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Acute left ventricular dilatation and shock-induced myocardial dysfunction.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  19114917     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: Whether cardiac ventricles can acutely dilate during septic myocardial dysfunction. DESIGN: A prospective echocardiographic study was performed to assess changes of left ventricular dimensions over time in patients with septic shock. SETTINGS: A 20-bed surgical intensive care unit of Pitié-Salpêtrière university hospital in Paris. PATIENTS: Forty-five patients were studied over the first 10 days of septic shock. INTERVENTIONS: None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: Left ventricular end-diastolic area (LVEDA), fractional area change (FAC), velocity time integral of the aortic flow, echocardiographic indices of left ventricular relaxation, and cardiac troponin I (cTnI) were measured at day 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, and 10. Three groups were defined: 29 patients without increased cTnI and cardiac impairment (group 1), eight patients with increased cTnI and left systolic ventricular dysfunction (group 2), and eight patients with increased cTnI and isolated impairment of left ventricular relaxation (group 3). At day 1, LVEDA was significantly higher in group 2 (13 +/- 3 cm/m, p < 0.05) compared with groups 1 (10 +/- 2 cm/m) and 3 (11 +/- 2 cm/m). LVEDA did not change in groups 1 and 3. In group 2, LVEDA and FAC returned within 10 days to values observed in groups 1 and 2. A significant correlation was found between aortic velocity time integral and LVDEA (r =.78, p = 0.022) and FAC (r =.89, p = 0.003) only in group 2. CONCLUSIONS: Acute and reversible left ventricular dilation accompanies septic shock-induced systolic left ventricular dysfunction. When septic myocardial abnormalities are limited to reversible impairment of left ventricular relaxation, left ventricular dimensions remain unchanged.
Authors:
Bélaïd Bouhemad; Armelle Nicolas-Robin; Charlotte Arbelot; Martine Arthaud; Frédéric Féger; Jean-Jacques Rouby
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Critical care medicine     Volume:  37     ISSN:  1530-0293     ISO Abbreviation:  Crit. Care Med.     Publication Date:  2009 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-04-01     Completed Date:  2009-05-06     Revised Date:  2009-10-29    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0355501     Medline TA:  Crit Care Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  441-7     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology, Réanimation Chirurgicale Pierre Viars, Hospital Practitioner, Assistance Publique Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière, University Pierre et Marie Curie Paris-6, France. belaid.bouhemad@psl.aphp.fr
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Acute Disease
Adult
Aged
Echocardiography
Female
Heart Function Tests
Humans
Intensive Care Units
Male
Middle Aged
Paris
Prospective Studies
Shock, Septic / blood,  complications,  physiopathology*
Troponin I / blood
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / blood,  etiology,  physiopathology*,  ultrasonography
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Troponin I
Comments/Corrections
Comment In:
Crit Care Med. 2009 Feb;37(2):743-4   [PMID:  19325364 ]
Crit Care Med. 2009 Oct;37(10):2862; author reply 2862-3   [PMID:  19865025 ]

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