End-diastolic amplitude of mitral valve echogram in mitral stenosis.
AUTOR(ES)
Toutouzas, P
RESUMO
By using simultaneous recordings of the mitral valve echogram and apex cardiogram, the mitral echogram amplitude was measured at the onset of left ventricular isovolumic contraction (MAIC). Twenty normal subjects and 68 patients with a reduced diastolic closure rate in the mitral valve echogram were studied. Of these patients, 53 had mitral stenosis, 6 aortic valvar stenosis, and 9 hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. In the normal subjects the MAIC ranged between 2 and 4 mm, average 2-7 mm, in the patients with aortic valvar stenosis or hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy between 2 and 4 mm, average 2-9 mm, and in the patients with mitral stenosis between 6 and 17 mm, average 11-3 mm. The DE/MAIC ratio, where DE represents the opening amplitude of the mitral valve in early diastole, was between 3-3 and 6-5, average 5-1, in normal subjects; in the patients with aortic stenosis or hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy the DE/MAIC ratio was between 2-7 and 6-5, average 4-2, and in the patients with mitral stenosis between 0-7 and 1-5, average 1-1. An excellent correlation was found between the DE/MAIC ratio and mitral valve area in the patients with mitral stenosis (r = 0-84, P less than 0-01) while the correlation between the diastolic closure rate and valve area was less satisfactory (4 = 0-62, P less than 0-01). These findings suggest that in cases with a reduced diastolic closure rate for reasons other than mitral stenosis, error can be avoided by using the DE/MAIC ratio.
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