A simultaneous study of Doppler-echo and catheterization in noninvasive assessment of the left ventricular dp/dt.
To confirm the feasibility and accuracy of the method for the noninvasive measurement of the left ventricular dp/dt, 53 patients with mitral regurgitation underwent simultaneous determination of left ventricular dp/dt by continuous-wave Doppler echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. Doppler-determined left ventricular dp/dt is derived from the Doppler mitral regurgitant spectrum by dividing the magnitude of the left ventricular-atrial pressure gradient rise between 1 and 3 m/s of the mitral regurgitant velocity signal by the time taken for this change. Left ventricular dp/dt by Doppler ranged from 629 to 3494 mmHg/s (mean +/- SD, 1971 +/- 785 mmHg/s), and that by catheterization varied between 716 and 3650 mmHg/s (mean +/- SD, 1974 +/- 727 mmHg/s). There was a high correlation (r = 0.93, y = 0.862x + 274.77, SEE = 271 mmHg/s, p < 0.001) of left ventricular dp/dt between the two techniques. It is concluded that left ventricular dp/dt is one of the most commonly used parameters for the evaluation of left ventricular systolic function and that Doppler echocardiography provides a new, accurate and noninvasive method of evaluation.
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016279:Atrial Function, Left / Q000502:physiology; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods; D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology*