L Agati1, S Cimino2, G Tonti3, F Cicogna2, V Petronilli2, L De Luca2, C Iacoboni2, G Pedrizzetti4. 1. Department of Cardiology, 'Sapienza' University, Viale del Policlinico 155, Roma 00161, Italy luciano.agati@uniroma1.it. 2. Department of Cardiology, 'Sapienza' University, Viale del Policlinico 155, Roma 00161, Italy. 3. SS. Annunziata Hospital, Sulmona, AQ, Italy. 4. Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
Abstract
AIMS: Left ventricular (LV) diastolic filling is characterized by the formation of a vortex that supports an efficient transit into systolic ejection. Aim of this study was to assess the intraventricular (IV) blood flow dynamics among patients with ST elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) at different degrees of LV dysfunction, in the attempt to find novel indicators of LV pump efficiency. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sixty-four subjects, 34 consecutive STEMI patients and 30 healthy controls, underwent before hospital discharge 2D speckle tracking echocardiography to assess global longitudinal strain (GLS), and echo-particle image velocimetry analysis to assess flow energetic parameters. Left ventricular volumes ejection fraction (LVEF) and global wall motion score index (GWMSI) were evaluated by 3D echocardiography. ST elevated myocardial infarction patients were subdivided into three groups according to LVEF. Energy dissipation, vorticity fluctuation, and kinetic energy fluctuation indexes, which characterize the degree of disturbance in the flow, exhibit a biphasic behaviour in STEMI patients when compared with controls, with the highest values in patients with still preserved LV function and progressive lower values with LV function worsening. Significant linear correlations were found between energy dissipation index and both LVEF and GLS (r = 0.57, P < 0.001 and r = -0.61, P = 0.001, respectively). Kinetic energy fluctuation index significantly correlates with both LVEF (r = 0.75, P < 0.001) and GLS (-0.58, P = 0.002). Finally, a significant correlation was observed between GWMSI and energy dissipation index (-0.56, P = 0.008). CONCLUSIONS: The present study describes, for the first time, the progression of IV flow energetic properties in patients with acute myocardial infarction at different stages of LV dysfunction when compared with healthy controls. Further data are needed to assess the role of these parameters in the development and maintenance of LV dysfunction. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
AIMS: Left ventricular (LV) diastolic filling is characterized by the formation of a vortex that supports an efficient transit into systolic ejection. Aim of this study was to assess the intraventricular (IV) blood flow dynamics among patients with ST elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) at different degrees of LV dysfunction, in the attempt to find novel indicators of LV pump efficiency. METHODS AND RESULTS: Sixty-four subjects, 34 consecutive STEMI patients and 30 healthy controls, underwent before hospital discharge 2D speckle tracking echocardiography to assess global longitudinal strain (GLS), and echo-particle image velocimetry analysis to assess flow energetic parameters. Left ventricular volumes ejection fraction (LVEF) and global wall motion score index (GWMSI) were evaluated by 3D echocardiography. ST elevated myocardial infarctionpatients were subdivided into three groups according to LVEF. Energy dissipation, vorticity fluctuation, and kinetic energy fluctuation indexes, which characterize the degree of disturbance in the flow, exhibit a biphasic behaviour in STEMI patients when compared with controls, with the highest values in patients with still preserved LV function and progressive lower values with LV function worsening. Significant linear correlations were found between energy dissipation index and both LVEF and GLS (r = 0.57, P < 0.001 and r = -0.61, P = 0.001, respectively). Kinetic energy fluctuation index significantly correlates with both LVEF (r = 0.75, P < 0.001) and GLS (-0.58, P = 0.002). Finally, a significant correlation was observed between GWMSI and energy dissipation index (-0.56, P = 0.008). CONCLUSIONS: The present study describes, for the first time, the progression of IV flow energetic properties in patients with acute myocardial infarction at different stages of LV dysfunction when compared with healthy controls. Further data are needed to assess the role of these parameters in the development and maintenance of LV dysfunction. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
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