title: Angiographic and hemodynamic correlations in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with intracavitary systolic pressure gradients.
abstract: To correlate angiographic and hemodynamic events in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HC), 14 patients with HC were investigated using pressure recordings and caudocranial left anterior oblique contrast angiography. Patients were separated into 2 groups on the basis of the presence (group I) or absence (group II) of systolic anterior motion of the anterior mitral leaflet on caudocranial angiography. In group I (10 patients), the pressure gradient could be recorded with the left ventricular (LV) catheter in the nonobliterated inflow region of the left ventricle. Simultaneous micromanometer tracings and caudocranial angiography revealed that contact between the anterior mitral leaflet and the ventricular septum was an early systolic event (occurring 136 +/- 33 ms after the R wave of the electrocardiogram) and was coincident with the onset of the pressure gradient. Cavitary obliteration was present in only 7 of 10 patients in group I, and occurred late in systole well after the peak gradient (292 +/- 28 ms after the R wave). In group II (4 patients), the pressure gradients could be recorded only from the obliterated portion of the ventricle distal to the level of the papillary muscles. Total LV cavitary obliteration was present in all group II patients. In 1 patient, simultaneous micromanometer pressure recording and caudocranial angiography revealed that cavitary obliteration preceded the peak gradient by 40 ms. Thus, in group I patients the onset of the pressure gradient is coincident with mitral leaflet-septal contact, while cavitary obliteration is an inconsistent late systolic event.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D001794:Blood Pressure; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D011859:Radiography; D013599:Systole