多普勒组织成像检测肥厚型心肌病与高血压性心脏病的参数比较

目的初步探讨多普勒组织成像技术（TDI）对肥厚型心肌病（HCM）与高血压性心脏病鉴别诊断的临床价值。方法应用TDI技术对HCM患者、高血压性心脏病患者及正常人分别测量二尖瓣环收缩期峰值速度（Vs）、舒张早期峰值速度（Ve）及舒张晚期峰值速度（Va）。常规超声检查测得左室射血分数（LVEF）、左室短轴缩短率（FS）、二尖瓣口血流峰值速度E、A,计算E/A。结果HCM组、高血压性心脏病组各峰值速度均减低,与正常组比较差异有显著性意义（P<0.05）;HCM组部分心肌节段峰值速度与高血压性心脏病组比较有显著性差异（P<0.05）。结论TDI技术对HCM与高血压性心脏病鉴别诊断提供可行、实用的信息。     

肥厚型心肌病左室局部与整体舒张功能研究新方法定量组织多普勒速度成像技术

目的　探讨定量组织多普勒速度成像技术(QTVI)评价肥厚型心肌病 (HCM )患者左室局部与整体心肌舒张功能的价值。方法　应用QTVI获取 36例正常人和 4 2例HCM患者左室长轴方向不同室壁心肌多普勒速度曲线。离线分析正常人与HCM患者不同室壁舒张期心肌多普勒运动速度。测量的快速充盈期和心房收缩期速度 (Ve和Va)、Ve/Va比值反映左室局部舒张功能 ,脉冲多普勒测量二尖瓣舒张期血流频谱E/A值、左室等容舒张期 (IRT)反映左室整体功能 ,常规超声心动图测量室壁厚度。结果　①HCM患者肥厚室间隔节段Ve、Va、Ve/Va的测值及二尖瓣血流频谱E/A值均比正常人测值明显降低 ,IRT比正常人明显延长(P <0 0 5 ) ;②HCM患者肥厚室间隔节段Ve、Va、Ve/Va的测值比其他左室节段明显降低 ;③E/A比值异常的HCM患者Ve/Va与E/A有相关关系 (r =0 70 4 )。④非梗阻型HCM患者肥厚室间隔厚度IVSt与Ve/Va有负相关关系 (r =- 0 6 14 )。结论　QTVI定量评价HCM患者左室局部心肌舒张功能以及局部与整体心肌舒张功能关系 ,为进一步了解HCM心肌舒张功能的变化提供较为敏感、精确的方法。     

Global and regional abnormalities of left ventricular diastolic filling in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Left ventricular diastolic filling was studied by left ventriculography in 17 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In 8 patients this manifested as a spadelike shape (HCM-S type) on the left ventriculogram, and in 9 patients as a banana shape (HCM-B type). Seven patients were studied as controls. Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure was higher in HCM than in controls. In HCM, peak filling rate was decreased from 1.57 +/- 0.28 of the control to 1.28 +/- 0.20 (p less than 0.05), and the time to peak filling rate was prolonged from 27 +/- 6%DT of the control to 37 +/- 7%DT (p less than 0.01). Serial volume analysis in diastole showed filling fraction was also significantly decreased to 8.2 +/- 4.1 (p less than 0.001) at the 25% diastole time and 29.6 +/- 7.2 (p less than 0.01) at half time, compared with 19.8 +/- 6.3 and 32.8 +/- 5.8 for controls, respectively. In HCM-S type, the rate of distention of left ventricular radial axes at the apical area was lower at early and mid-diastole. In HCM-B type, the rate at the basal area was lower at early and mid-diastole. Results suggest that the left ventricular diastolic filling in HCM was impaired not uniformly but regionally in the hypertrophic area at early and mid-diastole.     

Effect of verapamil on left ventricular isovolumic relaxation time and regional left ventricular filling in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

The effect of verapamil on global and regional left ventricular relaxation as well as on regional left ventricular filling was measured in 11 patients with hypertrophic obstructive or nonobstructive cardiomyopathy in a combined phonocardiographic and echocardiographic study. Five to 10 minutes after intravenous injection of verapamil (0.15 mg/kg body weight) prolonged isovolumic left ventricular relaxation time, measured from the aortic component of the second heart sound to the mitral valve opening in the echocardiogram, significantly decreased from 93 ± 10 to 67 ± 15 ms (p <0.001). This reduction during that time period was associated with a smaller increase in regional left ventricular dimension (3.8 +- 1.9 to 2.4 ±1.4 mm, p < 0.005). Left ventricular filling improved significantly with regard to the peak rate of posterior wall thinning, which increased from 64 +- 30 to 89 ± 38 mm/s, p < 0.001, the Increase in left ventricular dimension during the left ventricular filling period from 14.4 ± 2.4 to 16.4± 2.4 mm; p < 0.01) and the duration of the relative filling period from 47.2± 4.6 to 49.0 ± 5.3 percent; p <0.01). Left ventricular end-systolic dimension, fractional shortening of the left ventricular minor axis, cycle length and systolic blood pressure showed no significant change.

These data show that an abnormal prolongation of the left ventricular relaxation time in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy can be significantly shortened by intraveneus application of verapamil and that this treatment is associated with an improvement of left ventricular filling.     

Doppler estimation of left ventricular filling pressures in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

BACKGROUND: Conventional Doppler parameters are unreliable for estimating left ventricular (LV) filling pressures in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This study was undertaken to evaluate flow propagation velocity by color M-mode and early diastolic annular velocity (Ea) by tissue Doppler 2 new indices of LV relaxation, combined with mitral E velocity for estimation of filling pressures in HCM. METHODS AND RESULTS: Thirty-five HCM patients (52+/-15 years) underwent LV catheterization simultaneously with 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. Pulsed Doppler echocardiography of mitral and pulmonary venous flows was obtained along with flow propagation velocity and Ea. LV preA pressure had weak or no relations with mitral, pulmonary venous velocities and atrial volumes. In contrast, preA pressure related strongly to E velocity/flow propagation velocity (r=0.67; SEE=4) and E/Ea (r=0.76; SEE=3.4). In 17 patients with repeat measurements, preA pressure changes were well detected by measuring E velocity/flow propagation velocity (r=0.68; P=0.01) or E/Ea (r=0.8; P<0.001). PreA pressure estimation with these 2 methods was tested prospectively in 17 additional HCM patients with good results (E velocity/flow propagation velocity, r=0.76; E/Ea, r=0.82). CONCLUSIONS: LV filling pressures can be estimated with reasonable accuracy in HCM patients by measuring E velocity/flow propagation velocity or E/Ea. These ratios also track changes in filling pressures.     

Pressure-derived indices of left ventricular isovolumic relaxation in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

High fidelity measurements of left ventricular pressure were made at increasing pacing rates in 21 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and a control group of 11 patients investigated for chest pain who proved to have normal hearts. In both groups the fall in pressure during isovolumic relaxation from the point of min dp/dt approximated closely to a monoexponential, and could be described by a time constant and asymptote. The time constant shortened and the asymptote increased as heart rate rose in both groups. The time constant was longer and min dp/dt less in the cardiomyopathy group than controls at all heart rates. In the cardiomyopathy patients min dp/dt, but not the time constant, was related to systolic pressure. During pacing, eight cardiomyopathy patients developed metabolic evidence of myocardial ischaemia, but indices of relaxation did not differ between these eight and the other 13 either at basal heart rate or the highest pacing rate. In 10 cardiomyopathy patients measurements were repeated at comparable pacing rates after propranolol (0.2 mg/kg). Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure and indices of contractility decreased after the drug, but the time constant did not change. Eight patients received verapamil (20 mg) after which there were substantial reductions in systolic pressure and contractility. Min dp/dt decreased in proportion to systolic pressure, but the time constant was unchanged. At the highest pacing rate before drug administration three patients had abnormal lactate extraction which was corrected by either propranolol (one patient) or verapamil (two patients). Despite abolition of metabolic evidence of ischaemia, relaxation did not improve. It is concluded that abnormal isovolumic relaxation is common in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, but its severity correlates poorly with other features of the disease. Abnormal relaxation is not the result of ischaemia, and pressure derived indices of relaxation do not improve after the administration of propranolol or verapamil.     

多普勒组织成像评价肥厚型心肌病左室舒张功能

目的应用多普勒组织成像脉冲技术测量二尖瓣环舒张速度,以评价肥厚型心肌病左室舒张功能.方法对90例肥厚型心肌病患者及50例正常人进行常规超声心电图及多普勒组织成像检查,测量各房室内径,室壁厚度,射血分数及二尖瓣环各点舒张早期峰值速度(Ea)、舒张晚期峰值速度(Aa).两组指标比较采用成组t检验.结果肥厚型心肌病患者室间隔厚度(25.5±6.6)mm,左室后壁厚度(9.9±2.3)mm,左室内径(42.9±5.9)mm,左房内径(39.9±4.7)mm,LVEF(71.9±4.3)%,二尖瓣血流E/A为1.42±0.7.肥厚型心肌病患者Ea较正常人减低.Aa无明显差异.结论肥厚型心肌病左室长轴主动松弛功能较正常人减低.     

Clinical significance of tissue Doppler imaging in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

BACKGROUND: A transmitral E/septal Ea ratio > or =15 is a predictor of adverse outcome in cardiac disease, so it was hypothesized that a septal E/Ea >/=15 would predict the risk of adverse outcome, including sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), cardiac arrest, implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) discharge, or sudden death (SD) in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS AND RESULTS: The study group comprised 96 consecutive patients with HCM (median age 53 years) who completed all noninvasive tests for risk stratification. The endpoint of the study was defined as death, cardiac arrest, documented sustained VT, or ICD-discharge. The median follow-up was 20.6 months. All patients were alive at the end of follow-up, although 8 patients had reached the endpoint during the study period. The variables that were predictive of adverse clinical outcome were family history of premature SD (p=0.03), syncope (p<0.001), maximum wall thickness > or =3 cm (p=0.02), and septal E/Ea > or =15 (p<0.001). In a stepwise multivariable model the only independent prognostic indicator was a septal E/Ea > or =15 (relative risk 0.26, 95% confidence interval 0.2-0.58, p<0.001). The cumulative event-free survival rate was 78.9% in patients with septal E/Ea > or =15, and 100% in patients with septal E/Ea <15 (p=0.0003). CONCLUSIONS: Septal E/Ea > or =15 predicts patients with HCM who are at risk of sustained VT, cardiac arrest, ICD-discharge, or SD. (Circ J 2007; 71: 897 - 903).     

定量组织速度成像测量二尖瓣环运动速度评价肥厚型心肌病患者左室舒张功能

目的 :应用定量组织速度成像 (QTVI)测量二尖瓣环运动速度评价肥厚型心肌病 (HCM )患者左室舒张功能。方法 :QTVI测量 31例HCM患者 (HCM组 )和 2 0例正常人 (对照组 )二尖瓣环 6个节段 (后间隔和侧壁、前间隔和后壁、前壁和下壁 )舒张早期峰值速度 (Ve)、左房收缩期峰值速度 (Va) ,计算平均Ve、Va和Ve/Va比值。多普勒超声心动图测量二尖瓣口血流快速充盈速度E峰、左房收缩充盈速度A峰 ,计算E/A值和E与平均Ve的比值 (E/Ve)。结果 :HCM患者平均Ve和Ve/Va较对照组明显减低 [(Ve:(3.6 4± 1.4 1)cm/s∶(8.2 1±1.6 9)cm/s,P <0 .0 1;Ve/Va:(0 .92± 0 .5 1)∶(1.5 7± 0 .5 0 ) ,P <0 .0 1;E和E/A较对照组减低 [E :(74 .73±2 6 .5 5 )cm/s∶(84 .0 0± 14 .5 7)cm/s ,P =0 .14 2 ;E/A :(1.12± 0 .4 9)∶(1.6 8± 0 .4 1) ,P <0 .0 1;E/Ve较对照组明显增高 [(2 3.0 3± 7.73)∶(10 .5 3± 2 .6 7) ,P <0 .0 1]。E/A <1者 14例 (4 5 .2 % ) ,Ve/Va <1者 2 0例 (6 4 .5 % ) ;E/A >1的HCM患者其Ve和Ve/Va亦较对照组明显减低 ,E/Ve明显增高。结论 :HCM患者二尖瓣口多普勒血流信号E、A受前负荷和左房收缩性等因素的影响 ,而QTVI测量二尖瓣环运动速度能准确评价HCM患者左室舒张功能。     

Involvement of right ventricle in left ventricular hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: analysis by pulsed Doppler tissue imaging.

AIMS: This study uses pulsed Doppler tissue imaging to analyse right ventricular myocardial function and its interaction with left ventricle in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy involving ventricular septum. METHODS AND RESULTS: Thirty-four patients with septal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and 30 normal subjects, comparable for sex, age, body mass index and heart rate, underwent complete standard Doppler echocardiography and pulsed Doppler tissue imaging of both posterior septum and right ventricular free wall, calculating myocardial velocities and both systolic and diastolic time intervals. Except for peak velocity A, the other Doppler tricuspid inflow measurements were significantly impaired in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, without changes of tricuspid annular systolic excursion. Right ventricular Doppler tissue imaging showed longer right ventricular myocardial relaxation time in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy than in controls (P<0.00001), without a significant difference from other myocardial diastolic and systolic measurements. In the overall population, Doppler measurements of right and left ventricular inflow were not significantly associated, while (with the exception of myocardial deceleration time) all the other myocardial systolic and diastolic measurements derived by tissue imaging were directly related to the homologous septal myocardial indexes. In addition, a significant inverse relation was found between septal wall thickness and myocardial relaxation index (right-left myocardial relaxation time/right ventricular relaxation time x 100). CONCLUSIONS: This study shows the usefulness of pulsed Doppler tissue imaging to detect impairment of right ventricular myocardial function and to provide evidence about ventricular interaction in forms of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy which involve interventricular septum.     

Effects of verapamil on the left ventricular diastolic function and diastolic asynchrony in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy]

The effects of verapamil on the diastolic function and regional asynchrony of the left ventricle were echocardiographically investigated in 37 patients with hypertrophic non-obstructive cardiomyopathy (HCM). Before and 20 min after the intravenous administration of verapamil (0.1 mg/kg), blood pressure (BP), heart rate (HR), transmitral pulsed Doppler indices (R, A, A/R), M-mode echo indices (Dd, Ds, %FS) and the echo-phonocardiographic index (isovolumic relaxation time; IRT) were measured. We also measured the rapid extension times of the posterior walls at the chordae and papillary muscle level [Tc(pw), Tp(pw)] as the indices of regional diastolic function, and their difference [Tp-c(pw)] was used as the index of diastolic asynchrony. Before verapamil administration, the HCM patients had significantly larger A, A/R, IRT and Tp-c(pw) and smaller R than did 20 healthy controls, but showed no significant differences in HR, BP, Dd, Ds and %FS. After verapamil injection, R increased and A, A/R, IRT, Tp-c(pw) decreased significantly without any changes in BP and HR. The increment of R (delta R) correlated significantly with the decrement of Tp-c(pw) (r = -0.66, p less than 0.001). According to the value of delta R/R, 37 patients with HCM were categorized in 2 groups (19 responders with delta R/R greater than or equal to 10% and 18 non-responders with delta R/R less than 10%). The responders had smaller R and larger A/R, IRT and Tp-c(pw) before verapamil administration than did the non-responders. Verapamil increased R, Dd, Ds and decreased A, A/R and Tp-c(pw) in the responders, but not in the non-responders. These results suggested that verapamil might improve left ventricular diastolic function in HCM patients through the improvement of left ventricular diastolic asynchrony.     

Regional left ventricular asynchrony and impaired global left ventricular filling in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: effect of verapamil

Left ventricular relaxation and filling are impaired in many patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. To investigate the influence of regional heterogeneity on these global abnormalities, 48 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and sinus rhythm were studied by radionuclide angiography before and after 1 to 2 weeks of verapamil therapy (320 to 640 mg/day, median 480). Left ventricular regional function was assessed by subdividing the ventricular region of interest into 20 sectors and into four quadrants from which regional time-activity curves were derived. Diastolic asynchrony was measured as the regional variation in timing between minimal volume and peak filling rate, and heterogeneity in the magnitude of rapid diastolic filling was measured as the regional variation in percent contribution of atrial systole to end-diastolic volume. Compared with 28 normal subjects, the patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy had greater regional variation in both timing (35 +/- 24 versus 12 +/- 6 ms, p less than 0.001) and magnitude (10 +/- 6 versus 7 +/- 4%, p less than 0.02) of rapid filling. Verapamil reduced the regional variation in timing (to 21 +/- 16 ms, p less than 0.001) and magnitude (to 7 +/- 3%, p less than 0.001) of rapid filling. These regional changes, indicating more uniform regional diastolic performance after verapamil, were associated with improved global diastolic filling: global rapid filling increased in both rate and magnitude and time to peak filling rate decreased. These findings indicate that the beneficial effect of verapamil on left ventricular diastolic function in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy may be mediated by reduction in regional asynchrony.     

肥厚型心肌病左心室局部及整体舒张功能的研究

目的探讨肥厚型心肌病（HCM）患者左心室局部及整体舒张功能的变化。方法以40例肥厚型心肌病患者和40名健康人为研究对象,脉冲多普勒（PWD）测量二尖瓣口血流E峰、A峰,组织多普勒（TDI）测量二尖瓣环的前间隔、后间隔、前壁、下壁、后壁及侧壁6个位点的舒张早期峰值速度（Em）、舒张晚期峰值速度（Am）,计算E／A、Em／Am、E／Em,对各组参数之间的差异、Em与室壁厚度的相关性分别进行分析。结果HCM组二尖瓣瓣环各位点Em分别为前壁（0．053±0．019）m／s、后壁（0．055±0．016）m／s、前间隔（0．038±0．017）m／s、后间隔（0．049±0．015）m／s、侧壁（0．052±0．018）m／s、下壁（0．056±0．015）m／s;对照组二尖瓣环各位点Em分别为前壁（0．144-±0．031）m／s、后壁（0．139±0．033）m／s、前间隔（0．136±0．029）m／s、后间隔（0．143±0．028）m／s、侧壁（0．138±0．025）m／s、下壁（0．139±0．030）m／s,HCM组二尖瓣环各位点Em较对照组明显降低（P〈0．05）,但各位点间仅室壁增厚明显的前、后间隔瓣环位点与其他位点Em差异有统计学意义（P〈0．05）。HCM组E／Em为15．876±6．579,对照组E／Em为5．949-±1．283,二者比较差异有统计学意义（P〈0．05）。Em与心室壁厚度成线性负相关（r=-0．535,P〈0．05）,随着心室壁厚度增加而降低。结论HCM患者左心室局部及整体舒张功能明显降低,左室壁局部舒张功能降低与室壁厚度相关。     

Potential application of tissue Doppler imaging to assess regional left ventricular diastolic function in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: comparison with 123I-beta-methyl iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid myocardial scintigraphy

BACKGROUND: Tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) has been utilized to evaluate left ventricular myocardial dysfunction in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM); however, no clear explanation for the abnormality of TDI variables has been forthcoming. HYPOTHESIS: Peak negative myocardial velocity gradient (MVG) derived from TDI may correlate with a disorder of fatty acid metabolism in patients with HCM. METHODS: Tissue Doppler imaging and 123I-beta-methyl iodophenyl pentadecanoic acid (123I-BMIPP) myocardial scintigraphy were performed in 15 patients with asymmetric septal hypertrophy (mean age 47 +/- 18 years) and in 12 healthy controls (mean age 43 +/- 10 years). RESULTS: In early 123I-BMIPP images, accumulation defects were observed in the ventricular septum in 12 patients and in the posterior wall in 8 patients with HCM. Peak negative MVG in the ventricular septum (1.1 +/- 0.5 vs. 2.8 +/- 0.5, p < 0.0001) and posterior wall (5.2 +/- 1.4 vs. 6.7 +/- 0.8, p < 0.01 ) was significantly lower in the HCM group than in the controls; also, these parameters were significantly lower in patients with than in those without a defect in the region in question. The peak negative MVG in the ventricular septum and posterior wall correlated inversely with the washout rate in all subjects. CONCLUSIONS: Peak negative MVG according to TDI is related to disorder of fatty acid metabolism in the regional left ventricular myocardium of patients with HCM.     

Left ventricular regional relaxation and its nonuniformity in hypertrophic nonobstructive cardiomyopathy

BACKGROUND. Regional nonuniformity has been suggested to be closely related to left ventricular (LV) relaxation in diseased heart. The purpose of the present study was to assess LV global and regional relaxation in patients with nonobstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS AND RESULTS. Left ventriculography was conducted simultaneously with pressure micromanometry in 10 normal control subjects and 11 patients with nonobstructive HCM. LV silhouettes in the right anterior oblique projection were divided into eight regions, and regional wall stress during isovolumic relaxation was computed for six regions from the midventricle to the apex. In HCM patients, isovolumic relaxation time (IRT) and the time constant of LV pressure decrease (Tp) were greater than in control subjects (IRT, 84 +/- 13 versus 66 +/- 6 msec; Tp, 51 +/- 8 versus 36 +/- 5 msec, respectively; p less than 0.01). In HCM patients, the (-)dP/dt upstroke pattern was convex-downward, and dP/dt(20/60), the ratio of dP/dt values 20 and 60 msec after peak (-)dP/dt, was less than in control subjects (1.46 +/- 0.16 versus 2.15 +/- 0.14, p less than 0.01). These findings suggest that there is impaired LV relaxation in HCM patients. End-systolic regional wall stress was lower, and the time constant of regional stress decrease (Tst) was prolonged for each region in HCM patients compared with control subjects. In the HCM group, Tst tended to be more prolonged in regions with increased wall thickness than in regions with normal wall thickness (60 +/- 15 versus 50 +/- 11 msec, p less than 0.01). The coefficient of variation for Tst values in six areas of the left ventricle was calculated in each subject and was greater in HCM patients than in control subjects (13 +/- 7% versus 7 +/- 3%, p less than 0.05), indicating regional nonuniformity in Tst during isovolumic relaxation in HCM patients. CONCLUSIONS. Significant correlations existed between the coefficients of variation for Tst and Tp (r = 0.80, p less than 0.01), IRT (r = 0.79, p less than 0.01), and dP/dt(20/60) (r = -0.67, p less than 0.05) in the HCM group. Thus, regional nonuniformity is closely related to the impairment of LV relaxation in HCM.