title: Changes in left and right ventricular performance and volumes in seven-year survivors of acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: We describe the spontaneous long-term changes in right (RV) and left (LV) ventricular performance during a 7-year period after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Radionuclide ventriculography was performed in the second week after AMI in 201 patients. RV and LV ejection fractions, and LV end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes were determined. A follow-up after 7 years was performed in 55 survivors. Of these, 16 patients were also examined after 1 year. During the 7-year follow-up period, LV ejection fraction decreased from 0.49 to 0.45 (p < 0.01). LV end-diastolic volume increased from 161 to 210 ml (30%) (p < 0.01), and LV end-systolic volume from 83 to 123 ml (48%) (p < 0.01). In patients without recurrent AMI, coronary artery bypass grafting surgery, or angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor therapy (n = 37) during follow-up, no change in average LV ejection fraction was observed. Nevertheless, this subgroup had substantial increases in LV end-diastolic volume, from 157 to 190 ml (21%) (p = 0.002) and in LV end-systolic volume, from 80 to 105 ml (31%) (p < 0.001). In a subgroup of patients also reinvestigated after 1 year (n = 16), there was a 15% increase in LV end-diastolic volume the first year after AMI with an additional 10% increase in LV end-diastolic volume between years 1 and 7. Corresponding figures for LV end-systolic volume were 20% and 12%, respectively. Hardly any association was apparent between LV ejection fraction, LV end-diastolic volume, and LV stroke volume at discharge for subsequent LV dilatation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Physiology and Nuclear Medicine, Glostrup Hospital, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Petersen
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Gadsbøll
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Stadeager
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Torp-Petersen
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Nielsen
authors.forename: B H
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Jensen
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Høilund-Carlsen
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dige-Petersen
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003718:Denmark / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010351:Patient Discharge / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011897:Random Allocation; D013318:Stroke Volume; D017741:Survivors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013997:Time Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right