The relationship between angiotensin-converting enzyme (insertion/deletion) gene polymorphism and left ventricular remodeling in acute myocardial infarction

BACKGROUND: The development of left ventricular remodeling after acute myocardial infarction is a predictor of heart failure and mortality. The genetic influence on cardiac remodeling in the early period after acute myocardial infarction, is however, unclear. The aim ofthis study was to investigate the relationship between angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) gene polymorphism and left ventricular remodeling in the early period in patients with anterior myocardial infarction. METHOD: The study population consisted of 142 patients with their first attack of acute anterior myocardial infarction. Echocardiographic examinations were performed within 24 h of the first attack (first evaluation) and on the fifth day of acute myocardial infarction (second evaluation). Left ventricular end systolic and diastolic diameters, left ventricular end systolic and diastolic volumes, ejection fraction, mitral flow velocities (E, A, E/A), deceleration time, isovolumic relaxation time and myocardial performance index were calculated. ACE I/D polymorphism was determined using polymerase chain reaction amplification. RESULTS: On the basis of polymorphism of the ACE gene, the patients were classified into the three groups: group 1, deletion/deletion (n=59) genotype, group 2 insertion/deletion (n=69), and group 3 insertion/insertion (n=14) genotype. When the first and second sets of echocardiographic results of the groups were compared, all parameters were not different among three groups. In group analysis, Left ventricular systolic diameters, left ventricular diastolic diameters, left ventricular end diastolic diameters, left ventricular ejection fraction and myocardial performance index between first and second echocardiographic results were significantly different in deletion/deletion group and only myocardial performance index and left ventricular ejection fraction in insertion/deletion group (P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS: ACE gene polymorphism may influence early cardiac remodeling after acute myocardial infarction. Patients with the deletion/deletion-insertion/deletion genotype may be particularly more sensitive to ACE-I treatment possibly owing to the more prominent role of the renin-angiotensin system.     

Prognostic implications of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction with preserved systolic function following acute myocardial infarction

The contribution of diastolic dysfunction in patients with preserved left ventricular (LV) systolic function to impaired functional status and cardiac mortality in myocardial infarction (MI) is unknown. In the present study, assessment of LV diastolic function was performed by Doppler analysis of the mitral and pulmonary venous flow, and the propagation velocity of early mitral flow by color M-mode Doppler echocardiography in 183 consecutive patients at day 5-7 following their first acute MI. Patients were classified into four groups: group A: preserved LV systolic and diastolic function (n = 73); group B: LV systolic dysfunction with preserved diastolic function (n = 10); group C: LV diastolic dysfunction with preserved systolic function (n = 60); group D: combined LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction (n = 40). The cardiac mortality rate at 1 year was significantly higher in groups C (13%) and D (38%) compared to A (2%) (p < 0.01). Multivariate regression analysis identified LV diastolic dysfunction (p = 0.001), Killip class >or=II (p = 0.006), and age (0.008) as predictors of cardiac death or readmission due to heart failure. The presence of LV diastolic dysfunction with preserved systolic dysfunction is associated with increased morbidity and mortality following acute MI.     

Favorable effect of trimetazidine on clinical state and left ventricular function postinfarction period.

AIM: To assess effect of trimetazidine on clinical course of postinfarction period and restoration of left ventricular myocardium. MATERIAL AND METHODS: 1.5-2.0 months after acute myocardial infarctions 123 patients receiving conventional therapy (aspirin, beta-blockers, angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors, nitrates) were divided into 2 groups. Patients of group 1 (n=62) were given 60 mg/day of trimetazidine and patients of group 2 (n=61) were not. All patients were followed up for 12 months after onset of myocardial infarction. RESULTS: 12 months after myocardial infarction decreases of average heart failure and angina classes, increase of left ventricular ejection fraction, reduction of left ventricular end systolic and end diastolic volumes and left atrial dimensions occurred in group 1. Ejection fraction in this group became significantly higher while left ventricular end systolic and end diastolic volumes and left atrial dimensions significantly lower than in group 2. Index of diastolic function V(e)/V(a)ased in trimetazidine treated patients with normal and hypertrophic types of transmitral diastolic blood flow and became higher than in group 2. CONCLUSION: Trimetazidine facilitates restoration of systolic and diastolic left ventricular function after myocardial infarction.     

前壁心肌梗塞室壁瘤形成的核素心室造影

应用核素心室造影法对前壁心肌梗塞后室壁瘤的形成作左室功能测定。参数包括左室整体和局部的收缩与舒张功能。患者分为对照组（Ｇ０）、单纯前壁心肌梗塞组（Ｇ１）、前壁心肌梗塞有室壁瘤形成组（Ｇ２）。结果显示，Ｇ２组患者比Ｇ１组患者左室整体收缩和舒张功能均明显降低。另外，Ｇ２组的左室局部收缩和舒张功能在多个节段上受损均比Ｇ１组严重。     

Prognostic Implications of Restrictive Left Ventricular Filling in Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Serial Doppler Echocardiographic Study

Objectives. This study was designed to evaluate the relative prognostic significance of restrictive left ventricular (LV) filling after acute myocardial infarction.

Background. Data regarding the contribution of diastolic dysfunction to prognosis after myocardial infarction are limited, and the additional value over the assessment of systolic dysfunction is not known.

Methods. Serial Doppler echocardiography was performed in 95 patients on days 1, 3 and 7 and 3 months after acute myocardial infarction. Patients were classified into two groups: a restrictive group (n = 12) with a peak velocity of early diastolic filling wave (E)/peak velocity of late filling wave (A) ratio ≥2 or between 1 and 2 and a deceleration time (DT) ≤140 ms during at least one echocardiographic study; and a nonrestrictive group (n = 83) with an E/A ratio ≤1 or between 1 and 2 and a DT >140 ms at all examinations.

Results. Cardiac death occurred in 10 patients during a mean follow-up interval of 32 ± 17 months. The survival rate at 1 year was 100% in the nonrestrictive group and only 50% in the restrictive group. After 1 year there was a continuing divergence of mortality, resulting in a 3-year survival rate of 100% and 22%, respectively. Univariate Cox analysis revealed that restrictive LV filling, wall motion score index, ejection fraction and end-systolic and end-diastolic volume indexes, as well as peak creatine kinase, peak MB fraction and heart failure during the hospital course were significant predictors of cardiac death, although restrictive filling was the single best predictor (p < 0.0001). Multivariate analysis showed that restrictive filling adds prognostic information to clinical and echocardiographic variables of systolic dysfunction.

Conclusions. Restrictive LV filling after acute myocardial infarction is the single best predictor of cardiac death and adds significantly to clinical and echocardiographic markers of systolic dysfunction.     

Doppler-derived mitral deceleration time as an early predictor of left ventricular thrombus after first anterior acute myocardial infarction

BACKGROUND: The relation between left ventricular (LV) diastolic function and LV thrombus has not yet been fully investigated. The aim of this study was to determine whether early assessment of Doppler-derived mitral deceleration time (DT), a measure of LV compliance and filling, may predict LV thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction. METHODS AND RESULTS: Two-dimensional and Doppler echocardiographic examinations were performed in 98 consecutive patients (aged 57 +/- 12 years; 8 women) with first acute myocardial infarction. The patients were studied within 24 hours and at days 3, 7, 15, and 30 after arrival to the coronary care unit. Mitral flow velocities were obtained from the apical 4-chamber view with pulsed Doppler. LV thrombus was detected in 20 of 98 patients. Patients were divided into 2 groups according to LV thrombus formation: group 1 (n = 20) with thrombus and group 2 (n = 78) without thrombus. Mitral E-wave DT was significantly shorter in group 1 than group 2 (134 ms vs 175 ms; P <.001). Patients in group 1 had significantly larger LV end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes and a higher wall motion score index than patients in group 2 (133 +/- 39 mL vs 112 +/- 41 mL, P =.03; 83 +/- 34 mL vs 59 +/- 30 mL, P =.003; and 1.8 +/- 0.3 mL vs 1.5 +/- 0.3 mL, P =.007, respectively). The LV ejection fraction was significantly lower in group 1 than in group 2 (39% +/- 13% vs 48% +/- 12%; P =.004). In a multivariate regression analysis, mitral E-wave DT was identified as an independent variable related to development of LV thrombus (P =.04). CONCLUSIONS: Doppler-derived mitral DT is superior to conventional clinical and 2-dimensional echocardiographic assessment in estimating the risk of left ventricular thrombosis after myocardial infarction.     

缬沙坦防止急性心肌梗死患者左室重构的临床分析

目的 探讨缬沙坦同急性心肌梗死患者左室重构的临床关系。方法 采用随机、单盲自身对照及组间对照方法,将96例急性心肌梗死患者分为缬沙坦组50例,常规治疗组46例,治疗1-6个月后,观察比较二组治疗前后临床疗效,行二维超声心动图检查,采用Simpson法观察左室射血分数(LVEF),及左室收缩末期容积指数(LEV-SI),左室舒张末期容积指数(LEDVI)的变化。结果 缬沙坦组治疗后LVEF,LESVI,LEDVI与对照组比较差异有高度显著性(P<0.01)。结论 缬沙坦能有效防止心肌梗死后左室重构,值得临床推广。     

心肌梗死大鼠左心室收缩与舒张功能的改变及其影响因素

目的 探讨心肌梗死大鼠左心室收缩和舒张功能的改变、以及心室重构对心室舒缩功能的影响.材料和方法结扎Wistar大鼠左冠状动脉、制成心肌梗死模型,6周后测定左室心肌力学指标,心肌胶原含量、血浆及心肌的血管紧张素Ⅱ(Aug Ⅱ)浓度.结果 心肌梗死组与对照组比较,LVPSP、+dp/dt_(max)、dp/dt_(max)绝对值及V_(max)明显降低(P<0.01),LVEDP增加(P<0.01),T值延长(P<0.01),MAP无差异.心肌梗死组与对照组比较、心肌羟脯氨酸和心肌胶原含量明显增高(P均0.01),心肌AngⅡ含量明显升高(P<0.01)、血浆AngⅡ浓度无显著差异.结论 心肌梗死后左室收缩与舒张　功能明显降低,同时出现心肌细胞的肥大和纤维细胞的增生以及间质纤维化、后者可进一步导致和加重心脏泵血功能的异常.     

Influence on prognosis and morbidity of left ventricular ejection fraction with and without signs of left ventricular failure after acute myocardial infarction

The left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) is known to be an independent predictor of late prognosis after acute myocardial infarction. Despite a previous report that early heart failure (evidenced only by advanced pulmonary rales in the hospital) can predict prognosis in the absence of severe depression of the LVEF at hospital discharge, the potentially strong influence of various measures of in-hospital heart failure on the predictive ability of LVEF has not been generally appreciated. Accordingly, in 972 patients with acute myocardial infarction the effect on late mortality of the presence or absence in-hospital of both clinical and radiographic signs of LV failure in subgroups of patients with normal, moderately or severely depressed LVEF was examined and measured close to hospital discharge. Patients were divided into 3 groups according to LVEF: group I LVEF less than or equal to 40, n = 265; group II LVEF 0.41 to 0.50, n = 241 and group III LVEF greater than or equal to 0.51, n = 466. When clinical signs of LV failure were present at any time during the coronary care unit period, the 1-year mortality rate after hospital discharge in groups I, II and III was 26, 19 and 8%, compared with 12% (p less than 0.01), 6% (p less than 0.01) and 3% (p less than 0.02), respectively, when signs of LV failure were absent.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

再灌注对急性心肌梗死左室舒张与收缩功能影响的实验研究

本文用急性心肌梗死（ＡＭＩ）犬模型对左室舒张与收缩功能及再灌注后的变化特点进行了观察。结果发现，ＡＭＩ后２、３和７２小时左室舒张与收缩功能均明显下降，在ＡＭＩ后７２小时再灌注组左室舒张与收缩功能明显优于未再灌注组（Ｐ＜０．０５和Ｐ＜０．０１）。     

Prognostic value of global myocardial performance indices in acute myocardial infarction: comparison to measures of systolic and diastolic left ventricular function

STUDY OBJECTIVES: Assessment of global myocardial performance by a single index (ie, the myocardial performance index [MPI]) has been suggested as an appealing alternative to the individual assessment of systolic and diastolic left ventricular (LV) function We sought to test the prognostic value of MPI in comparison to clinical characteristics and echocardiographic parameters of LV filling and ejection in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). PATIENTS: Four hundred seventeen consecutive patients with AMI were examined within 24 h of hospital admission. INTERVENTIONS: Doppler echocardiographic measures of systolic, diastolic, and global myocardial performance were assessed within 24 h of hospital admission. In addition to MPI (ie, the sum of the isovolumic time intervals divided by ejection time), we determined the isovolumic/heterovolumic time ratio, which expresses the time "wasted" by the myocardium to generate and decrease LV pressure without moving blood. RESULTS: The end points of the study at 30 days were death (4.7%), congestive heart failure (23%), and recurrent infarction (4.8%), and occurred in 109 patients, who were compared as group B to 314 patients without an event (group A). Multivariate analysis identified only age (odds ratio [OR], 1.04; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.02 to 1.07), LV ejection fraction (LVEF) < or = 40% (OR, 3.82; 95% CI, 2.15 to 6.87), and E-wave deceleration time (EDT) of < or = 130 ms (OR, 2.29; 95% CI, 1.0 to 5.21) as independent predictors of adverse events. CONCLUSION: LVEF and EDT are powerful and independent echocardiographic predictors of poor outcome following AMI, and are superior to indexes of global LV performance. Both parameters should be taken into consideration when deciding about the management of these patients.     

辛伐他汀对家兔心肌梗死后心室重构及心功能的影响

目的研究辛伐他汀对家兔心肌梗死后(MI)心室重构及心功能的影响。方法家兔20只采用结扎冠状动脉左前降支的方法建立急性心肌梗死模型,随机分MI组(10只)和辛伐他汀组(10只)。MI组术后不给任何处理和干预,辛伐他汀干预组在MI术后3d口服辛伐他汀(10mg.kg-1.d-1)10周。术前和术后10周进行超声心动图检查。术后10周进行有创血液动力学测定,而后摘取心脏称重。取两组家兔左心室进行HE染色,做组织细胞学检查。结果10周后辛伐他汀组家兔左室重量、左室舒张期末径、左室收缩期末径、左房直径及左室舒张期末压显著低于MI组,射血分数、缩短分数明显高于MI组(P<0.05)。HE染色辛伐他汀组与MI组比较,心肌细胞变性坏死明显减轻,炎性细胞浸润减少,间质纤维化减轻,非梗死区心肌细胞的代偿性肥大增生较MI组为低。结论辛伐他汀能够改善心肌梗死后家兔心室重构和心功能。     

Impact of early changes in left ventricular filling pattern on long-term outcome after acute myocardial infarction

BACKGROUND: In patients with heart failure due to chronic ischemic heart disease improvement of diastolic function indicates improved survival and a reduced morbidity, but whether this is also the case after acute myocardial infarction is not known. METHODS: To assess the prognostic importance of changes in left ventricular filling pattern, assessed with mitral deceleration time and colour M-mode flow propagation velocity, on cardiac death and readmission due to heart failure serial Doppler echocardiography was carried out in 103 patients with a first myocardial infarction. Based on echocardiography on hospital admission and after 1 month, patients were divided into three groups: group A (n=29) comprised patients with normal filling at either examination, group B (n=29) comprised patients with improvement of initially abnormal filling, and group C (n=45) patients with deterioration or no change of an abnormal filling pattern. RESULTS: One-year survival free of cardiac death or hospitalisation for heart failure was 97% in group A, 86% in group B and 64% in group C (P<0.0001). In Cox analysis persistence of abnormal filling or deterioration of left ventricular filling was still a predictor of the combined endpoint (risk ratio 4.4, 95% CI 1.8-12.0, P=0.003) after adjustment of LV filling on admission, left ventricular systolic function and clinical variables. Serial analyses of left ventricular systolic function demonstrated a significant improvement after 1 year in ejection fraction in groups A and B, whereas ejection fraction remained unchanged in group C. CONCLUSION: Patients with a persistently abnormal or a deterioration of left ventricular filling pattern as opposed to improved or normal filling are at increased risk of cardiac death and readmission due to heart failure after acute myocardial infarction.     

N-末端脑钠尿肽原诊断急性心肌梗死患者左室舒张功能的价值及其判断预后的意义

目的: 利用超声心动图,探讨N-末端脑钠尿肽原（NT-proBNP）对急性心肌梗死(AMI)患者左室舒张功能的评价及其意义。方法: 入选左室收缩功能正常的AMI患者66例,测定血浆NT-proBNP水平。根据组织多普勒超声（TDI）及二尖瓣血流频谱指标评价的左室舒张功能,将患者分为4组:A组:左室舒张功能正常组（n=16）;B组:轻度左室舒张功能减低（LVDD）组（n=21）;C组:中度LVDD组（n=24）;D组:重度LVDD组（n=5）。对患者随访12个月,临床终点是因心衰加重或再梗所致再住院和心源性死亡。结果: NT-proBNP水平随着LVDD的加重而显著增高（P<0.01）。NT-proBNP能够独立于其它影响因素判断LVDD,当其水平为962.1 μg/L时,判断LVDD的敏感性是76%,特异性是75%。12个月后发生终点事件患者的血浆NT-proBNP水平与未发生者相比差异有统计学意义（P<0.05）。结论: AMI后NT-proBNP水平能够独立评价LVDD并判断预后。它可用于对AMI患者危险分层并指导临床治疗。     

Is albuminuria an indicator of myocardial dysfunction in diabetic patients without overt heart disease? A study with Doppler strain and strain rate imaging

The aim of this study was to address whether albuminuria could predict myocardial dysfunction in diabetic patients without overt heart disease. We studied 67 patients with normal left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction and no evidence of LV hypertrophy or coronary artery disease (47 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension and 20 patients with hypertension only). Diabetes patients were divided into 3 groups based on albuminuria status: group II = no albuminuria (n = 20, <30 mg/d), group III = microalbuminuria (n = 13, 30-300 mg/d), and group IV = macroalbuminuria (n = 14, >300 mg/d). Twenty patients with hypertension only served as a control group (group I). Conventional 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography was done. Peak strain, peak systolic strain rate (SR), and peak diastolic SR of 6 LV segments in the apical views were measured and averaged in each patient. Conventional 2-dimensional parameters such as LV ejection fraction; left atrium volume index; LV mass; deceleration time; and mitral early peak, mitral late peak, myocardial early peak diastolic, and myocardial peak systolic velocities were not different among the 4 groups. However, peak strains were significantly lower in group III (P = .002) and group IV (P < .001) than in group I; and the absolute value of peak systolic SR was lower in group III (P = .033) and group IV (P < .001) than in group I. Furthermore, the value of peak diastolic SR was lower in group IV than in group I (P = .014). In diabetic patients with albuminuria, Doppler strain and SR imaging detected subclinical LV systolic and diastolic dysfunction; and albuminuria was associated with myocardial dysfunction in diabetic patients without overt heart disease.     

Improvement of exercise capacity and left ventricular diastolic function with metoprolol XL after acute myocardial infarction

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular (LV) diastolic function predicts and correlates with exercise capacity. Beta-blockers improve exercise capacity and LV diastolic function in patients with severe LV systolic dysfunction in dilated cardiomyopathy. However, information on the effect of metoprolol XL on exercise capacity in relation to LV diastolic function in patients with mild to moderate LV systolic dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction is limited. METHODS: In a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study of 77 patients, a subgroup of 59 patients with mild to moderate LV systolic dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction were given metoprolol XL (n = 29) or placebo (n = 30). The effects of metoprolol XL on exercise capacity in relation to effects on LV diastolic filling were studied. Two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography and maximal symptom limited bicycle test were performed on days 5 through 7 and after 3 months. RESULTS: Maximal exercise capacity increased in the metoprolol XL group (124 +/- 30 W vs 135 +/- 29 W) compared with placebo (125 +/- 31 W vs 126 +/- 34 W) (P <.01). E/A ratio decreased, A peak velocity increased, reverse pulmonary flow decreased, and deceleration time was significantly prolonged in the metoprolol XL group. A significant correlation was found between the changes of deceleration time (metoprolol XL: rho = 0.69, P <.0001; placebo: rho = 0.31, P = not significant) and A peak velocity (metoprolol XL: rho = 0.71, P <.0001; placebo: rho = -0.15, not significant) in relation to changes of exercise capacity. CONCLUSION: Metoprolol XL increases exercise capacity after 3 months, and this change seems related to improvement of LV diastolic filling after acute myocardial infarction.     

Relation of B-type natriuretic peptide early after acute myocardial infarction to left ventricular diastolic function and extent of myocardial damage determined by magnetic resonance imaging

Early after acute myocardial infarction, the relation between plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and extent of myocardial scar formation and diastolic dysfunction remains unclear. In 32 consecutive patients early (5 +/- 3 days) after a first acute myocardial infarction, delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) imaging was performed to define myocardial scar. Diastolic function was assessed using phase-contrast MR measurements of mitral flow and septal tissue velocities (tissue MR imaging) to estimate left ventricular (LV) filling pressures. MR study was immediately followed by BNP measurement. BNP related to LV ejection fraction (r = -0.52, p = 0.002), extent of myocardial scar (percent delayed hyperenhancement of LV mass, r = 0.49, p = 0.005; transmural index, r = 0.58, p <0.001), and estimated LV filling pressures (ratio of early diastolic mitral flow velocity to early diastolic mitral annular velocity, r = 0.51, p = 0.003). In multivariate analysis, transmural index and early diastolic mitral flow velocity/early diastolic mitral annular velocity were independent predictors of BNP levels (p <0.05, power of 0.99 at alpha = 0.05). In conclusion, among patients with recent myocardial infarction, high BNP levels are independently associated with extent of myocardial scar tissue and estimated LV filling pressures.     

Effects of inotropic stimulation on segmental left ventricular relaxation quantified by color kinesis

Although myocardial ischemia impairs left ventricular (LV) relaxation before contractile function, regional LV diastolic dysfunction is difficult to evaluate by conventional echocardiography. Because β-adrenergic stimulation enhances myocardial relaxation, we sought to characterize segmental LV diastolic function (by color kinesis) during dobutamine stress echocardiography and compare it with independently assessed segmental systolic function. We studied 22 patients with suspected coronary artery disease with color kinesis by acquiring digital images with endocardial motion display throughout diastole. Quantification of LV segmental diastolic peak filling rate (SPFR, normalized to segmental end-diastolic area/s) was obtained at rest, low-dose, and peak dobutamine infusion in myocardial segments visualized from the short-axis and/or apical 4-chamber views. In patients with resting normal LV systolic function and a dobutamine-induced hypercontractile response (group I, n = 13 patients; 102 segments), progressive increases in SPFR (p <0.001) were seen in all segments. However, in LV segments with resting systolic wall motion abnormalities (group II, n = 9 patients; 74 segments) SPFR measured at rest was significantly lower than that in group I (p <0.005) and did not increase significantly in response to dobutamine. In both groups of patients, LV myocardial segments (n = 528; rest and after dobutamine)—systolic and quantitative diastolic function—were concordant in 84% and 77% as viewed from short-axis and apical views, respectively. Thus, segmental LV diastolic function can be measured with color kinesis at rest and after inotropic stimulation, allowing comparison with segmental systolic function during pharmacologic stress testing.     

QRS记分法评价老年心肌梗塞患者的左室功能

为评估常规心电图ＱＲＳ记分法评价老年心肌梗塞患者的左室收缩及舒张功能的价值，将常规心电图测得的老年急性心肌梗塞（ｎ＝６７）及陈旧性心肌梗塞（ｎ＝３２）的ＱＲＳ记分与９９ｍＴｃＭＩＢＩＳＰＥＣＴ心肌显像检测的心肌坏死、心肌疤痕节段数及平衡法核素心血池显像测得的左室射血分数（ＬＶＥＦ）、高峰射血率（ＰＥＲ）、１／３射血分数（１／３ＥＦ）、１／３充盈率（１／３ＦＲ）、高峰充盈率（ＰＦＲ）、１／３射血率（１／３ＥＲ）、１／３充盈分数（１／３ＦＦ）进行相关分析。发现ＱＲＳ记分与急性心肌梗塞者心肌坏死节段数及陈旧性心肌梗塞者的心肌疤痕节段数显著相关，ｒ分别为０．７８，０．６６，Ｐ均＜０．０００１；与反映收缩功能的ＬＶＥＦ、ＰＥＲ、１／３ＥＦ、１／３ＥＲ呈明显负相关，ｒ分别为－０．７３和－０．８６，－０．５５和－０．７３，－０．３６和－０．５５，－０．６５和－０．７７，Ｐ均＜０．０５；与反映舒张功能的ＰＦＲ、１／３ＦＲ、１／３ＦＦ亦呈明显相关，ｒ分别为－０．４５和０．４１，－０．４９和－０．５２，－０．３８和－０．３６，Ｐ均＜０．０５。说明ＱＲＳ记分可用于估测心肌梗塞面积、左室收缩及舒张功能。     

The influence of thrombolytic therapy on selected parameters of left ventricular function in acute myocardial infarction

Our study aimed to evaluate the influence of thrombolytic therapy on some left ventricle (LV) function parameters in patients with acute myocardial infarction. The study was performed on 44 pts admitted to hospital due to acute myocardial infarction. The patients were divided into two groups: I group--30 pts (26 male, 4 female) at average age 57 +/- 10 who were treated with tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA) routinely and II group--14 pts (9 male, 5 female) at average age 62 +/- 10 in whom thrombolytic therapy was contraindicated for various reasons. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed just before treatment (0), 3.5 hours after the onset of drug administration (2 hours after the end of t-PA injection) (1) and on the 10th day of hospitalization (2). Control group consisted of 16 clinically healthy individuals (12 male, 4 female) at average age 54 +/- 9. The following parameters were evaluated: DT-E--wave of early diastolic transmitral flow deceleration time, IVRT--isovolumic relaxation time, E/A--early/atrial peak flow velocity ratio of transmitral flow, LATEF%--left atrial total emptying fraction, EF--left ventricle ejection fraction. In patients with acute myocardial infarction shortening of DT, prolongation of IVRT, lower E/A ratio and decrease of LATEF% compared to controls were observed. In group I EF was less than in clinically healthy individuals. E/A ratio was higher in pts from group I than from group II. In patients treated with t-PA 2 hours after treatment as well as on the 10th day significant prolongation of DT, shortening of IVRT and increase of LATEF% were observed. These changes were accompanied by the increase of EF. In patients with acute myocardial infarction not treated with t-PA significant increase in E/A ratio and EF on 10th day were observed. On the basis of the results were conclude: In patients with acute myocardial infarction LV diastolic function and with unproper relaxation as well as unproper compliance of LV myocardium is present. In patients with thrombolytic therapy LV filling pattern improves just two hours after t-PA administration (DT prolongation, IVRT shortening, LATEF% increase). Such tendency remains on the 10th day after treatment. In patients without thrombolytic therapy slight improvement occurs no sooner than on the 10th day of the MI.