title: Left ventricular diastolic dysfunction as assessed by echocardiography in metabolic syndrome.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to elucidate the cardiac structure and function in patients who have metabolic syndrome but no history of cardiovascular disease by analyzing echocardiographic findings. Echocardiographic examination was performed to screen for cardiovascular disease in 135 patients who were in their sixties. Patients were divided into metabolic syndrome (n=65, age: 65+/-2.7 years) and non-metabolic syndrome (n=70, age: 66+/-2.5 years) groups based on the criteria for metabolic syndrome proposed by the Japanese Society of Hypertension and seven other societies in 2005. The left ventricular (LV) wall thickness and dimension were measured by M-mode echocardiography. The relative wall thickness, LV mass index, and LV ejection fraction (LVEF) were calculated. LV diastolic function was assessed by the peak velocity of early rapid filling (E velocity) and the peak velocity of atrial filling (A velocity), and the ratio of E to A (E/A) was assessed by the transmitral flow. The Tei index, which reflects both LV diastolic and systolic function, was also calculated. There were no differences in relative wall thickness, LV mass index, or LVEF between the two groups. However, both the EIA and Tei index were significantly different between the metabolic syndrome (0.66+/-0.14 and 0.36+/-0.07, respectively) and non-metabolic syndrome (0.88+/-0.25 and 0.29+/-0.09) groups (p<0.001). These results indicate that patients with metabolic syndrome can have cardiac diastolic dysfunction even if they have neither LV hypertrophy nor systolic dysfunction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrated Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan. masugata@med.kagawa-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Hisashi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Masugata
authors.forename: Shoichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Senda
authors.forename: Fuminori
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Goda
authors.forename: Yumiko
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshihara
authors.forename: Kay
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshikawa
authors.forename: Norihiro
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Fujita
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Daikuhara
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: Teruhisa
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Taoka
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000503:physiopathology*