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Balloon mitral valvuloplasty: comparison of haemodynamic and echocardiographic assessment of mitral stenosis at different heart rates in the catheterisation laboratory.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10213275     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIMS: To compare echo-Doppler, Gorlin equation and haemodynamic methods of measuring mitral valve stenosis during right ventricular pacing-induced tachycardia before and after Inoue balloon mitral valvuloplasty to determine which method gave the most consistent results. METHODS AND RESULTS: Measurements were made before and after valvuloplasty at: baseline heart rates, paced at 115 and then 145 beats/min. Mitral valve area by echo-Doppler was 1.1(+/-0.1) cm2 (mean +/- S.E.) before and 1.8(+/-0.2) cm2 after valvuloplasty; and by Gorlin equation: 0.9(+/-0.1) cm2 before and 1.5(+/-0.1) cm2 after. Echo-Doppler measurements were heart rate dependent but those by Gorlin measurements were not. At baseline, cardiac index was 2.08(+/-0.2) l min(-1), left atrial pressure 23.3(+/-7.9) mm Hg and mean mitral diastolic gradient 16.9(+/-9.9) mm Hg. After valvuloplasty, cardiac index was 2.31(+/-0.1) l min(-1), left atrial pressure fell to 19.2(+/-5.6) mm Hg and mean diastolic gradient was reduced to 8.5(+/-1.8) mm Hg. CONCLUSIONS: The Gorlin mitral valve area appeared to be the most heart rate independent indicator of success following valvuloplasty.
Authors:
A A Harcombe; P F Ludman; C Wisbey; J J Crowley; L Sharples; L M Shapiro
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Comparative Study; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  International journal of cardiology     Volume:  68     ISSN:  0167-5273     ISO Abbreviation:  Int. J. Cardiol.     Publication Date:  1999 Mar 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1999-06-04     Completed Date:  1999-06-04     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8200291     Medline TA:  Int J Cardiol     Country:  IRELAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  253-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Cardiac Unit, Papworth Hospital NHS Trust, Cambridge, UK. aah@papworth-tr.anglox.nhs.uk
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Balloon Dilatation*
Echocardiography*
Echocardiography, Doppler
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Heart Catheterization
Heart Rate / physiology*
Hemodynamics / physiology*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mitral Valve Stenosis / physiopathology*,  therapy*

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