MITRAL-SEPTAL SEPARATION - NEW ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC INDEX OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
MITRAL-SEPTAL SEPARATION - NEW ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC INDEX OF LEFT-VENTRICULAR FUNCTION
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DOI:
10.1016/s0002-9149(77)80215-4
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发表时间:
1977-01-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
PARMLEY, WW
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作者:
MASSIE, BM;SCHILLER, NB;PARMLEY, WW
An echocardiographic measurement of the minimal separation between the anterior mitral valve leaflet at its E point and the Interventricular septum was evaluated as an index of left ventricular function. Mitral-septal separation was found to be easily measured, reproducible and independent of patient position or heart rate changes of up to 32 beats/min. In a group of 30 normal subjects, E point-septal separation was absent in 25 and minimal (less than 4 mm) in the remaining 5. The relation of this variable to biplane angiographic ejection fraction was examined in 125 patients with a variety of cardiac diseases. After the 15 patients with mitral stenosis and aortic insufficiency (conditions that affect anterior leaflet motion) were excluded, a strong negative correlation (r= −0.87,P<0.001) was found between. mitrai-septal separation and ejection fraction in the remaining 110. The correlation remained high (r= −0.86,P<0.001) when the 60 patients with coronary artery disease were considered separately. When compared with other echographic indexes of ventricular function, E point-septal separation correlated more closely with angiographic ejection fraction and was more useful in discriminating between patients with normal and those with low ejection fraction. This index appears to be especially useful because of the simplicity of its determination and its reliability in patients with coronary artery disease. We hypothesize that mitral-septal separation is determined by multiple hemodynamic and geometric factors but in most patients reflects an interplay between the amount and rate of early diastolic ventricular filling and ventricular size.