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Quantitative systolic and diastolic transmyocardial velocity gradients assessed by M-mode colour Doppler tissue imaging as reliable indicators of regional left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction
a Department of Cardiology, Henri Mondor University Hospital, Créteil, France
b Department of Cardiology, Charles Nicolle University Hospital, Rouen, France
c Department of Cardiology, Broussais University Hospital, Paris, France
revised September 22, 1998; accepted September 30, 1998
Abstract
Aims
The aim of this study was to determine whether myocardial velocity gradients assessed by M-mode colour Doppler tissue imaging could be of clinical relevance and represent reliable indicators of regional left ventricular function after acute myocardial infarction.
Methods and Results
Among 64 consecutive patients with a first acute myocardial infarction, in 50 who had a marked asynergy in the parasternal short-axis view at the mid-papillary muscle level, myocardial velocities and velocity gradients were assessed in the anteroseptum and posterior wall by M-mode Doppler tissue imaging. Similar measurements were obtained in 11 matched healthy volunteers who served as a control group. In patients with anterior myocardial infarction, the peak myocardial velocity gradient in the anteroseptum was significantly lower when compared with controls (mean±[SD] 0·0±0·5 vs 1·1±0·7s–1during systole,P<0·01; and 0·3±0·6 vs 2·0±0·5s–1during diastole,P<0·01). Conversely, the peak systolic myocardial velocity gradient in the posterior wall was significantly higher than in controls (2·6±1·2 vs 1·8±1·2s–1,P<0·05). In patients with inferior myocardial infarction, the peak velocity gradient in the posterior wall was significantly lower when compared with healthy subjects (0·9±0·6 vs 1·8±1·2s–1during systole and 1·4±1·4 vs 4·9±1·2s–1during diastole, bothP<0·01). The peak systolic tissue velocity gradient in the anteroseptum was significantly higher than in controls (2·1±1·0 vs 1·1±0·7s–1,P<0·01).
Conclusion
The present study indicates that myocardial velocity gradients assessed by M-mode Doppler tissue imaging are of clinical relevance for the characterization of ischaemic myocardial dysfunction after infarction and may provide quantitative assessment of segmental left ventricular function in this clinical setting.
Key Words: Echocardiography, Doppler, velocity, imaging, myocardium, myocardial infarction
f1 Correspondence: J. Garot, Fédération de Cardiologie, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 51 Avenue du Maréchal De Lattre de Tassigny, 94010, Créteil, France.
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