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European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on June 26, 2009
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehp258
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2009. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Improvement in left ventricular filling properties after relief of right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit obstruction: contribution of septal motion and interventricular mechanical delay

Philipp Lurz1,2,*, Rajesh Puranik1, Johannes Nordmeyer1,2, Vivek Muthurangu1, Michael S. Hansen1, Silvia Schievano1, Jan Marek1, Philipp Bonhoeffer1,2 and Andrew M. Taylor1

1 Cardiac Unit, UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, Great Ormond Street, London WC1N 3JH, UK
2 The Heart Hospital, NHS Trust, London, UK

Received 28 December 2008; revised 18 March 2009; accepted 25 May 2009 * Corresponding author. Tel: +44 2078138106, Fax: +44 2078138262, Email: philipp.lurz{at}gmx.de

Aims: To investigate the impact of relief of right ventricle (RV) to pulmonary artery (PA) conduit obstruction on septal motion and ventricular interaction and its functional implications for left ventricular (LV) filling properties.

Methods and results: In 20 consecutive patients with congenital heart disease and RV to PA conduit obstruction, the following were prospectively assessed before and after percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation (PPVI): the septal curvature and LV volumes throughout the cardiac cycle by magnetic resonance imaging; RV to LV mechanical delay by 2D-echocardiographic strain imaging; and objective exercise capacity. Percutaneous pulmonary valve implantation led to a reduction in RV to LV mechanical delay (127.9 ± 50.9 vs. 37.7 ± 35.6 ms; P < 0.001) and less LV septal bowing in early LV diastole (septal curvature: –0.11 ± 0.11 vs. 0.07 ± 0.13 cm–1; P < 0.001). Early LV diastolic filling (first one-third of diastole) increased significantly (17.5 ± 9.4 to 30.4 ± 9.4 mL/m2; P < 0.001). The increase in early LV diastolic filling correlated with the reduction in RV to LV mechanical delay (r = –0.68; P = 0.001) and change in septal curvature (r = 0.71; P < 0.001). In addition, the improvement in peak oxygen uptake (56.0 ± 16.0 vs. 64.1 ± 13.7% of predicted; P < 0.001) was associated with the increase in early LV diastolic filling (r = 0.69; P = 0.001).

Conclusion: Relief of RV to PA conduit obstruction significantly improves early LV filling properties. This is attributed to more favourable septal motion and reduction in interventricular mechanical delay.

Key Words: Ventricular interaction • Interventricular mechanical delay • Right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit • Septal motion • Congenital heart disease


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