Evaluation of regional left ventricular diastolic function in patients with myocardial infarction by the curve of ventricular wall motion / 中国医师进修杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To detect the curve of ventricular wall motion features of regional wall abnor-malities in patients with coronary artery disease during each diastolic period, and its possibility to evaluate re-gional left ventricular diastolic function. Methods Fifty-four patients with anterior myocardial infarction (MI group) and 78 normal subjects (NOR group) underwent Doppler tissue imaging, which were performed in 2-chamber-view by the tracing technology of ventrieular wall motion synchronously. Isovolumic relax-ation period, rapid flow period, slow filling phase, atrial systole period were measured. Results In NOR group, distant value of 76 patients (97.44%) showed a gradually decreasing positive value from the apex to middle and from middle to base of left ventricle. While in MI group, such rules disappeared, 52 patients (96.30%) were negative in infarction area. In isevolumic relaxation period in NOR group, 76 patients (97.44%) showed palliative downward wave, but in MI group, 27 patients (50.00%) showed palliative downward wave(P<0.05). In rapid flow period, both NOR and MI group showed downward and steep waves,but in MI group, the gradient rule disappeared and distance of ventricular wall motion was negative in infarc-tion area. In slow filling phase, compared with NOR group, which had horizontal wave, MI group had no obvi-ously horizontal waves. Conclusion Regional myocardial ischemia and infarction can cause significant ab-normalities of regional ventricular wall motion in active diastolic phase, and it can be evaluated quantitatively and synchronously with high sensitivity by the curve of ventricular wall motion which has the potential value in regional left ventricular diastolic function.