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Cardiovascular medicine
Prognostic value of systolic mitral annular velocity measured with Doppler tissue imaging in patients with chronic heart failure caused by left ventricular systolic dysfunction
  1. N P Nikitin1,
  2. P H Loh1,
  3. R de Silva1,
  4. J Ghosh1,
  5. O Y Khaleva1,
  6. K Goode1,
  7. A S Rigby1,
  8. F Alamgir1,
  9. A L Clark1,
  10. J G F Cleland1
  1. Department of Cardiology, Academic Unit, The University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull HU16 5JQ, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
    Dr Nikolay P Nikitin
    Department of Cardiology, Academic Unit, The University of Hull, Kingston-upon-Hull HU16 5JQ, UK; N.P.Nikitin{at}hull.ac.uk

Abstract

Objective: To assess the prognostic value of various conventional and novel echocardiographic indices in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) caused by left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction.

Methods: 185 patients with a mean (SD) age of 67 (11) years with CHF and LV ejection fraction < 45% despite optimal pharmacological treatment were prospectively enrolled. The patients underwent two dimensional echocardiography with tissue harmonic imaging to assess global LV systolic function and obtain volumetric data. Transmitral flow was assessed with conventional pulse wave Doppler. Systolic (Sm), early, and late diastolic mitral annular velocities were measured with the use of colour coded Doppler tissue imaging.

Results: During a median follow up of 32 months (range 24–38 months in survivors), 34 patients died and one underwent heart transplantation. Sm velocity (hazard ratio (HR) 0.648, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.463 to 0.907, p  =  0.011), diastolic arterial pressure (HR 0.965, 95% CI 0.938 to 0.993, p  =  0.015), serum creatinine (HR 1.006, 95% CI 1.001 to 1.011, p  =  0.023), LV ejection fraction (HR 0.945, 95% CI 0.899 to 0.992, p  =  0.024), age (HR 1.035, 95% CI 1.000 to 1.071, p  =  0.052), LV end systolic volume index (HR 1.009, 95% CI 0.999 to 1.019, p  =  0.067), and restrictive pattern of transmitral flow (HR 0.543, 95% CI 0.278 to 1.061, p  =  0.074) predicted the outcome of death or transplantation on univariate analysis. On multivariate analysis, only Sm velocity (HR 0.648, 95% CI 0.460 to 0.912, p  =  0.013) and diastolic arterial pressure (HR 0.966, 95% CI 0.938 to 0.994, p  =  0.016) emerged as independent predictors of outcome.

Conclusions: In patients with CHF and LV systolic dysfunction despite optimal pharmacological treatment, the strongest independent echocardiographic predictor of prognosis was Sm velocity measured with quantitative colour coded Doppler tissue imaging.

  • ACE, angiotensin converting enzyme
  • Am, late diastolic mitral annular
  • CHF, chronic heart failure
  • DTI, Doppler tissue imaging
  • Em, early diastolic mitral annular
  • LV, left ventricular
  • LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction
  • NYHA, New York Heart Association
  • Sm, systolic mitral annular
  • congestive heart failure
  • left ventricular dysfunction
  • diastole
  • Doppler echocardiography
  • prognosis

https://doi.org/10.1136/hrt.2005.067140

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    Footnotes

    • Published Online First 26 October 2005

    • Competing interest statement: There are no competing interests to report

    • Ethics approval: Informed consent was obtained from all study patients. The study complies with the Declaration of Helsinki and was approved by the local (Hull and East Riding) research ethics committee.