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- Lindqvist, Per, et al.
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Aortic valve replacement normalizes left ventricular twist function
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Ingår i: Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1569-9293 .- 1569-9285. ; 12:5, s. 701-706
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The aim of this study was to assess the effect of aortic valve replacement (AVR) on left ventricular (LV) twist function. We studied 28 severe aortic stenosis (AS) patients with normal LV ejection fraction (EF) before and six months after AVR. LV long axis function was assessed using M-mode and tissue Doppler and twist function using speckle tracking echocardiography. The data were compared with 28 age and sex-matched normal controls. In patients, LVEF remained unchanged after AVR. LV long axis function was reduced before surgery but normalized after AVR. LV twist was increased before (19.7 ± 5.7° vs. 12.9 ± 3.2°, P<0.001) and normalized after AVR (14.4 ± 5.2 °, P < 0.001). In normals, LV twist correlated with LV fractional shortening (r = 0.81, P<0.001) but not with EF. This relationship was reversed in patients before ( r= 0.52, P < 0.01) and after AVR (r = 0.34, P = ns). In patients with severe AS and normal EF, LV twist is exaggerated suggesting potential compensation for the reduced long axis function. These disturbances normalize within six months of AVR but lose their relationship with basal LV function.
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- Lindqvist, Per, et al.
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Effect of pericardial repair after aortic valve replacement on septal and right ventricular function
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Ingår i: International Journal of Cardiology. - : Elsevier. - 0167-5273 .- 1874-1754. ; 155:3, s. 388-393
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is associated with reversed septal motion and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction but the cause remains uncertain. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of pericardial repair after AVR on septal and RV function.METHODS: Thirty patients (62±11years, 18 males) with severe aortic stenosis were studied before and after AVR surgery using echocardiography. Patients were randomly allocated to pericardial repair vs. open pericardium. RV long axis displacement and outflow tract fractional shortening (fs) were measured. RV and right atrial (RA) tissue Doppler and strain rate (SR) were measured as well as RA area. Systolic interventricular septal motion towards and away from the RV was also determined. Stroke volume (SV) was measured by conventional Doppler method. Pre-operative data were compared with those from 30 normal gender and age matched controls.RESULTS: Post-operatively, global RV ejection function was preserved as shown by SV. However, RV outflow tract fs and long axis displacement both fell (p<0.01) but not SR. RA area remained unchanged but RA SR fell (p<0.01). RV displacement correlated with the extent of reversed septal motion (r=0.60, p<0.001) as well as RA SR (r=0.54, p<0.001). None of the RV or septal measurements was affected by the pericardial repair procedure.CONCLUSION: After AVR, septal motion is reversed and correlated directly with RV long axis function. The latter is not affected by pericardial repair but likely related to right atrial surgery injury.
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- Zhao, Ying, et al.
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Accentuated left ventricular lateral wall function compensates for septal dyssynchrony after valve replacement for aortic stenosis
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Ingår i: International Journal of Cardiology. - : Elsevier BV. - 0167-5273 .- 1874-1754. ; 164:3, s. 339-344
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- BACKGROUND: The interventricular septal motion becomes reversed after aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis (AS) despite maintained stroke volume (SV). We hypothesis that left ventricular (LV) lateral wall compensates for such disturbances, in order to secure normal SV. METHODS: We studied 29 severe AS patients (age 63±11years, 18 males) with normal ejection fraction (EF) before, 6months and 12months after AVR and compared them with 29 age- and gender-matched controls, using speckle tracking echocardiography. RESULTS: In patients, the LVEF and SV remained unchanged throughout. Before AVR, the septal radial motion, septal and lateral strain were reduced (p<0.001). Peak septal and lateral displacements, times from QRS to peak displacement were all not different from controls. Six months after AVR, septal radial motion reversed (p<0.001), lateral strain increased (p<0.05), peak septal displacement reduced (p<0.01) while lateral displacement increased (p<0.05). Time to peak septal displacement delayed (p<0.01) in contrast to lateral displacement which became early (p<0.05), resulting in a significant septal-lateral time delay (p<0.01). The accentuation of LV lateral wall correlated with septal displacement time delay (r=0.60, p<0.001) and septal-lateral time delay (r=0.64, p<0.001). SV correlated with lateral displacement (r=0.39, p<0.05). The systolic strain was correlated with opposite wall displacement (p<0.05 for both). There was no correlation between these measurements before and 12month after AVR. CONCLUSIONS: Accentuated lateral wall displacement compensates for septal dyssynchrony in order to maintain normal LVEF and SV. The continuing recovery of these disturbances 12months after complete mass regression suggests an ongoing reverse remodeling.
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- Zhao, Ying, et al.
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Residual compromised myocardial contractile reserve after valve replacement for aortic stenosis
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Ingår i: European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging. - Oxford : Oxford University Press. - 2047-2404 .- 2047-2412. ; 13:4, s. 353-360
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Objective: Despite recovery of left ventricular (LV) function and morphology after aortic valve replacement (AVR) for aortic stenosis (AS), its relationship with exercise capacity remains unknown. Twenty-one AVR patients (age 61 +/- 12 years, 14 male) with normal ejection fraction (EF, 64 +/- 7%) and 21 age- and sex-matched controls (57 +/- 9 years, 10 male, EF 68 +/- 8%) were studied.Methods and results: All subjects performed semi-supine bicycle exercise and speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) study. Peak oxygen consumption (pVO(2)) was collected during semi-supine bicycle exercise. Systolic (GLSRs) and early diastolic (GLSRe) longitudinal strain rate using STE and Doppler echocardiographic parameters were measured at rest, submaximal, peak exercise, and 4 min after exercise. The two groups had comparable resting echocardiographic measurements. At peak exercise, pVO(2) was lower in patients than controls (18.5 +/- 4.5 vs. 22.1 +/- 4.3 L/min/kg, P < 0.05). GLSRs (0.98 +/- 0.28 vs. 1.55 +/- 0.30 1/s, P < 0.001), septal Sm (7.9 +/- 1.4 vs. 11.1 +/- 2.3 cm/s, P < 0.001) and their changes between rest and peak exercise (Delta GLSRs: 0.16 +/- 0.33 vs. 0.68 +/- 0.27 1/s, P < 0.001; Delta Sm 2.29 +/- 2.23 vs. 4.63 +/- 2.29 cm/s, P < 0.01) were significantly lower in patients than controls. There was no correlation between pVO(2) and any echocardiographic measurements in controls. In patients, pVO(2) correlated with peak exercise GLSRs (r = 0.60, P = 0.0007), septal Sm (r = 0.65, P = 0.002), and Em (r = 0.57, P = 0.009). In a multivariate model, peak exercise GLSRs (beta = 7.18, P = 0.03) was the only independent predictor of pVO(2) in the patients group.Conclusion: Exercise capacity is subnormal after AVR for AS, irrespective of normal LVEF suggesting residual compromised myocardial functional reserve.
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- Zhao, Ying, et al.
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Trans-catheter aortic valve implantation : early recovery of left and preservation of right ventricular function
- 2011
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Ingår i: Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery. - : Oxford University Press (OUP). - 1569-9293 .- 1569-9285. ; 12:1, s. 35-39
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This study aimed to assess the early effect of trans-catheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) on right (RV) and left ventricular (LV) function in severe aortic stenosis (AS) patients. Twenty AS patients (age 79±6 years) were examined before, one week and six weeks after TAVI using Doppler echocardiography. LV ejection fraction (EF), long-axis [mitral annular plane systolic excursion (MAPSE)] and RV long-axis [tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE)] function, septal radial motion were studied. Results were compared with 30 AS patients before and one week after aortic valve replacement (AVR) as well as 30 normals (reference group). Before TAVI, LVEF was reduced and E/A was higher than the reference and AVR groups (P<0.05 for all). MAPSE, TAPSE and septal motion were equally reduced in TAVI and AVR patients (P<0.05 for all). One week after the TAVI, EF increased in patients with values <50% before the procedure. In contrast, AVR resulted in reversed septal motion (P<0.001) and depressed TAPSE (P<0.001). The extent of reversed septal motion correlated with that of TAPSE in the patients group as a whole after procedures (r=0.78, P<0.001). Six weeks after TAVI, RV function remained unchanged, but LVEF increased and E/A decreased (P<0.05 for both). Thus, TAVI procedure results in significant early improvement of LV systolic and diastolic function particularly in patients with reduced EF and preserves RV systolic function.
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