Mitral and tricuspid annular velocities in constrictive pericarditis and restrictive cardiomyopathy: correlation with pericardial thickness on computed tomography

• Published in: JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2011-06, Vol.4 (6), p.567-575
• Main Authors: Choi, Joon Hyouk, Choi, Jin-Oh, Ryu, Dong Ryeol, Lee, Sang-Chol, Park, Seung Woo, Choe, Yeon Hyeon, Oh, Jae K
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive - diagnostic imaging; Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive - physiopathology; Case-Control Studies; Chi-Square Distribution; Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; Female; Humans; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Mitral Valve - diagnostic imaging; Mitral Valve - physiopathology; Pericarditis, Constrictive - diagnostic imaging; Pericarditis, Constrictive - physiopathology; Pericardium - diagnostic imaging; Predictive Value of Tests; Republic of Korea; ROC Curve; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Tricuspid Valve - diagnostic imaging; Tricuspid Valve - physiopathology
• ISSN: 1876-7591
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2011.01.018

The aims of this study were to: 1) compare early diastolic mitral annular velocity (E') of septal annulus (SE') with E' of lateral mitral annulus (LE') and right lateral tricuspid annulus (RE') in patients with constrictive pericarditis (CP) and restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM); and 2) assess the relationship between pericardial thickness measured by computed tomography and lateral E' velocity. The SE' velocity has been shown to be able to distinguish CP from RCM. However, tissue Doppler parameters of LE' and RE' velocities in patients with CP have not been comprehensively analyzed in comparison with SE'. Moreover, the impact of pericardial thickness on the lateral annulus velocity has not been assessed. Thirty-seven patients with CP, 35 patients with RCM, and 70 normal controls were evaluated with echocardiography including SE', LE', and RE'. In CP, the maximal pericardial thicknesses on both left and right ventricle were measured by computed tomography. Mean LE'/SE' (ratio between mitral LE' and SE') was 0.94 ± 0.17 and RE'/SE' (ratio between tricuspid RE' and mitral SE') was 0.81 ± 0.26 in patients with CP, which were lower than those in normal controls (LE'/SE' 1.36 ± 0.24; RE'/SE' 1.30 ± 0.32; both p