Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography for the Diagnosis of Myocardial Viability : Assessment of Left Ventricular Systolic Velocities in Longitudinal Axis by Pulsed Doppler Tissue Imaging
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Dobutamine (DOB) stress two-dimensional echocardiography is an established method for the detection of viable myocardium, but conventional assessment of wall motion is subjective. We measured quantitatively the left ventricular systolic velocities along the longitudinal axis by pulsed Doppler tissue imaging (DTI). In 30 patients with previous myocardial infarction, pulsed DTI focused on the infarct area was performed from an apical two- or four-chamber view before and during DOB (10 μg / kg / min) stress one day before coronary angioplasty. We calculated peak systolic velocity (S), regional pre-ejection period (PEP, the time interval from the onset of QRS to the onset of systolic wave) and regional ejection time (ET). Left ventriculography was obtained before and 3 months after coronary angioplasty to assess regional wall motion. Improvement of abnormal wall motion was observed in 19 patients (group P) but not in 11 (group N). Group P had significantly larger S and smaller PEP / ET than group N during DOB stress, although there were no significant differences in these indices between the groups at baseline. As a consequence, group P had a significantly larger percent change in S and a smaller percent change in PEP / ET than group N (164 ± 39 vs 117 ± 20 % and 88 ± 17 vs 116 ± 29%, respectively, p < 0.01). It is suggested that the quantitative measurement of longitudinal systolic velocities during DOB stress by DTI is useful for the precise assessment of myocardial viability.
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