Clinical Significance of Atrioventricular Plane Displacement for Evaluating Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction.
10.4070/kcj.2003.33.12.1110
- Author:
Youn Son CHUNG
1
;
Goo Yeong CHO
;
Tae Yu LEE
;
Keun Sook KIM
;
Chang Soon CHOI
;
Je Hyun RYU
;
Min Ho CHOI
;
Woo Jung PARK
;
Chong Yun RHIM
;
Young LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Hangang Sacred Heart Hospital, College of Medicine, Hallym University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Diastolic function;
Atrioventricular plane displacement
- MeSH:
Deceleration;
Echocardiography;
Humans;
Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular;
Multivariate Analysis;
Relaxation
- From:Korean Circulation Journal
2003;33(12):1110-1117
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Atrioventricular plane displacement (AVPD) has been used for evaluating systolic function. However, its relations with other echocardiographic variables reflecting diastolic function are not well documented. This study was designed to assess the relations between AVPD and those echocardiographic variables known to reflect diastolic function, especially using mitral annulus velocity. SUBJECTS AND METHODS: Eighty-seven patients with normal left ventricular (LV) systolic function (normal echocardiography group (Group I, n=44), concentric left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) group (Group II, n=43)) and 51 patients with LV dysfunction (Group III) were studied. To evaluate the correlation with echocardiographic variables reflecting LV systolic and diastolic function, we measured mitral inflow velocity and mitral annulus Doppler tissue velocity. RESULTS: AVPD was correlated negatively with age, the ratio of early diastolic mitral inflow velocity and early diastolic mitral annulus velocity (E/E'), isovolumic relaxation time, and E/A ratio. AVPD was correlated positively with deceleration time, ejection fraction, and systolic mitral annulus velocity (S'). By multivariate analysis, AVPD was independently correlated with S' (beta=0.4, p<0.001) and E' (beta=0.5, p<0.001) in the normal LV function group, and with S' (beta=0.6, p<0.001) and E/E'(beta=-0.3, p=0.005) in the LV dysfunction group. CONCLUSION: AVPD may be used as a diagnostic tool for evaluating LV diastolic function.
