Prognostic importance of the right ventricular function assessed by Doppler tissue imaging.
Prognostic importance of the right ventricular function assessed by Doppler tissue imaging.
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10.1016/s1525-2167(02)00171-3
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2003-12-01
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Krejci, J
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Meluzin, J;Spinarova, L;Krejci, J
AIMS: We sought to assess whether the peak systolic and diastolic tricuspid annular velocities as indicators of the right ventricular systolic and diastolic function are of prognostic importance in patients with symptomatic heart failure.METHODS AND RESULTS: The study included 139 consecutive patients with symptomatic heart failure. Their mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 24% (range, 10-39%); 107 patients (77%) were in functional class III according to the New York Heart Association. All patients underwent clinical and laboratory examination, standard echocardiography completed by the Doppler tissue imaging of the tricuspid annular motion, and the right-sided heart catheterization. They were followed up for cardiac-related death and non-fatal cardiac events including the need for implantation of a cardioverter-defibrillator and hospitalization for heart failure. The median follow-up was 11 months (range, 1-48 months). There were 17 cardiac-related deaths and 23 non-fatal cardiac events. The multivariate stepwise Cox regression modelling revealed three effective predictors for both survival and event-free survival: aetiology of heart failure, left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, and the peak systolic tricuspid annular velocity (Sa). Patients with Sa