PubMed · 11446496
Relationship between doppler-derived left ventricular diastolic function and exercise capacity in patients with myocardial infarction.
Abstract
Doppler echocardiographic indices of left ventricular (LV) diastolic function are widely used to evaluate the cardiac function of patients with cardiac disease. However, there have been few reports about the relationship between Doppler indices and exercise capacity and so 44 patients with myocardial infarction were investigated by cardiopulmonary exercise testing and 2-D and Doppler echocardiography. Diastolic performance was assessed using Doppler transmitral flow velocity and pulmonary venous flow velocity. The ratio of peak E wave velocity and peak A wave velocity (E/A) correlated with peak oxygen consumption (peak Vo2) (R=0.72), and there was a negative correlation between the deceleration time of E velocity (Dct) and peak Vo2 or anaerobic threshold (AT) (R=-0.65, -0.62, respectively). The ratio of peak S wave velocity and peak D wave velocity (S/D) negatively correlated with peak Vo2 (R=-0.58). Left ventricular ejection fraction did not correlate to exercise capacity. These results suggest that the Doppler echocardiographic indices of LV diastolic function correlate with exercise capacity in patients with mild cardiac dysfunction.
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Y Sakate, M Yoshiyama, K Hirata, H Fujita, K Takeuchi, K Tachibana, T Fujii, J Yoshikawa. 2001. Relationship between doppler-derived left ventricular diastolic function and exercise capacity in patients with myocardial infarction.. https://doi.org/10.1253/jcj.65.627
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