title: Differentiation of restrictive cardiomyopathy from pericardial constriction: assessment of diastolic function by radionuclide angiography.
abstract: Diastolic filling variables were studied in 12 patients with the hemodynamic features of constriction, of whom 5 had restrictive cardiomyopathy, 5 had pericardial constriction and 2 had combined pericardial constriction and restrictive cardiomyopathy. The values were compared with those in 10 normal subjects of comparable age. The filling fractions between 10% and 70% of the diastolic time interval were greater in patients with pericardial constriction than in those with restrictive cardiomyopathy (p less than 0.01 between 20% and 50%, p less than 0.05 at 10%, 60% and 70%), with no overlap. The filling fractions in patients with pericardial constriction were also greater than those in normal subjects between 10% and 60% of the diastolic time interval. The filling fraction was lower in patients with restrictive cardiomyopathy than in normal subjects at 40% of the diastolic time interval (p less than 0.05). The time to peak filling rate in patients with pericardial constriction was shorter (110 +/- 14 ms) than in those with restrictive cardiomyopathy (195 +/- 45 ms, p less than 0.01) or in normal subjects (173 +/- 32 ms, p less than 0.01). The percent of atrial contribution to left ventricular filling was higher in those with restrictive cardiomyopathy (45 +/- 17%) than in those with pericardial constriction (21 +/- 6%, p less than 0.05) or in normal subjects (24 +/- 9%, p less than 0.01).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
authors.forename: C N
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Aroney
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Ruddy
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dighero
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Fifer
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Boucher
authors.forename: I F
authors.initials: IF
authors.lastname: Palacios
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D002313:Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003971:Diastole; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010496:Pericardium; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013599:Systole