TY - JOUR
T1 - Color M-mode Doppler flow propagation velocity is a preload insensitive index of left ventricular relaxation
T2 - Animal and human validation
AU - Garcia, Mario J.
AU - Smedira, Nicholas G.
AU - Greenberg, Neil L.
AU - Main, Michael
AU - Firstenberg, Michael S.
AU - Odabashian, Jill
AU - Thomas, James D.
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by Grant-in-aid #NEO-97-225-BGIA from the American Heart Association, North-East Ohio Affiliate (M.G.), National Aeronautics Space Administration Grant #NCC9-60, Houston, Texas (J.D.T., M.G., N.L.G.) and National Institutes of Health Grant #RO1 HL56688-01A1, Bethesda, Maryland (J.D.T.).
PY - 2000/1
Y1 - 2000/1
N2 - OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of preload in color M-mode Doppler flow propagation velocity (v(p)). BACKGROUND: The interpretation of Doppler filling patterns is limited by confounding effects of left ventricular (LV) relaxation and preload. Color M-mode v(p) has been proposed as a new index of LV relaxation. METHODS: We studied four dogs before and during inferior caval (IVC) occlusion at five different inotropic stages and 14 patients before and during partial cardiopulmonary bypass. Left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic volumes (LV-EDV), the time constant of isovolumic relaxation (tau), left atrial (LA) pre-A and LV end-diastolic pressures (LV-EDP) were measured. Peak velocity during early filling (E) and v(p) were extracted by digital analysis of color M-mode Doppler images. RESULTS: In both animals and humans, LV-EDV and LV-EDP decreased significantly from baseline to IVC occlusion (both p < 0.001). Peak early filling (E) velocity decreased in animals from 56 ± 21 to 42 ± 17 cm/s (p < 0.001) without change in v(p) (from 35 ± 15 to 35 ± 16, p = 0.99). Results were similar in humans (from 69 ± 15 to 53 ± 22 cm/s, p < 0.001, and 37 ± 12 to 34 ± 16, p = 0.30). In both species, there was a strong correlation between LV relaxation (tau) and v(p) (r = 0.78, p < 0.001, r = 0.86, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that color M-mode Doppler v(p) is not affected by preload alterations and confirms that LV relaxation is its main physiologic determinant in both animals during varying lusitropic conditions and in humans with heart disease.
AB - OBJECTIVES: To determine the effect of preload in color M-mode Doppler flow propagation velocity (v(p)). BACKGROUND: The interpretation of Doppler filling patterns is limited by confounding effects of left ventricular (LV) relaxation and preload. Color M-mode v(p) has been proposed as a new index of LV relaxation. METHODS: We studied four dogs before and during inferior caval (IVC) occlusion at five different inotropic stages and 14 patients before and during partial cardiopulmonary bypass. Left ventricular (LV) end-diastolic volumes (LV-EDV), the time constant of isovolumic relaxation (tau), left atrial (LA) pre-A and LV end-diastolic pressures (LV-EDP) were measured. Peak velocity during early filling (E) and v(p) were extracted by digital analysis of color M-mode Doppler images. RESULTS: In both animals and humans, LV-EDV and LV-EDP decreased significantly from baseline to IVC occlusion (both p < 0.001). Peak early filling (E) velocity decreased in animals from 56 ± 21 to 42 ± 17 cm/s (p < 0.001) without change in v(p) (from 35 ± 15 to 35 ± 16, p = 0.99). Results were similar in humans (from 69 ± 15 to 53 ± 22 cm/s, p < 0.001, and 37 ± 12 to 34 ± 16, p = 0.30). In both species, there was a strong correlation between LV relaxation (tau) and v(p) (r = 0.78, p < 0.001, r = 0.86, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: Our results indicate that color M-mode Doppler v(p) is not affected by preload alterations and confirms that LV relaxation is its main physiologic determinant in both animals during varying lusitropic conditions and in humans with heart disease.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00503-3
DO - 10.1016/S0735-1097(99)00503-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 10636281
AN - SCOPUS:0033963407
SN - 0735-1097
VL - 35
SP - 201
EP - 208
JO - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
IS - 1
ER -