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Value of tissue Doppler imaging for risk stratification of patients with chronic systolic heart failure with or without restrictive mitral flow.
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PMID:  19252188     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
AIMS: The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic value of tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) in patients with chronic systolic heart failure (HF) with or without restrictive mitral flow (RMF). METHODS AND RESULTS: Echocardiograms were obtained in 378 patients with chronic systolic HF [ejection fraction (EF) < or = 45%] in sinus rhythm. Restrictive mitral flow was defined by an E wave deceleration time (EDT) < or = 140 ms. Tissue Doppler imaging early (Em) diastolic and systolic (Sm) velocities were measured at the mitral annulus. Patients were followed-up for a median of 32 months. Endpoints were all-cause mortality and the combination of death or HF hospitalization. Mean left ventricular EF was 32 +/- 8%. Restrictive mitral flow and TDI annular velocities were all univariate predictors of the endpoints. Ejection fraction <25% was the only multivariate predictor of all-cause mortality. E wave deceleration time and Em < 8 cm/s were independently associated with the combined endpoint of death or HF hospitalization. At 48 months, survival was 61% in patients with RMF and 82% in patients with non-RMF (log-rank: 21.6; P < 0.0001). When patients were stratified according to Em at or above 8 cm/s or below 8 cm/s, those with RMF and Em < 8 cm/s exhibited the worst survival (log-rank: 27.16; P < 0.0001). Patients with Sm < or = 6 cm/s had a 58% survival rate, whereas it was 82% in patients with Sm > 6 cm/s (log-rank: 12.73; P = 0.0004). CONCLUSION: Doppler annular velocities provided useful information for prognostication of patients with systolic HF. Particularly, categorization of patients according to Em velocities allowed us to further stratify patients with RMF and non-RMF.
Authors:
Frank L Dini; Fabio Lattanzi; Paolo Fontanive; Gian Marco Rosa; Salvatore Mario De Tommasi
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2009-02-27
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology     Volume:  10     ISSN:  1532-2114     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur J Echocardiogr     Publication Date:  2009 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2009-06-01     Completed Date:  2009-07-30     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  100890618     Medline TA:  Eur J Echocardiogr     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  562-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Unità Malattie Cardiovascolari 2, Ospedale S. Chiara, Azienda Ospedaliera-Universitaria Pisana, Via Roma, 67, 56126 Pisa, Italy. f.dini@ao-pisa.toscana.it
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Aged
Blood Flow Velocity
Chi-Square Distribution
Chronic Disease
Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
Female
Heart Failure, Systolic / mortality,  ultrasonography*
Humans
Kaplan-Meiers Estimate
Male
Mitral Valve / physiopathology,  ultrasonography*
Multivariate Analysis
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Risk Assessment / methods
Risk Factors
Statistics, Nonparametric

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