Evaluation of Left Ventricular Systolic Function with Pulsed Wave Tissue Doppler in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis

Evaluation of left ventricular systolic function with pulsed wave tissue Doppler in rheumatic mitral stenosis.

BACKGROUND Mitral stenosis (MS) is still the most common complication of acute rheumatic fever in Turkey. Rheumatic carditis affects not only cardiac valves but also myocardium. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the subclinical left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction and contraction of short and long axial circumferential and longitudinal fibers by pulsed wave tissue Doppler in rheumatic M...

Left ventricular function in rheumatic mitral stenosis.

Haemodynamic factors contributing to clinical disability in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis have been under discussion and investigation for decades. Prior to the development of left heart catheterization, a low cardiac output in the presence of little or no pulmonary hypertension was taken as evidence for a myocardial 'insufficiency'. With the use of left heart catheterization, it was ...

Normal left ventricular systolic time intervals assessed by pulsed wave Doppler echocardiography in the Turkmen horse of Iran

The Turkmen horse is one of the oldest and purest breeds in the world. There is no information with regards to the normal echocardiographic parameters of this horse regarding to cardiac diseases. Pulsed-wave (PW) Doppler echocardiography was performed on 42 clinically normal 3- to 15-year-old racing Turkmen horses. There were 26 stallions and 16 mares. The left ventricular isovolumetric contrac...

Evaluation of left ventricular function with strain/strain rate imaging in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis.

OBJECTIVE The most important sequel of acute rheumatic fever is mitral stenosis in long-term. The aim of the study is to determine left ventricular (LV) functions by tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) and strain/strain rate echocardiography (SE/SRE) in mitral stenosis patients who had no clinical signs of heart failure. METHODS Our study was designed as cross-sectional study. The study population c...

Subclinical left ventricular systolic function in rheumatic mitral stenosis: What is the role for clinical practice?