TY - JOUR
T1 - Characterization of left ventricular cavity flow, wall stress and energy loss by color doppler vector flow mapping in children and adolescents with cardiomyopathy
AU - Craft, Mary
AU - Jani, Vivek
AU - Bliamptis, John
AU - Barnes, Benjamin T.
AU - Erickson, Christopher C.
AU - Schuster, Andreas
AU - Danford, David A.
AU - Kutty, Shelby
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors acknowledge Hitachi Healthcare Americas for equipment support, Tom Wolk and Connie Casey BS, RDCS for technical assistance, Karl Stessy Bisselou Moukagna, MS for preliminary statistical analysis and Robert Spicer MD for subject recruitment support.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 The Authors
PY - 2021/2
Y1 - 2021/2
N2 - Background: Vector flow mapping is an emerging echocardiographic method allowing for investigation of intracardiac blood flow mechanics, wall shear stress (WSS), and energy loss (EL). We hypothesized that alterations in EL and WSS will differ among subjects with hypertrophic (HCM), dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathy, and normal controls. Methods: Echocardiograms were prospectively performed with the ProSound F75CV (Hitachi HealthCare., Tokyo, Japan) on all subjects. 2D color Doppler cine loop images were obtained from apical 5 and the apical long axis views and stored digitally. Measurements were averaged over three cardiac cycles using VFM software to derive flow patterns, WSS, and EL. Standard left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic functional parameters were also obtained. Results: A total of 85 subjects, 22 with HCM (age 18 ± 9 yrs.), 18 DCM (age 18 ± 9 yrs.), and 45 age and gender matched controls were included in the study. Diastolic wall shear stress was found significantly different in HCM (0.004 ± 0.185 N/m2) compared with DCM (0.397 ± 0.301 N/m2, P < 0.001), and controls (0.175 ± 0.255 N/m2, P = 0.027). Furthermore, indexed systolic EL was found to be significantly elevated in HCM (13.91 ± 13.17 mW/m2/m3) compared with DCM (8.17 ± 9.77 mW/m2/m3, P < 0.001), but not controls (6.45 ± 7.47 mW/m2/m3). Conclusion: Differences in abnormal ventricular mechanics observed in HCM and DCM are reflected in both EL and WSS, and are suggestive that changes in energetic parameters may represent novel indices of ventricular dysfunction.
AB - Background: Vector flow mapping is an emerging echocardiographic method allowing for investigation of intracardiac blood flow mechanics, wall shear stress (WSS), and energy loss (EL). We hypothesized that alterations in EL and WSS will differ among subjects with hypertrophic (HCM), dilated (DCM) cardiomyopathy, and normal controls. Methods: Echocardiograms were prospectively performed with the ProSound F75CV (Hitachi HealthCare., Tokyo, Japan) on all subjects. 2D color Doppler cine loop images were obtained from apical 5 and the apical long axis views and stored digitally. Measurements were averaged over three cardiac cycles using VFM software to derive flow patterns, WSS, and EL. Standard left ventricular (LV) systolic and diastolic functional parameters were also obtained. Results: A total of 85 subjects, 22 with HCM (age 18 ± 9 yrs.), 18 DCM (age 18 ± 9 yrs.), and 45 age and gender matched controls were included in the study. Diastolic wall shear stress was found significantly different in HCM (0.004 ± 0.185 N/m2) compared with DCM (0.397 ± 0.301 N/m2, P < 0.001), and controls (0.175 ± 0.255 N/m2, P = 0.027). Furthermore, indexed systolic EL was found to be significantly elevated in HCM (13.91 ± 13.17 mW/m2/m3) compared with DCM (8.17 ± 9.77 mW/m2/m3, P < 0.001), but not controls (6.45 ± 7.47 mW/m2/m3). Conclusion: Differences in abnormal ventricular mechanics observed in HCM and DCM are reflected in both EL and WSS, and are suggestive that changes in energetic parameters may represent novel indices of ventricular dysfunction.
KW - Diastolic function
KW - Dilated cardiomyopathy
KW - Echocardiography
KW - Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
KW - Vector flow mapping
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100703
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcha.2020.100703
M3 - Article
C2 - 33392387
AN - SCOPUS:85098774986
SN - 2352-9067
VL - 32
JO - IJC Heart and Vasculature
JF - IJC Heart and Vasculature
M1 - 100703
ER -