Peak Systolic Mitral Annulus Velocity Reflects the Status of Ventricular-Arterial Coupling-Theoretical and Experimental Analyses
Peak Systolic Mitral Annulus Velocity Reflects the Status of Ventricular-Arterial Coupling-Theoretical and Experimental Analyses
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DOI:
10.1016/j.echo.2011.01.010
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发表时间:
2011-05-01
影响因子:
6.5
通讯作者:
Sugimachi, Masaru
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作者:
Uemura, Kazunori;Kawada, Toru;Sugimachi, Masaru
Background: Peak systolic mitral annular velocity (S-m) measured by tissue Doppler echocardiography has been recognized as an independent predictor of mortality in patients with heart failure and in the general population. However, the mechanical determinants of S-m remain poorly defined.Methods: A theoretical model of S-m was derived, which indicates that S-m is affected positively by left ventricular (LV) contractility and preload and inversely by LV afterload and ejection time (EJT). In 16 anesthetized dogs, S-m, LV volume, and LV pressure were measured using sonomicrometry and catheter-tip micromanometry. LV contractility, preload, and afterload were indexed by the end-systolic pressure/volume ratio (E-es'), end-diastolic volume (V-ed), and effective arterial elastance (E-a), respectively. LV contractility, loading conditions, and heart rate were varied over wide ranges, and a total of 76 data sets were obtained for S-m (1.2-9.1 cm/sec), E-es' (1.5-17.6 mm Hg/mL), V-ed (11-99 mL), E-a (3.6-58.4 mm Hg/mL), EJT (100-246 msec), heart rate (66-192 beats/min), and the ventricular-arterial coupling ratio (E-es'/E-a; 0.2-3.0).Results: The theoretical model accurately predicted S-m (R-2 = 0.79, P < .0001). By univariate analysis, S-m was correlated significantly with E-es' (R-2 = 0.64, P < .0001) and with the reciprocal of E-a (R-2 = 0.49, P < .01). Ved and EJT did not affect S-m. E-es'/E-a was correlated strongly with S-m (R-2 = 0.73, P < .0001). E-es' and the reciprocal of E-a were not correlated with each other.Conclusions: LV contractility and afterload independently determine S-m. The effects of LV preload and EJT on S-m might be small, even though they are theoretically associated with S-m. S-m strongly reflects the status of ventricular-arterial coupling. (J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2011;24:582-91.)