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Effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on right ventricular function--evaluation with tissue Doppler echocardiography. 2003

José Ferreira Santos, and Filomena Caetano, and Leonor Parreira, and João Madeira, and Paula Cardoso, and Nuno Fonseca, and Filomena Segurado, and Luís Neves Soares, and Lopes Inês
Serviço de Cardiologia do Hospital de São Bernardo, Setúbal. jferreirasantos@netvisao.pt

OBJECTIVE Ventricular resynchronization therapy improves cardiac function in patients (pts) with dilated cardiomyopathy and intraventricular conduction disturbances. The effects of ventricular resynchronization on right ventricular function have been poorly studied. Tricuspid annular motion can be studied with tissue Doppler echocardiography, which enables quantitative assessment of right ventricular function. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of ventricular resynchronization on right ventricular function with pulsed tissue Doppler. METHODS We studied ten pts, eight male, mean age 65 +/- 10 years, with dilated cardiomyopathy, intraventricular conduction disturbances and heart failure, New York Heart Association functional class III or IV. Five pts had coronary artery disease and the others idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. All pts had an implanted cardioverter-defibrillator with ventricular resynchronization. METHODS Before and one month after device implantation right ventricular function was evaluated with pulsed wave tissue Doppler study of tricuspid annular motion. The maximum velocity of the S wave (MV-S), E wave (MV-E), and A wave (MV-A), E/A ratio, isovolumetric contraction time (IVCT) and ejection time (ET) were determined. Right ventricular size and left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) were measured. Functional class before and after implantation was assessed. RESULTS MV-S, MV-E and MV-A did not change significantly. The E/A ratio decreased significantly (p = 0.017). There were no differences in IVCT and ET, nor in right ventricular size before and after resynchronization. EF improved in all but one patient (p = 0.003). All pts had an improvement in functional class, except the one without increased EF. CONCLUSIONS Ventricular resynchronization therapy does not appear to have a deleterious effect on right ventricular function in pts with dilated cardiomyopathy and intraventricular conduction disturbances. The main beneficial effect of this type of therapy appears to be improvement in left ventricular function.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D002304 Cardiac Pacing, Artificial Regulation of the rate of contraction of the heart muscles by an artificial pacemaker. Pacing, Cardiac, Artificial,Artificial Cardiac Pacing,Artificial Cardiac Pacings,Cardiac Pacings, Artificial,Pacing, Artificial Cardiac,Pacings, Artificial Cardiac
D002311 Cardiomyopathy, Dilated A form of CARDIAC MUSCLE disease that is characterized by ventricular dilation, VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, and HEART FAILURE. Risk factors include SMOKING; ALCOHOL DRINKING; HYPERTENSION; INFECTION; PREGNANCY; and mutations in the LMNA gene encoding LAMIN TYPE A, a NUCLEAR LAMINA protein. Cardiomyopathy, Congestive,Congestive Cardiomyopathy,Dilated Cardiomyopathy,Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, 1a,Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, Autosomal Recessive,Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, CMD1A,Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, LMNA,Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, With Conduction Defect 1,Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, with Conduction Deffect1,Cardiomyopathy, Familial Idiopathic,Cardiomyopathy, Idiopathic Dilated,Cardiomyopathies, Congestive,Cardiomyopathies, Dilated,Cardiomyopathies, Familial Idiopathic,Cardiomyopathies, Idiopathic Dilated,Congestive Cardiomyopathies,Dilated Cardiomyopathies,Dilated Cardiomyopathies, Idiopathic,Dilated Cardiomyopathy, Idiopathic,Familial Idiopathic Cardiomyopathies,Familial Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy,Idiopathic Cardiomyopathies, Familial,Idiopathic Cardiomyopathy, Familial,Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathies,Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001145 Arrhythmias, Cardiac Any disturbances of the normal rhythmic beating of the heart or MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION. Cardiac arrhythmias can be classified by the abnormalities in HEART RATE, disorders of electrical impulse generation, or impulse conduction. Arrhythmia,Arrythmia,Cardiac Arrhythmia,Cardiac Arrhythmias,Cardiac Dysrhythmia,Arrhythmia, Cardiac,Dysrhythmia, Cardiac
D015150 Echocardiography, Doppler Measurement of intracardiac blood flow using an M-mode and/or two-dimensional (2-D) echocardiogram while simultaneously recording the spectrum of the audible Doppler signal (e.g., velocity, direction, amplitude, intensity, timing) reflected from the moving column of red blood cells. Doppler Echocardiography,Echocardiography, Continuous Doppler,Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional Doppler,2-D Doppler Echocardiography,2D Doppler Echocardiography,Continuous Doppler Echocardiography,Doppler Echocardiography, 2-D,Doppler Echocardiography, 2D,Doppler Echocardiography, Continuous,Doppler Echocardiography, Two-Dimensional,Echocardiography, 2-D Doppler,Echocardiography, 2D Doppler,Two-Dimensional Doppler Echocardiography,2 D Doppler Echocardiography,Doppler Echocardiography, 2 D,Doppler Echocardiography, Two Dimensional,Echocardiography, 2 D Doppler,Echocardiography, Two Dimensional Doppler,Two Dimensional Doppler Echocardiography
D016278 Ventricular Function, Right The hemodynamic and electrophysiological action of the right HEART VENTRICLE. Right Ventricular Function,Function, Right Ventricular,Functions, Right Ventricular,Right Ventricular Functions,Ventricular Functions, Right
D017147 Defibrillators, Implantable Implantable devices which continuously monitor the electrical activity of the heart and automatically detect and terminate ventricular tachycardia (TACHYCARDIA, VENTRICULAR) and VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION. They consist of an impulse generator, batteries, and electrodes. Cardioverter-Defibrillators, Implantable,Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator,Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillators,Implantable Defibrillators,Cardioverter Defibrillator, Implantable,Cardioverter Defibrillators, Implantable,Cardioverter-Defibrillator, Implantable,Defibrillator, Implantable,Defibrillator, Implantable Cardioverter,Defibrillators, Implantable Cardioverter,Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators,Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator,Implantable Defibrillator

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