A new approach for evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function: Spatial and temporal analysis of left ventricular filling flow propagation by color M-mode Doppler echocardiography

Hiroya Takatsuji, Taisei Mikami, Kazushi Urasawa, Jun Ichi Teranishi, Hisao Onozuka, Chika Takagi, Yasuhiro Makita, Hisashi Matsuo, Hideo Kusuoka, Akira Kitabatake

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Abstract

Objectives. To evaluate left ventricular diastolic function and differentiate the pseudonormalized transmitral flow pattern from the normal pattern, the propagation of left ventricular early filling flow was assessed quantitatively using color M-mode Doppler echocardiography. Background. Because the propagation of left ventricular early filling flow is disturbed in the left ventricle with impaired relaxation, quantification of such alterations should provide useful indexes for the evaluation of left ventricular diastolic function Methods. Study subjects were classified into three groups according to the ratio of early to late transmitral flow velocity (E/A ratio) and left ventricular ejection fraction 29 subjects with an ejection fraction ≥60% (control group); 34 with an ejection fraction <60% and E/A ratio <1 (group I); and 25 with ejection fraction <60% and E/A ratio ≥1 (group II). The propagation of peak early filling flow was visualized by changing the first aliasing limit of the color Doppler signals. The rate of propagation of peak early filling flow velocity was defined as the distance/time ratio between two sampling points: the point of the maximal velocity around the mitral orifice and the point in the mid-left ventricle at which the velocity decreased to 70% of its initial value. High fidelity manometer-tipped measurement was performed in 40 randomly selected subjects. Results. The rate of propagation decreased in groups I and II compared with that in the control group (33.8 ± 13.8 [mean ± SD] and 30.0 ± 8.6 vs. 74.3 ± 17.4 cm/s, p < 0.001, respectively) and correlated inversely with the time constant of left ventricular isovolumetric relaxation and the minimal first derivative of left ventricular pressure (peak negative dP/dt) (r = 0.82 and r = 0.72, respectively). Conclusions. Spatial and temporal analysis of filling flow propagation by color M mode Doppler echocardiography was free of pseudonormalization and correlated well with the invasive variables of left ventricular relaxation.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)365-371
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of the American College of Cardiology
Volume27
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 1996
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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