0.86,
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<0.01) and ventilation to carbon dioxide production (HR 1.10, 95% CI 1.08–1.13,
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<0.001) were predictors of death because of heart failure or transplantation but not sudden cardiac death or implantable cardioverter defibrillator shocks.
Conclusions—
Cardiopulmonary exercise testing provides prognostic information in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Submaximal exercise parameters, such as ventilatory efficiency and anaerobic threshold, measured alone or in combination with peak oxygen consumption, predict death from heart failure.
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- Caroline J. Coats
- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (C.J.C., B.M., W.J.M., P.M.E.), and Institute of Neurology (K.R.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.B.); and University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.P.)
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (C.J.C., B.M., W.J.M., P.M.E.), and Institute of Neurology (K.R.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.B.); and University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.P.)
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (C.J.C., B.M., W.J.M., P.M.E.), and Institute of Neurology (K.R.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.B.); and University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.P.)
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (C.J.C., B.M., W.J.M., P.M.E.), and Institute of Neurology (K.R.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.B.); and University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.P.)
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (C.J.C., B.M., W.J.M., P.M.E.), and Institute of Neurology (K.R.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.B.); and University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.P.)
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (C.J.C., B.M., W.J.M., P.M.E.), and Institute of Neurology (K.R.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.B.); and University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.P.)
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- From the Institute of Cardiovascular Science (C.J.C., B.M., W.J.M., P.M.E.), and Institute of Neurology (K.R.), University College London, London, United Kingdom; Royal Free Hospital NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.B.); and University College London Hospitals NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom (A.P.)
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Maron BJ, Maron MS, Wigle ED, Braunwald E. The 50-year history, controversy, and clinical implications of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy from idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: from idiopathic hypertrophic subaortic stenosis to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 2009; 54:191-200. [PMID: 19589431 DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.11.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 159] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/29/2008] [Revised: 11/12/2008] [Accepted: 11/12/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Dynamic obstruction to left ventricular (LV) outflow was recognized from the earliest (50 years ago) clinical descriptions of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and has proved to be a complex phenomenon unique in many respects, as well as arguably the most visible and well-known pathophysiologic component of this heterogeneous disease. Over the past 5 decades, the clinical significance attributable to dynamic LV outflow tract gradients in HCM has triggered a periodic and instructive debate. Nevertheless, only recently has evidence emerged from observational analyses in large patient cohorts that unequivocally supports subaortic pressure gradients (and obstruction) both as true impedance to LV outflow and independent determinants of disabling exertional symptoms and cardiovascular mortality. Furthermore, abolition of subaortic gradients by surgical myectomy (or percutaneous alcohol septal ablation) results in profound and consistent symptomatic benefit and restoration of quality of life, with myectomy providing a long-term survival similar to that observed in the general population. These findings resolve the long-festering controversy over the existence of obstruction in HCM and whether outflow gradients are clinically important elements of this complex disease. These data also underscore the important principle, particularly relevant to clinical practice, that heart failure due to LV outflow obstruction in HCM is mechanically reversible and amenable to invasive septal reduction therapy. Finally, the recent observation that the vast majority of patients with HCM have the propensity to develop outflow obstruction (either at rest or with exercise) underscores a return to the characterization of HCM in 1960 as a predominantly obstructive disease.
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- Barry J Maron
- Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Center, Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55407, USA.
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Conklin HM, Huang X, Davies CH, Sahn DJ, Shively BK. Biphasic left ventricular outflow and its mechanism in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2004; 17:375-83. [PMID: 15044873 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2003.12.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [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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BACKGROUND Biphasic systolic velocity in the left ventricular (LV) outflow tract (LVOT) occurs in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). The cause and importance of this observation remain poorly understood. METHODS A total of 25 patients with HOCM were matched to 30 control subjects. A function derived from the relation of flow in the proximal descending aorta to that in the LVOT was used to estimate the LVOT systolic flow rate in HOCM. Patients with HOCM were grouped by absence (group I) or presence (group II) of biphasic LVOT velocity. RESULTS Biphasic LVOT velocity was associated with biphasic estimated LVOT outflow (P =.002). The LVOT pressure gradient was inversely related to LV outflow rate at the time of the peak gradient (r = -.64, P <.001). Dobutamine increased the gradient and reduced LVOT outflow at the time of the peak gradient. In group II, mitral-septal separation occurred despite a LVOT gradient (36 mm Hg). CONCLUSION Biphasic LVOT flow in HOCM occurs and may be caused by "afterload mismatch." The late systolic increase in flow is related to mitral-septal separation. Resolution of systolic anterior motion occurs despite a persistent LVOT pressure gradient, implying a role for forces other than pressure differences.
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- Heidi M Conklin
- Division of Cardiology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland 97239, USA
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Romero-Farina G, Candell-Riera J, Pereztol-Valdés O, Castell J, Aguadé S, Galve E, Palet J, Oller-Martínez G, Armadans L, Reina D, Soler-Soler J. [Myocardial perfusion SPECT and isotopic ventriculography in obstructive and non-obstructive hypertrophic myocardiopathy]. REVISTA ESPANOLA DE MEDICINA NUCLEAR 2001; 20:530-6. [PMID: 11709138 DOI: 10.1016/s0212-6982(01)72008-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the role of myocardial perfusion SPET and radionuclide ventriculography in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC). METHODS Exercise myocardial perfusion SPET with 99mTc-tetrofosmin and radionuclide ventriculography were performed in a consecutive series of 101 patients (54 15 years, 50 women, 55 with dynamic obstruction) diagnosed of HC by echo. Follow-up from the diagnosis was 9,9 6,7 years (1 to 28 years). RESULTS Thirty six percent of patients had perfusion defects (non reversible in 15 and reversible in 21). In non obstructive HC higher number of patients with non reversible defects (p = 0.01 was obseved and in patients with no reversible defects higher incidence of pathologic Q waves in ECG (p = 0.01), Higher ventricular volumes (p < 0.05), lower ejection fraction (p = 0,0001) and longer time to peak emptying velocity (p < 0.05). There were 4 cardiac deaths, 15 syncopes, 18 pacemakers and 6 myectomy. Ejection fraction was higher in patients with syncope (p = 0,034) and there was no isotopic variable predictive of mortality, pacemaker or myectomy. CONCLUSIONS Neither SPET nor radionuclide ventriculography have a prognostic role in patients with HC, but patients with syncope have higher values of ejection fraction. Patients with non reversible defects have higher rate of pathologic Q waves in ECG, higher ventricular volumes and lower ejection fraction. This is indicative of evolution to dilated form of HC.
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Sharma S, Firoozi S, McKenna WJ. Value of exercise testing in assessing clinical state and prognosis in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Cardiol Rev 2001; 9:70-6. [PMID: 11209145 DOI: 10.1097/00045415-200103000-00005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 09/26/2000] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disease of the sarcomeric contractile proteins. A majority of patients with HCM are limited in terms of functional capacity, and a minority of these patients die suddenly. The main aims of management are symptom alleviation and prevention of sudden cardiac death. In patients with HCM, cardiopulmonary exercise testing provides a much more accurate index of functional capacity than New York Heart Association classification status, and it is useful in assessing symptoms after various therapeutic strategies have been implemented. Exercise testing is also valuable in identifying patients with HCM who are at high risk of sudden cardiac death and is an integral part of the algorithm in risk stratification and delivery of prophylactic therapy. Also, cardiopulmonary exercise testing plays an important role in differentiating HCM from other conditions associated with left ventricular hypertrophy, such as physiologic athlete's heart. Therefore, during the last few years, cardiopulmonary exercise testing has provided insights into the diagnosis, determinants, and mechanisms of exercise limitation in HCM. This understanding aids physicians in targeting therapy and developing new treatment modalities.
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- S Sharma
- Department of Cardiological Sciences, St George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, UK
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Firoozi S, Sharma S, McKenna WJ. The role of exercise testing in the evaluation of the patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Curr Cardiol Rep 2001; 3:152-9. [PMID: 11177674 DOI: 10.1007/s11886-001-0043-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is a genetic disease of the sarcomeric contractile proteins that is characterized by left ventricular hypertrophy and myocyte disarray. The majority of patients are limited in terms of functional capacity and a minority die suddenly. The main aims of management are symptom alleviation and prevention of sudden cardiac death. In patients with HCM, cardiopulmonary exercise testing provides a more accurate index of functional capacity than New York Heart Association classification status and is useful in assessing symptoms following various therapeutic interventions. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing plays an important role in differentiating HCM from other conditions associated with left ventricular hypertrophy. Cardiopulmonary exercise testing is also valuable in identifying individuals at high risk of sudden cardiac death and is an integral part of the algorithm in risk stratification and delivery of prophylactic therapy. Over the past few years, cardiopulmonary exercise testing has provided insight into the determinants and mechanisms of exercise limitation. This understanding helps in targeting therapy and the development of new treatment modalities.
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- S Firoozi
- Department of Cardiological Sciences, St. George's Hospital Medical School, Cranmer Terrace, London SW17 0RE, England.
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Albarrán A, Hernández F, Alonso M, Andreu J, Hernández P, Lázaro M, Gascueña R, Tascón JC, Coma R, Rodríguez J. Miocardiopatía hipertrófica obstructiva y estimulación secuencial auriculoventricular. Resultados agudos y seguimiento a largo plazo. Siete años de experiencia. Rev Esp Cardiol 2000. [DOI: 10.1016/s0300-8932(00)75206-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Lin CS, Chen KS, Lin MC, Fu MC, Tang SM. The relationship between systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve and the left ventricular outflow tract Doppler in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J 1991; 122:1671-82. [PMID: 1957762 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(91)90286-q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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In an attempt to investigate the role of left ventricular blood outflow in the generation of systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the mitral valve in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, we precisely analyzed the temporal relation of SAM and the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) systolic Doppler events obtained at the maximal mitral-septal apposition or equivalent area in eight patients with severe SAM, in five patients with mild/moderate SAM, and in seven patients with no SAM, using M-mode and pulsed Doppler echocardiography; the results were compared with those in 10 normal subjects. In all 13 patients with SAM, the timing of SAM generation corresponded to the LVOT Doppler events either between the onset of SAM and the onset of Doppler (r = 0.834, p less than 0.0001) or between the peak of SAM and the peak of Doppler (r = 0.836, p less than 0.0001). The excursion rate of the development of SAM showed a correlation with the LVOT blood outflow acceleration (r = 0.828, p less than 0.0001). The timing of SAM resolution also correlated with the Doppler events, either between the offset of SAM and the offset of Doppler (r = 0.795, p less than 0.001) or the end of SAM and the end of Doppler (r = 0.859, p less than 0.0001). The LVOT blood outflow deceleration showed a correlation with the regression rate of SAM (r = 0.668, p less than 0.013). The LVOT blood outflow acceleration was significantly higher in patients with severe SAM than in patients with mild/moderate SAM or no SAM. This study suggests that the high LVOT blood outflow acceleration in early systole possibly plays an important part in the generation of the Bernoulli pressure drop and results in anterior motion of the mitral valve. At mid-systole, a drag force and/or suction effect of pressure drop produced by continuous outflow blood may sustain the anterior motion of the mitral valve. At late systole, as the blood flow decelerates, the regression of SAM then occurs.
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- C S Lin
- Department of Internal Medicine, Chung Shan Medical and Dental College Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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Cannon RO, McIntosh CL, Schenke WH, Maron BJ, Bonow RO, Epstein SE. Effect of surgical reduction of left ventricular outflow obstruction on hemodynamics, coronary flow, and myocardial metabolism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Circulation 1989; 79:766-75. [PMID: 2924410 DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.79.4.766] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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To assess the impact of operative reduction of left ventricular outflow obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, measurements of great cardiac vein flow, oxygen and lactate content, left ventricular pressures, and cardiac index were measured at rest and during pacing stress in 20 consecutive patients (13, myotomy-myectomy; six, mitral valve replacement; one, both myotomy-myectomy and mitral valve replacement) who underwent both preoperative and postoperative studies. All had angiographically normal epicardial coronary arteries. Operation resulted in reduction in outflow gradient (64 +/- 38 to 4 +/- 7 mm Hg, p less than 0.001) and in left ventricular systolic pressure (186 +/- 32 to 128 +/- 22 mm Hg, p less than 0.001) and was associated with reduction in great cardiac vein flow (101 +/- 26 to 78 +/- 16 ml/min, p less than 0.001) and oxygen consumption in the anterior left ventricle and septum (11.9 +/- 4.1 to 8.4 +/- 1.9 ml O2/min, p less than 0.001) in the basal state. During rapid atrial pacing, 13 of 20 patients experienced chest pain postoperatively, whereas all 20 developed chest pain during preoperative pacing, with an improvement in pacing anginal threshold (or heart rate 150 if no chest pain was experienced) of 16 +/- 18 beats/min (p less than 0.001). The peak great cardiac vein flow (161 +/- 41 to 131 +/- 45 ml/min, p less than 0.025) and myocardial oxygen consumption (19.4 +/- 6.1 to 14.3 +/- 5.5 ml O2/min, p less than 0.005) during pacing, which correlated directly with the severity of the basal left ventricular gradient (p = 0.011 and p = 0.002, respectively), were also reduced by surgery. Lactate metabolism during pacing changed from net production before surgery to net consumption after operation (-17 +/- 47.6 to 4.4 +/- 29.8 mumol/min, p less than 0.01), with six of 20 patients producing lactate after surgery compared with 13 of 20 before surgery (p = 0.06). The six patients with the highest peak great cardiac vein flow (greater than 175 ml/min) during preoperative pacing had greater symptom and metabolic benefit during pacing after surgery compared with the 14 patients with lower peak coronary flow. Postpacing left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (30 +/- 7 to 23 +/- 7 mm Hg, p less than 0.001) and pulmonary artery wedge pressure (24 +/- 6 to 20 +/- 5, p less than 0.001) were reduced after surgery.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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- R O Cannon
- Cardiology Branche, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892
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Come PC, Riley MF, Carl LV, Lorell B. Doppler evidence that true left ventricular-to-aortic pressure gradients exist in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am Heart J 1988; 116:1253-61. [PMID: 3189142 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(88)90448-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The etiology of systolic left ventricular-to-aortic pressure gradients in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is still controversial. While cavity obliteration has been proposed by some investigators as the cause for recording of a high left ventricular systolic pressure, the concept of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction has received more experimental support. To investigate further whether left ventricular pressure truly exceeds aortic pressure and implies obstruction, we studied, with imaging and Doppler echocardiographic techniques, five patients with asymmetric septal hypertrophy and systolic anterior movement of the mitral valve occasionally causing it to abut upon the septum. All had outflow tract pressure gradients (peak 85 +/- 10 mm Hg) and trace to mild mitral regurgitation. Continuous wave Doppler study recorded peak flow velocities in the outflow tract (4.6 +/- 0.3 m/sec), and mitral regurgitant (mean 6.6 +/- 0.3 m/sec) jets. Aortic systolic and diastolic blood pressures were measured by cuff sphygmomanometry, and simultaneous carotid pulse tracings were recorded. The magnitude of systolic aortic pressure was determined at the time of peak velocity in the mitral regurgitant jet. Since the peak systolic pressure gradient across the mitral valve (left ventricular minus left atrial pressure) should equal 4 times the square of the peak velocity (V) in the mitral regurgitant jet, peak left ventricular systolic pressure should equal 4 x V2 plus the height of left atrial pressure at the time of peak mitral regurgitant velocity. In each case, calculations were made assuming an upper normal left atrial pressure of 10 mm Hg.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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- P C Come
- Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02215
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Maron BJ, Bonow RO, Cannon RO, Leon MB, Epstein SE. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Interrelations of clinical manifestations, pathophysiology, and therapy (1). N Engl J Med 1987; 316:780-9. [PMID: 3547130 DOI: 10.1056/nejm198703263161305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 613] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Cogswell TL, Sagar KB, Wann LS. Left ventricular ejection dynamics in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and aortic stenosis: comparison with the use of Doppler echocardiography. Am Heart J 1987; 113:110-6. [PMID: 3799425 DOI: 10.1016/0002-8703(87)90017-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Left ventricular ejection dynamics of 15 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (nine obstructive, six nonobstructive) were compared to those in 12 age-matched normal subjects and 10 patients with valvular aortic stenosis by means of combined two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. Doppler peak flow velocities in obstructive (HOCM, 2.5 +/- 1.3 m/sec) and nonobstructive (HNCM, 2.6 +/- 0.6 m/sec) hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, as well as in patients with aortic stenosis (AS, 3.6 +/- 1.3 m/sec) were significantly higher than in the normal population (1.0 +/- 0.2 m/sec; p less than 0.001 for all comparisons), but did not differ from each other. The HOCM patients had time to peak velocity (154 +/- 55.7 msec) that was higher than that in both HNCM (86 +/- 8.4 msec) and normal groups (84.5 +/- 8.9 msec; p less than 0.001 for both comparisons), but did not differ from those in AS (117 +/- 52.5 msec). The total ejection time did not differ between HOCM (348.2 +/- 91.1 msec) and AS (328.8 +/- 30.4 msec) groups, but was prolonged in HOCM compared to HNCM (198 +/- 21.0 msec) and normal groups (233 +/- 28.3 msec; p less than 0.001 for both comparisons). The normal and HNCM groups did not differ in time to peak or total ejection time measurements. The percent of flow velocity present in the initial third of the systolic velocity integral for HOCM (44.5% +/- 5.9) and HNCM (49.4% +/- 2.5) groups was greater than for normals (36.2% +/- 5.4; p less than 0.05 for both comparisons), but HOCM values did not differ from HNCM values.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Maron BJ, Epstein SE. Clinical significance and therapeutic implications of the left ventricular outflow tract pressure gradient in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Am J Cardiol 1986; 58:1093-6. [PMID: 3776861 DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(86)90118-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Yock PG, Hatle L, Popp RL. Patterns and timing of Doppler-detected intracavitary and aortic flow in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. J Am Coll Cardiol 1986; 8:1047-58. [PMID: 2876020 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(86)80381-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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This study describes the velocity characteristics of left ventricular and aortic outflow in 25 patients with hypertrophic "obstructive" cardiomyopathy. Systematic pulsed and continuous wave Doppler analysis combined with phonocardiography and M-mode echocardiography was used to establish the pattern and timing of outflow in the basal and provoked states. This analysis suggests that 1) the high velocity left ventricular outflow jet can be reliably discriminated from both aortic flow and the jet of mitral regurgitation using Doppler ultrasound; 2) the Doppler velocity contour responds in a characteristic fashion to provocative influences including extrasystole and Valsalva maneuver; 3) the onset of mitral regurgitation occurs well before detectable systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve; 4) left ventricular flow velocities are elevated at the onset of systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve, suggesting a significant contribution of the Venturi effect in displacing the leaflets and chordae; 5) the high velocities of the outflow jets are largely dissipated by the time flow reaches the aortic valve; and 6) late systolic flow in the ascending aorta is nonuniform, with formation of distinct eddies that may contribute to "preclosure" of the aortic valve.
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Sugrue DD, McKenna WJ. Radionuclide assessment of left ventricular function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Postgrad Med J 1986; 62:553-5. [PMID: 3774691 PMCID: PMC2418806 DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.62.728.553] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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To determine the relationship of left ventricular function and ventricular tachycardia, 48 hour ECG monitoring and technetium-99m gated equilibrium radionuclide angiography were performed in 84 consecutive patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and sinus rhythm. Measurements of ejection fraction (EF), peak ejection rate (PER, edv/s), peak filling rate (PFR, edv/s) and time to peak filling rate (PFR, ms) were derived from radionuclide activity time curves generated from data acquired in list-mode. Left ventricular function was compared in patients with and without ventricular tachycardia. Left ventricular ejection fraction was significantly lower in 16 patients with ventricular tachycardia compared to 68 patients without (67 +/- 17 vs 78 +/- 10, P less than 0.05) and time to peak filling rate was significantly prolonged (152 +/- 32 vs 120 +/- 36, P less than 0.05). Thus patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at greatest risk of sudden death had significant impairment of systolic and diastolic left ventricular function.
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Criley JM, Siegel RJ. Obstruction is unimportant in the pathophysiology of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Postgrad Med J 1986; 62:515-29. [PMID: 3534838 PMCID: PMC2418802 DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.62.728.515] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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There has been a longstanding controversy about the significance of intracavitary pressure gradients in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). It has been generally assumed that the gradient is the result of an 'obstruction' that impedes left ventricular outflow and which can be relieved by operative intervention. In the first decade after the discovery of HCM (1957-66), the site of 'obstruction' was thought to be a muscular sphincter or contraction ring in the submitral region of the left ventricle, and operations designed to emulate pyloromyectomy (for hypertrophic pyloric stenosis) were developed. Following a challenge to the existence of the 'contraction ring' and an alternative non-obstructive explanation of the pressure gradient, the site of 'obstruction' was translocated to a point of apposition between the anterior mitral leaflet and the interventricular septum, a result of systolic anterior motion (SAM) of the mitral valve. Despite the translocation of the site and mechanism of 'obstruction', the operation for 'relief of obstruction' has not changed significantly. The newer site of 'obstruction' has been challenged on the grounds that the ventricle is not demonstrably impeded in its emptying; when a gradient is provoked, the ventricle empties more rapidly and more completely than it does without a gradient. In addition to a non-obstructive explanation of the gradient, other phenomena thought to be indicative of 'obstruction' can be explained by rapid and complete emptying of the ventricle (cavitary obliteration). Since the morbidity and mortality of symptomatic HCM patients without pressure gradients may exceed that of patients with pressure gradients, it is suggested that 'obstruction' may be unimportant in the pathophysiology of HCM and attention should be focused on abnormal diastolic function and life threatening arrhythmias.
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Maron BJ, Gottdiener JS, Arce J, Rosing DR, Wesley YE, Epstein SE. Dynamic subaortic obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: analysis by pulsed Doppler echocardiography. J Am Coll Cardiol 1985; 6:1-18. [PMID: 4040139 DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(85)80244-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 130] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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To determine whether true obstruction to left ventricular ejection exists in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a subaortic gradient, pulsed Doppler echocardiography was used to analyze the patterns of left ventricular emptying in 50 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (20 with and 30 without evidence of obstruction) and in 20 normal subjects. In obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, left ventricular ejection was characterized by early and rapid emptying (76 +/- 14% of aortic flow velocity in the initial one-third of systole). The proportion of forward flow velocity occurring before initial mitral-septal contact (and hence, by inference before the onset of the subaortic gradient) was variable, but averaged 58%. In contrast, the proportion of forward flow velocity occurring after mitral-septal contact (and, therefore, concomitant with the gradient and increased intraventricular pressure) was considerable, averaging over 40%. Mid-systolic impedance to left ventricular outflow was suggested by the rapid deceleration in aortic flow velocity concomitant with mitral-septal contact and premature partial aortic valve closure. Furthermore, left ventricular ejection was prolonged (384 +/- 40 ms) and the ventricle continued to empty and shorten during the period when both the pressure gradient and markedly increased intraventricular pressures were present. In 16 of 20 patients, a relatively small second peak in flow velocity appeared in late systole. Since marked systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve was still present, the late systolic portion of forward flow velocity also appeared to be largely ejected during imposition of a mechanical impediment to outflow. In contrast, patients with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy showed no evidence of impedance to left ventricular ejection. Aortic flow velocity waveforms were similar to those of normal subjects, with flow persisting to aortic valve closure; significant mitral systolic anterior motion and partial mid-systolic aortic valve closure were absent, and the systolic ejection period was normal (303 +/- 27 ms).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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