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Apical rotation as an early indicator of left ventricular systolic dysfunction in acute anterior myocardial infarction: experimental study. 2013

Savvas T Toumanidis, and Anna Kaladaridou, and Dimitrios Bramos, and Elias Skaltsiotes, and John N Agrios, and Nikolaos Vasiladiotis, and Constantinos Pamboucas, and George Kottis, and Spyridon D Moulopoulos

Department of Clinical Therapeutics, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Alexandra Hospital, Athens, Greece. stouman@otenet.gr

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to determine whether left ventricular (LV) apical rotation assessed by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) can predict global LV systolic dysfunction after acute anterior myocardial infarction (AMI). METHODS STE analysis was applied to LV short-axis images at the basal and apical levels in 21 open-chest pigs, before and after left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. LV radial and circumferential strain and strain rate, apical and basal rotation, and LV torsion were recorded. RESULTS LV apical rotation (3.68 ± 1.73° pre-AMI vs. 2.19 ± 1.64° post-AMI, p<0.009), peak systolic rotation rate, and radial and circumferential strain as well as strain rate decreased significantly 30 min postAMI. The LV global torsion decreased significantly. Strain and rotational changes of the LV apex were primarily correlated with ejection fraction (EF), but those of the LV base were not. EF had a significant correlation with the global LV twist (r=0.31, p<0.05). On multivariate linear regression analysis, fractional shortening of the long-axis (FSL) (b=0.58, p<0.001), rotation of the LV apex (b=0.32, p<0.006) and LV dp/dtmax (b=0.26, p<0.02) were independently related with EF. On analysis, of the receiver operating characteristic curve, the area under the curve for apical rotation was 0.765, p<0.006; the best cutoff value of 2.92° had sensitivity 80% and specificity 71% in predicting EF<40%. CONCLUSIONS Apical rotation assessed by STE is a potential noninvasive early indicator of global LV systolic dysfunction in AMI and has a satisfactory association with LVEF. Its assessment could be valuable in clinical and research cardiology.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D009203	Myocardial Infarction	NECROSIS of the MYOCARDIUM caused by an obstruction of the blood supply to the heart (CORONARY CIRCULATION).	Cardiovascular Stroke,Heart Attack,Myocardial Infarct,Cardiovascular Strokes,Heart Attacks,Infarct, Myocardial,Infarction, Myocardial,Infarctions, Myocardial,Infarcts, Myocardial,Myocardial Infarctions,Myocardial Infarcts,Stroke, Cardiovascular,Strokes, Cardiovascular
D011379	Prognosis	A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations.	Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D004195	Disease Models, Animal	Naturally-occurring or experimentally-induced animal diseases with pathological processes analogous to human diseases.	Animal Disease Model,Animal Disease Models,Disease Model, Animal
D006352	Heart Ventricles	The lower right and left chambers of the heart. The right ventricle pumps venous BLOOD into the LUNGS and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood into the systemic arterial circulation.	Cardiac Ventricle,Cardiac Ventricles,Heart Ventricle,Left Ventricle,Right Ventricle,Left Ventricles,Right Ventricles,Ventricle, Cardiac,Ventricle, Heart,Ventricle, Left,Ventricle, Right,Ventricles, Cardiac,Ventricles, Heart,Ventricles, Left,Ventricles, Right
D000818	Animals	Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA.	Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013552	Swine	Any of various animals that constitute the family Suidae and comprise stout-bodied, short-legged omnivorous mammals with thick skin, usually covered with coarse bristles, a rather long mobile snout, and small tail. Included are the genera Babyrousa, Phacochoerus (wart hogs), and Sus, the latter containing the domestic pig (see SUS SCROFA).	Phacochoerus,Pigs,Suidae,Warthogs,Wart Hogs,Hog, Wart,Hogs, Wart,Wart Hog
D013599	Systole	Period of contraction of the HEART, especially of the HEART VENTRICLES.	Systolic Time Interval,Interval, Systolic Time,Intervals, Systolic Time,Systoles,Systolic Time Intervals,Time Interval, Systolic,Time Intervals, Systolic
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
D016276	Ventricular Function	The hemodynamic and electrophysiological action of the HEART VENTRICLES.	Function, Ventricular,Functions, Ventricular,Ventricular Functions
D042241	Early Diagnosis	Methods to determine in patients the nature of a disease or disorder at its early stage of progression. Generally, early diagnosis improves PROGNOSIS and TREATMENT OUTCOME.	Early Detection of Disease,Diagnosis, Early,Disease Early Detection