Hemodynamic stress echocardiography in patients supported with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device
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Hemodynamic stress echocardiography in patients supported with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device. / Andersen, Mads; Gustafsson, Finn; Lav Madsen, Per; Brassard, Patrice; Jensen, Anette Schophuus; Secher, Niels; Hassager, Christian; Nordsborg, Nikolai; Møller, Jacob Eifer.
I: JACC - Cardiovascular Imaging, Bind 3, Nr. 8, 2010, s. 854-859.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Hemodynamic stress echocardiography in patients supported with a continuous-flow left ventricular assist device
AU - Andersen, Mads
AU - Gustafsson, Finn
AU - Lav Madsen, Per
AU - Brassard, Patrice
AU - Jensen, Anette Schophuus
AU - Secher, Niels
AU - Hassager, Christian
AU - Nordsborg, Nikolai
AU - Møller, Jacob Eifer
N1 - CURIS 2010 5200 110
PY - 2010
Y1 - 2010
N2 - Functional assessment of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) is usually performed with the patient at rest. This study compared echocardiographic indices of contraction and filling pressure with invasive measures in 12 ambulatory LVAD patients undergoing symptom-limited bicycle exercise. Exercise induced an increase in cardiac output, systolic pulmonary artery pressure, and diastolic pulmonary artery pressure. Although no changes in left ventricular dimensions or fractional shortening were seen on echocardiography, systolic mitral annular motion (S') increased significantly (in parallel with cardiac output) and diastolic E/e' ratio decreased (correlating inversely with diastolic pulmonary artery pressure). These findings emphasize the potential role of exercise echocardiography in studying exercise hemodynamics in LVAD patients.
AB - Functional assessment of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) is usually performed with the patient at rest. This study compared echocardiographic indices of contraction and filling pressure with invasive measures in 12 ambulatory LVAD patients undergoing symptom-limited bicycle exercise. Exercise induced an increase in cardiac output, systolic pulmonary artery pressure, and diastolic pulmonary artery pressure. Although no changes in left ventricular dimensions or fractional shortening were seen on echocardiography, systolic mitral annular motion (S') increased significantly (in parallel with cardiac output) and diastolic E/e' ratio decreased (correlating inversely with diastolic pulmonary artery pressure). These findings emphasize the potential role of exercise echocardiography in studying exercise hemodynamics in LVAD patients.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.06.007
DO - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.06.007
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 20705267
VL - 3
SP - 854
EP - 859
JO - J A C C: Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - J A C C: Cardiovascular Imaging
SN - 1936-878X
IS - 8
ER -
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