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The importance of papillary muscle dyssynchrony in predicting the severity of functional mitral regurgitation in patients with non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy: a two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography study.
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PMID:  20237053     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
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AIMS: In our study, we investigated the impact of papillary muscle systolic dyssynchrony (DYS-PAP) and the configuration of mitral leaflets in the prediction of significant functional mitral regurgitation (MR) with two-dimensional (2D) speckle-tracking strain analysis in non-ischaemic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients with sinus rhythm.
METHODS: Thirty-six non-ischaemic DCM patients (left ventricular ejection fraction <40%) with sinus rhythm were recruited. The quantification of functional MR was performed using the proximal isovelocity surface area method. The configuration of mitral leaflets [mitral annulus, coaptation height (CH), and tethering distances for papillary muscles] was evaluated in the parasternal long-axis and apical four-chamber views. The assessment of DYS-PAP was performed by applying 2D speckle-tracking imaging to the apical four-chamber view for anterolateral papillary muscle and to the apical long-axis view for posteromedial papillary muscle.
RESULTS: Fifteen (41.6%) patients had mild MR and 21 (58.3%) patients had moderate or moderate-to-severe MR. Patients with higher levels of MR had larger mitral annulus size (P = 0.02), tethering-AL (P = 0.04), higher MR volume (P < 0.0001), effective regurgitant orifice area (P < 0.0001), and DYS-PAP (P < 0.0001) values, but lower CH (P = 0.001), global longitudinal (P = 0.005), radial (P = 0.03), and circumferential strain (P = 0.01) than those with mild MR. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was performed to assess the utility of DYS-PAP to predict moderate or moderate-to-severe functional MR. A DYS-PAP value >30 ms predicted moderate-to-severe MR with 85% sensitivity and 87% specificity [area under the curve: 0.897, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.781-0.999, P < 0.0001]. Logistic regression analysis revealed that DYS-PAP (odds ratio: 3.2, 95% CI: 1.22-47.7, P = 0.037) was the only independent predictor of moderate or moderate-to-severe functional MR.
CONCLUSION: DYS-PAP is correlated with functional MR in non-ischaemic DCM patients with sinus rhythm. A DYS-PAP cut-off value of 30 ms is a useful tool to identify patients with moderate-to-severe functional MR.
Authors:
Kursat Tigen; Tansu Karaahmet; Cihan Dundar; Ahmet Guler; Cihan Cevik; Ozcan Basaran; Cevat Kirma; Yelda Basaran
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Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-03-17
Journal Detail:
Title:  European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology     Volume:  11     ISSN:  1532-2114     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur J Echocardiogr     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
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Created Date:  2010-09-08     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  100890618     Medline TA:  Eur J Echocardiogr     Country:  England    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  671-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
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Cardiology Division, Kartal Kosuyolu Heart, Education and Research Hospital, Kartal Koşuyolu Kalp Egt. ve Arst. Hastanesi, Denizer Cad., Cevizli, Kartal, Istanbul, Turkey. mktigen@yahoo.com
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Eur J Echocardiogr. 2010 Oct;11(9):729; author reply 729-30   [PMID:  20558466 ]

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