title: [Clinical, echocardiographic and Doppler outcome in ischemic right ventricular dysfunction associated with inferior wall infarction].
abstract: Right ventricular involvement during inferior wall myocardial infarction does not seem to alter long-term clinical prognosis but its specific outcome has not been clearly studied. We have previously demonstrated that pulmonary regurgitant (PR) flow tracings doppler analysis allows the accurate diagnosis of RV involvement, especially when the pressure half-time of PR was < or = 150 ms and the ratio of the minimal velocity to the maximal velocity was < or = 0.5. We studied 40 patients with acute inferior wall myocardial infarction and with PR flow. Doppler echocardiography was obtained during the first day, before discharge (early control) and between 12 and 24 months follow-up (late control). Among 22 patients with RV involvement defined with PR-derived doppler parameters (RVIPR). 8 had right ventricular enlargement and/or wall motion abnormalities, observed in 6 cases at early control and in 4 at late control. Doppler analysis showed remnant RVIPR parameters in 9 patients at early control and 8 among these at late contorl, with no relation with pulmonary artery pressure or other echocardiographic parameters. No clinical, angiographic or therapeutic data predicted these distinct echocardiographic and doppler patterns and the long-term prognosis was not different. At late control, among 12 RVIPR patients which PR-derived doppler parameters were normal at early control, two patients had still RVIPR pattern at late control and described ischemic recurrence. PR flow doppler analysis is a useful tool for diagnosis and outcome evaluation of RV involvement and shows a remnant diastolic dysfunction in half of the patients with acute RV involvement.
authors.affiliation: Service de cardiologie, hôpital Saint-Antoine, Paris.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Logeart
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Chauvel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guyon
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Benhalima
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Albo
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blanchard
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Valty
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006439:Hemodynamics; D017052:Hospital Mortality; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Evolution clinique, échocardiographique et Doppler de la dysfonction ischémique ventriculaire droite associée à un infarctus inférieur.