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1: Circulation. 1999 Jan 19;99(2):254-61.
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Doppler estimation of left ventricular filling pressures in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

Nagueh SF, Lakkis NM, Middleton KJ, Spencer WH 3rd, Zoghbi WA, Quiñones MA.

Department of Medicine, Section of Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine at Houston, TX, USA. sherifin@bcm.tmc.edu

BACKGROUND: Conventional Doppler parameters are unreliable for estimating left ventricular (LV) filling pressures in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). This study was undertaken to evaluate flow propagation velocity by color M-mode and early diastolic annular velocity (Ea) by tissue Doppler 2 new indices of LV relaxation, combined with mitral E velocity for estimation of filling pressures in HCM. METHODS AND RESULTS: Thirty-five HCM patients (52+/-15 years) underwent LV catheterization simultaneously with 2-dimensional and Doppler echocardiography. Pulsed Doppler echocardiography of mitral and pulmonary venous flows was obtained along with flow propagation velocity and Ea. LV preA pressure had weak or no relations with mitral, pulmonary venous velocities and atrial volumes. In contrast, preA pressure related strongly to E velocity/flow propagation velocity (r=0.67; SEE=4) and E/Ea (r=0.76; SEE=3.4). In 17 patients with repeat measurements, preA pressure changes were well detected by measuring E velocity/flow propagation velocity (r=0.68; P=0.01) or E/Ea (r=0.8; P<0.001). PreA pressure estimation with these 2 methods was tested prospectively in 17 additional HCM patients with good results (E velocity/flow propagation velocity, r=0.76; E/Ea, r=0.82). CONCLUSIONS: LV filling pressures can be estimated with reasonable accuracy in HCM patients by measuring E velocity/flow propagation velocity or E/Ea. These ratios also track changes in filling pressures.

PMID: 9892592 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]