title: [Pulsed tissue Doppler illustrated to a resident in cardiology].
abstract: Tissue Doppler is an ultrasound tool representing a useful completion of standard Doppler echocardiographic examination, The placement of pulsed tissue Doppler sample volume at the level of the different sites of the mitral annulus allows to obtain information on left ventricular global longitudinal (systolic and diastolic) function, whereas the sampling of tricuspid lateral annulus gives similar information on the right ventricular chamber. Myocardial early diastolic velocity (Em) is a marker of ventricular diastolic relaxation and the ratio obtainable between transmitral (or transtricuspid) E velocity and annular Em (E/Em ratio) is an accurate index of the level of filling pressure of the assessed ventricular chamber. Myocardial systolic velocity (Sm) as well as the frequency of acceleration of presystolic velocity, occurring during isovolumic contraction time, are indexes of systolic performance and their reduction is evident in several cardiac pathologies. Tissue Doppler-derived systolic and diastolic indexes have a recognized prognostic value in heart failure and after acute myocardial infarction. In these conditions they are able to predict both left ventricular remodeling and mortality.
authors.affiliation: Laboratorio di Ecocardiografia, Divisione di Cardioangiologia-UTIC, Dipartimento di Medicina Clinica e Sperimentale, Universitel degli Studi Federico II, Via S. Pansini, 5 80131 Napoli. mgalderi@unina.it
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Galderisi
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nistri
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ansalone
authors.forename: Frank Lloyd
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Dini
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Di Salvo
authors.forename: Sabina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gallina
authors.forename: Donato
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mele
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Montisci
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sciomer
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mondillo
authors.forename: Vitantonio
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Di Bello
authors.forename: Paolo Nicola
authors.initials: PN
authors.lastname: Marino
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology; D018619:Echocardiography, Doppler, Pulsed; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D006351:Heart Valves / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011379:Prognosis; D013599:Systole / Q000502:physiology; D013997:Time Factors; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling