ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN CHRONIC AORTIC-INSUFFICIENCY - IS VALVE-REPLACEMENT TOO LATE WHEN LEFT-VENTRICULAR END-SYSTOLIC DIMENSION REACHES 55 MM
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY IN CHRONIC AORTIC-INSUFFICIENCY - IS VALVE-REPLACEMENT TOO LATE WHEN LEFT-VENTRICULAR END-SYSTOLIC DIMENSION REACHES 55 MM
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.67.1.216
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
HUGENHOLTZ, PG
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FIORETTI, P;ROELANDT, J;HUGENHOLTZ, PG
To determine whether a left ventricular (LV) end-systolic dimension (ESD) .gtoreq. 55 mm and LV left fractional shortening < 25% are risk factors for aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with aortic insufficiency (AI), the clinical course and M-mode echocardiograms in 47 consecutive patients who underwent AVR for isolated symptomatic AI were analyzed. Group 1 patients (n = 27) had a preoperative ESD < 55 mm (mean 44 mm, range 30-52 mm) and group 2 patients (n = 20) had a preoperative ESD .gtoreq. 55 mm (mean 62 mm, range 55-85 mm). One patient in group 1 and 10 patients in group 2 had left ventricular fractional shortening < 25%. There were no perioperative or postoperative deaths during an average follow-up of 41 months (range 6-76 mo.). Five patients had perioperative myocardial infarctions (MI), 3 in group 1 and 2 in group 2. Since myocardial protection with cold K cardioplegia was instituted, no patient has suffered a perioperative MI. The average preoperative New York Heart Association functional classification was 2.3 (group 1) and 2.6 (group 2). Postoperatively, it was 1.2 in group 1 and 1.1 in group 2. Patients (20 in group 1 nad 13 in group 2) had echocardiograms at least 1 yr after AVR. Of these, LV end-diastolic dimension decreased from 67 .+-. 6 to 53 .+-. 6 mm (mean .+-. SD) in group 1 (P < 0.001) and from 79 .+-. 3 to 55 .+-. 6 mm in group 2 (P < 0.001). The LVESD also decreased, but this is difficult to interpret because of frequent postoperative abnormal interventricular septal motion. The LV cross-sectional area, an index of LV mass, decreased in group 1 from 25 .+-. 5 to 20 .+-. 5 cm2 (P < 0.001) and in group 2 from 32 .+-. 9 to 20 .+-. 5 cm2 (P < 0.001). Postoperative end-diastolic dimension and cross-sectional area were not significantly different between the 2 groups. Apparently in aortic insufficiency, a preoperative ESD .gtoreq. 55 mm does not preclude successful AVR, as judged by long-term survival, symptomatic relief and normalization of LV dimensions assessed by echocardiography.