| Assessment of left ventricular systolic asynchrony in patients with clinical hypothyroidism. | |
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PMID: 19725846 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Hypothyroidism has a large number of adverse effects on the cardiovascular system such as impaired cardiac contractility. Left ventricular (LV) asynchrony is defined as loss of the simultaneous peak contraction of corresponding cardiac segments. OBJECTIVE: To assess systolic asynchrony in patients with overt hypothyroidism. METHODS: Asynchrony was evaluated in 31 patients with overt hypothyroidism and 26 controls. Clinical hypothyroidism was defined as serum thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) more than 4.2 microIU/mL with reduced free T4 less than 1.10 ng/dL. All the patients and controls were subjected to an echocardiographic study including tissue synchronization imaging (TSI). The time to regional peak systolic velocity (Ts) in LV via the six-basal-six-mid-segmental model was measured on ejection phase TSI images, and four TSI parameters of systolic asynchrony were computed. LV asynchrony was described by these four TSI parameters. RESULTS: The demographic characteristics and conventional echocardiographic parameters of both groups were similar (except total and LDL cholesterol, TSH, free T3, and free T4). All TSI parameters of LV asynchrony were prolonged in hypothyroid patients compared to controls. The standard deviation (SD) of the 12 LV segments Ts was (53.5 +/- 14.1 vs. 29.3 +/- 15.5, P < 0.0001); the maximal difference in Ts between any 2 of the 12 LV segments was (154.5 +/- 37.3 vs. 91.9 +/- 45.2, P < 0.0001); the SD of Ts of the 6 basal LV segments was (47.9 +/- 15.9 vs. 27.1 +/- 16.4, P < 0.0001); and the maximal difference in Ts between any 2 of the 6 basal LV segments was (118.4 +/- 37.9 vs. 69.3 +/- 39.0, P < 0.0001). The prevalence of LV asynchrony was significantly higher in patients with hypothyroidism compared with controls (83.9% vs. 26.9%, P < 0.0001). CONCLUSION: Patients with overt hypothyroidism show evidence of LV asynchrony by TSI. |
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Sahin Kaplan; Abdulkadir Kiriş; Cihangir Erem; Tuba Kaplan; Gülhanim Kiriş; Omer Gedikli; Mustafa Koçak; Merih Baykan; Sükrü Celik |
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Type: Journal Article Date: 2009-08-31 |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) Volume: 27 ISSN: 1540-8175 ISO Abbreviation: Echocardiography Publication Date: 2010 Feb |
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Created Date: 2010-04-12 Completed Date: 2010-07-22 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8511187 Medline TA: Echocardiography Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 117-22 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey. skaplan74@hotmail.com |
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Echocardiography
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methods* Female Humans Hypothyroidism / complications*, ultrasonography* Male Middle Aged Reproducibility of Results Sensitivity and Specificity Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology*, ultrasonography* |
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