title: Serial assessment of left ventricular remodeling by measurement of left ventricular torsion using speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with acute myocardial infarction.
abstract: The relation between remodeling and left ventricular (LV) torsion has not yet been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether LV torsion assessed by speckle tracking imaging can predict progressive LV dilation after acute myocardial infarction (AMI). From January 2006 through June 2008, 91 patients with AMI who were successfully treated with primary coronary intervention underwent conventional and speckle tracking echocardiographies at initial presentation and 3 days and 6 months after first AMI. Patients were divided into 2 groups based on presence of LV remodeling (increase of LV end-diastolic volume >20%) at 6-month follow-up. LV remodeling developed in 23 patients. At initial presentation, LV end-diastolic volume was not significantly different between the no-remodeling and remodeling groups (91.27 ± 35.68 vs 85.74 ± 28.89 ml, p = 0.51), but LV torsion (2.23 ± 0.67 vs 1.70 ± 0.58°/cm, p <0.05) was significantly decreased in the remodeling group. At 6-month follow-up speckle tracking echocardiography, apical rotation and global torsion in patients with remodeling were 6.7 ± 2.6 (p <0.05) and 1.7 ± 0.7°/cm (p = 0.76 from baseline), respectively, and in patients without remodeling, 8.8 ± 3.4 (p <0.01) and 2.5 ± 0.7°/cm (p <0.01 from baseline), respectively. According to receiver operating characteristic analysis, LV torsion of 1.9°/cm (area under curve 0.79, sensitivity 75%, specificity 78%) at initial presentation was selected as a significant predictor of remodeling. In conclusion, decreased LV torsion assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography may predict late LV remodeling after reperfusion therapy after AMI.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee Medical Center, Kyung Hee University, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
authors.forename: Jeong Yoon
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.forename: Jong Shin
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.forename: Woo-Shik
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Sang Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.forename: Il Suk
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Sohn
authors.forename: Weon
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jong Hoa
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Bae
authors.forename: Kwon Sam
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling