Effects of mitral valve surgery on myocardial energetics in patients with severe mitral regurgitation.
BACKGROUND
Hemodynamically significant mitral regurgitation (MR) may alter left ventricular (LV) myocardial energy requirements. The effects of MR and subsequent corrective mitral valve (MV) surgery on myocardial energetics are not well understood. A better understanding of myocardial energetics and the LV responses to changes in preload and afterload may assist with the understanding of mitral regurgitation and its effect on the LV. We sought to determine the effects of MV surgery on forward stroke work, myocardial oxidative metabolism, and myocardial efficiency.


RESULTS
Prospectively enrolled patients with chronic, severe, nonischemic mitral regurgitation underwent echocardiography, radionuclide angiography, and C-11 acetate positron emission tomography to measure LV volumes, ejection fraction, and oxidative metabolism before and 1 year after MV surgery. Forward and total stroke work corrected for oxidative metabolism was used to estimate efficiency using the work metabolic index. Fourteen patients (age, 59+/- 8 years) with myxomatous MV were enrolled. One year after MV surgery, there was a reduction in LV end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes (231+/-86 to 131+/-21 mL; P<0.01 and 98+/-53 to 55+/-17 mL; P<0.01). Forward stroke volume increased (58.1+/-15.0 to 75.5+/-23 mL; P<0.01), LV ejection fraction was preserved without a significant change in oxidative metabolism. Forward work metabolic index improved (4.99+/-1.32 x 10(6) to 6.59+/-2.45 x 10(6) mm Hg x mL/m(2); P=0.02). This was not at the expense of total work metabolic index, which was preserved.


CONCLUSIONS
MV surgery has a beneficial effect on forward stroke volume and forward work metabolic index without adverse effects on oxidative metabolism or total work metabolic index.
Chow
Benjamin J W
BJ
University of Ottawa Heart Institute, 40 Ruskin St, Ottawa, ON K1Y4W7, Canada. bchow@ottawaheart.ca
Abunassar
Joseph G
JG
Ascah
Kathryn
K
Dekemp
Robert
R
Dasilva
Jean
J
Mesana
Thierry
T
Beanlands
Rob S
RS
Ruddy
Terrence D
TD
D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler / Q000379:methods; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000601:surgery*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013318:Stroke Volume