Kosuke Uchida1, Yasuaki Wada2, Toru Ariyoshi3, Shinichi Okuda1, Wakako Murakami1, Takeki Myoren1, Noriko Harada1, Takeshi Yamamoto1, Takeshi Ueyama1, Nobuaki Tanaka4, Masafumi Yano1. 1. Department of Medicine and Clinical Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan. 2. Division of Laboratory, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Minami-Kogushi 1-1-1, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8505, Japan. wadayasu@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp. 3. Division of Laboratory, Yamaguchi University Hospital, Minami-Kogushi 1-1-1, Ube, Yamaguchi, 755-8505, Japan. 4. Department of Laboratory Science, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Japan.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Left ventricular (LV) rotation plays an important role in cardiac function both at rest and during exercise in sinus rhythm. The kinetics of rotation during exercise and the relation between exercise tolerance and rotation-related parameters in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are unknown. METHODS: Twenty-nine patients (age 62 ± 13 years, 6 females) with AF and preserved LV ejection fraction (LVEF) were studied using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography at rest and during exercise with a supine bicycle ergometer (20 W, 10 min). We measured the systolic rotation (Rot) and the peak rotation rate in systole and early diastole (eRotR) at the apical and basal levels of the LV. All patients underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing to obtain their percent achieved of the predicted peak oxygen consumption (% peak VO2) value. RESULTS: During exercise, apical Rot-related indices were significantly increased only in the preserved % peak VO2 group. In contrast, E/e' was significantly elevated only in the reduced % peak VO2 group. Multivariable stepwise regression analysis showed that apical ΔRot was independently associated with % peak VO2 (β = 0.72; p < 0.01). Apical ΔeRotR, which could not be selected as an independent predictor of % peak VO2, had a good linear correlation with apical ΔRot (r = 0.81, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The augmentation of apical rotation in response to exercise may coincide with an increase of the apical derotation rate, and apical rotation reserve may reflect exercise tolerance in patients with AF and preserved LVEF.
BACKGROUND:Left ventricular (LV) rotation plays an important role in cardiac function both at rest and during exercise in sinus rhythm. The kinetics of rotation during exercise and the relation between exercise tolerance and rotation-related parameters in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are unknown. METHODS: Twenty-nine patients (age 62 ± 13 years, 6 females) with AF and preserved LV ejection fraction (LVEF) were studied using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography at rest and during exercise with a supine bicycle ergometer (20 W, 10 min). We measured the systolic rotation (Rot) and the peak rotation rate in systole and early diastole (eRotR) at the apical and basal levels of the LV. All patients underwent cardiopulmonary exercise testing to obtain their percent achieved of the predicted peak oxygen consumption (% peak VO2) value. RESULTS: During exercise, apical Rot-related indices were significantly increased only in the preserved % peak VO2 group. In contrast, E/e' was significantly elevated only in the reduced % peak VO2 group. Multivariable stepwise regression analysis showed that apical ΔRot was independently associated with % peak VO2 (β = 0.72; p < 0.01). Apical ΔeRotR, which could not be selected as an independent predictor of % peak VO2, had a good linear correlation with apical ΔRot (r = 0.81, p < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: The augmentation of apical rotation in response to exercise may coincide with an increase of the apical derotation rate, and apical rotation reserve may reflect exercise tolerance in patients with AF and preserved LVEF.
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