1. Predictive Value of Left Ventricular Response to Exercise in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy
- Author
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Tadashi Suzuki, Tsugiyasu Kanda, Hideki Nagaoka, Sachio Kubota, Toshio Iizuka, Ryozo Nagai, and Isao Kobayashi
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Cardiomyopathy, Dilated ,Male ,Systole ,Rest ,Physical Exertion ,Cardiomyopathy ,Cardiac index ,Blood Pressure ,Radionuclide ventriculography ,030204 cardiovascular system & hematology ,Ventricular Function, Left ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Predictive Value of Tests ,medicine ,Humans ,cardiovascular diseases ,030212 general & internal medicine ,Cardiac Output ,Physical Examination ,Referral and Consultation ,Retrospective Studies ,Ejection fraction ,business.industry ,Gated Blood-Pool Imaging ,Stroke Volume ,Dilated cardiomyopathy ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Echocardiography ,Catheterization, Swan-Ganz ,Predictive value of tests ,cardiovascular system ,Female ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,Nuclear medicine ,business ,Endocardium ,Follow-Up Studies - Abstract
The objective of this study was to determine noninvasively the likelihood of recovery of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) verified by radionuclide ventriculography. Twenty patients with DCM were classified into two groups according to the LVEF by M-mode echocardiographic findings two years after ventriculographic examination. The LVEF recovered to > or = 50% in 10 patients (Group A), while it was sustained at < 50% in 10 patients (Group B). The clinical features of each group were compared, based on results of physical examination, radionuclide ventriculography, and other diagnostic tests performed on their referral to hospital. Only the systolic blood pressure differed significantly between the two groups, being slightly, but significantly, increased in Group A over that in Group B (P < 0.05). LVEF at rest by radionuclide did not differ (Group A: 31.5 +/- 10.3% vs Group B: 26.5 +/- 9.4%). Peak exercise EF-EF at rest (peak delta EF) in Group A was apparently increased (3.4 +/- 4.0%), while that in Group B was decreased (-4.4 +/- 5.2%). The positive peak delta EF had a highly predictive value of 90% for patients with DCM whose LVEF will recover to more than 50%. The recovery EF-EF at rest did not differ significantly between groups (Group A: 8.4 +/- 4.7 vs Group B: 3.9 +/- 2.3, P < 0.05). Other clinical parameters such as functional class, cardiothoracic ratio, LVEF by echocardiography, cardiac index by Swan-Ganz catheter examination, and histologic examination of biopsied endocardium were indistinguishable in the two groups. The authors conclude that peak delta EF of radionuclide ventriculography on exercise indicates a preservation of LVEF and predicts a good clinical recovery in patients with DCM.
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- 1997