title: Ventriculographic and hemodynamic features of mitral regurgitation of cardiomyopathic, rheumatic and nonrheumatic etiology.
abstract: Quantitative angiographic findings were reviewed in 40 patients with significant mitral regurgitation classified into three etiologic groups: group I, primary mitral regurgitation (prolapse, ruptured chordae); group II, mixed stenosis and regurgitation of rheumatic origin; and group III, cardiomyopathic mitral regurgitation. For patients in both groups I and II, left ventricular end-diastolic volume was directly related to regurgitant fraction, and ejection fraction was generally well maintained. In contrast, patients in group III had a depressed ejection fraction (less than 0.40) and end-diastolic volume that was disproportionately increased in relation to the degree of regurgitation. Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure was a poor indicator of severity of regurgitation in all patient groups. There was a significant negative correlation between forward cardiac index and regurgitant fraction. There was significant relation, although with considerable variation, between the normalized V wave and regurgitant fraction. The graphs of chamber size, ejection fraction and hemodynamic measures plotted against the severity of regurgitation in different patient groups provide a perspective for interpreting the findings in individual patients.
mesh_terms: D000790:Angiocardiography; D002302:Cardiac Output; D002306:Cardiac Volume; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000150:complications; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications