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COMPARATIVE STUDY
EVALUATION STUDIES
JOURNAL ARTICLE
RESEARCH SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T
Unique features of early diastolic mitral annulus velocity in constrictive pericarditis.
BACKGROUND: In most primary myocardial diseases, early diastolic mitral annulus velocity (E') decreases with disease progression. To our knowledge, constrictive pericarditis (CP) is the only condition without this phenomenon.
OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic and pathophysiologic role of mitral annulus velocity in patients with CP.
METHODS: In all, 17 patients with CP (9 men; mean age 46.5 +/- 14.3 years), 8 patients with cardiac tamponade (Tamp) (2 men; mean age 44.5 +/- 15.0 years), and age- and sex-matched control subjects for CP and Tamp were recruited for the study. Early mitral inflow velocity and E' were obtained while simultaneously recording respiration. In 8 patients with CP and in all patients with Tamp, these measurements were repeated after the relief of constrictive physiology or after pericardiocentesis.
RESULTS: In patients with CP, E' was significantly higher than it was for control subjects (12.9 +/- 3.0 cm/s vs 9.8 +/- 2.4 cm/s, P <.01). An E' of 2 cm/s higher than the predicted normal E' could differentiate patients with CP from control subjects with a sensitivity of 76% and specificity of 82%. In 12 of 17 patients (71%), inspiratory E' was higher than expiratory E'-the opposite of mitral inflow variation. In 8 patients, E' decreased significantly after the relief of constrictive physiology (13.8 +/- 2.5 cm/s vs 9.3 +/- 3.1 cm/s, P <.05). In contrast, E' in the Tamp group was significantly lower than in the control group (6.8 +/- 1.6 cm/s vs 10.2 +/- 2.5 cm/s, P <.01), did not show significant respiratory variation, and increased significantly after pericardiocentesis (6.8 +/- 1.6 cm/s vs 9.5 +/- 3.0 cm/s, P <.05).
CONCLUSION: E' is exaggerated in CP, which is helpful for diagnosis. The opposite phenomenon was noted in Tamp, a dissimilarity that might contribute to different hemodynamics.
OBJECTIVE: This study was performed to evaluate the diagnostic and pathophysiologic role of mitral annulus velocity in patients with CP.
METHODS: In all, 17 patients with CP (9 men; mean age 46.5 +/- 14.3 years), 8 patients with cardiac tamponade (Tamp) (2 men; mean age 44.5 +/- 15.0 years), and age- and sex-matched control subjects for CP and Tamp were recruited for the study. Early mitral inflow velocity and E' were obtained while simultaneously recording respiration. In 8 patients with CP and in all patients with Tamp, these measurements were repeated after the relief of constrictive physiology or after pericardiocentesis.
RESULTS: In patients with CP, E' was significantly higher than it was for control subjects (12.9 +/- 3.0 cm/s vs 9.8 +/- 2.4 cm/s, P <.01). An E' of 2 cm/s higher than the predicted normal E' could differentiate patients with CP from control subjects with a sensitivity of 76% and specificity of 82%. In 12 of 17 patients (71%), inspiratory E' was higher than expiratory E'-the opposite of mitral inflow variation. In 8 patients, E' decreased significantly after the relief of constrictive physiology (13.8 +/- 2.5 cm/s vs 9.3 +/- 3.1 cm/s, P <.05). In contrast, E' in the Tamp group was significantly lower than in the control group (6.8 +/- 1.6 cm/s vs 10.2 +/- 2.5 cm/s, P <.01), did not show significant respiratory variation, and increased significantly after pericardiocentesis (6.8 +/- 1.6 cm/s vs 9.5 +/- 3.0 cm/s, P <.05).
CONCLUSION: E' is exaggerated in CP, which is helpful for diagnosis. The opposite phenomenon was noted in Tamp, a dissimilarity that might contribute to different hemodynamics.
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