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Tissue Doppler imaging in rheumatic carditis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2008

Tugcin Bora Polat ,
Yalim Yalcin ,
Abdullah Erdem ,
Cenap Zeybek ,
Celal Akdeniz  and
Ahmet Celebi
Tugcin Bora Polat*
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Yalim Yalcin
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Abdullah Erdem
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Cenap Zeybek
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Celal Akdeniz
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
Ahmet Celebi
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
*
Correspondence to: Tugcin Bora Polat, 5. Gazeteciler sitesi A1 Blok 3 nolu villa, Akatlar-Istanbul/ Turkey. Tel: +90 (212) 324 10 19; Fax: +90 (212) 311 32 45; E-mail: tugcin75@mynet.com
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Abstract

Objective

Our study was undertaken to assess cardiac functions by tissue Doppler echocardiography in patient with primary episode of rheumatic carditis.

Methods

We divided 82 patients with rheumatic carditis were divided in two groups; 50 patients with mild and 32 patients with mitral regurgitation of grade two or more. A control group consisted of 30 healthy children free of any disease. All children underwent conventional and tissue Doppler echocardiography initially and at the time of the follow-up examination.

Results

Myocardial systolic wave velocity of the mitral annulus was significantly higher in patients with mitral regurgitation of grade two or more when compared to the control group, but was not different between patients with mild mitral regurgitation and healthy subjects at the time of the initial attack. Myocardial precontraction time, myocardial contraction time, and the ratio of myocardial precontraction and contraction times were significantly prolonged, and the systolic myocardial velocity of the mitral annulus was significantly decreased in patients with mitral regurgitation of grade two or more at the time of the follow-up examination. The myocardial systolic wave velocity was significantly lower, and myocardial precontraction time, myocardial contraction time, and the ratio of the precontraction and contraction times, were significantly longer or greater between patients with grade two or more mitral regurgitation and the control group at follow-up examination.

Conclusion

We detected subclinical systolic dysfunction of the left ventricle in children with a primary episode of rheumatic carditis due to ongoing ventricular volume overload. Tissue Doppler imaging provides a quantifiable indicator useful for cardiac monitoring of disease during the period of follow up.

Keywords

Rheumatic heart diseasemyocardial velocity of the mitral annulussubclinical systolic dysfunction
Type
Original Articles
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 2014 , pp. 359 - 365
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008 

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