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Circulation. 2004;109:2432-2439
Published online before print May 3, 2004, doi: 10.1161/01.CIR.0000127882.58426.7A
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(Circulation. 2004;109:2432-2439.)
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Clinical Investigation and Reports

Optimal Noninvasive Assessment of Left Ventricular Filling Pressures

A Comparison of Tissue Doppler Echocardiography and B-Type Natriuretic Peptide in Patients With Pulmonary Artery Catheters

Hisham Dokainish, MD, FRCPC; William A. Zoghbi, MD; Nasser M. Lakkis, MD; Faiz Al-Bakshy, MD; Meeney Dhir, MD; Miguel A. Quinones, MD; Sherif F. Nagueh, MD

From Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Tex.

Correspondence to Hisham Dokainish, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor of Medicine-Cardiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Director, Non-Invasive Cardiology, Ben Taub Hospital, 6550 Fannin-SM 1901, Houston, TX 77030. E-mail hishamd{at}bcm.tmc.edu

Received December 1, 2003; revision received February 13, 2004; accepted February 25, 2004.

Background— Early transmitral velocity/tissue Doppler mitral annular early diastolic velocity (E/Ea) and B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) have been correlated with left ventricular filling pressures, yet there are no data on how these 2 estimates of left ventricular filling pressures compare.

Methods and Results— Patients admitted to intensive care underwent simultaneous tissue Doppler echocardiography, BNP measurement, and pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) determination. The ability of mitral E/Ea and BNP to predict PCWP >15 mm Hg was assessed. Fifty patients were studied. Ln BNP had a correlation of r=0.32 (P=0.02) with PCWP compared with r=0.69 (P<0.001) between E/Ea and PCWP. E/Ea >15 was the optimal cutoff to predict PCWP >15 mm Hg (sensitivity, 86%; specificity, 88%), whereas the optimal BNP cutoff was >300 pg/mL (sensitivity, 91%; specificity, 56%). The correlation between change in PCWP and change in E/Ea at 48 hours was r=0.87 (P=0.003) compared with r=–0.59 (P=0.39) for BNP. In the 36 patients with cardiac disease, E/Ea >15 (sensitivity, 92%; specificity, 91%) appeared more accurate than BNP >400 pg/mL (sensitivity, 92%; specificity, 51%), whereas in patients without cardiac disease, BNP (sensitivity, 81%; specificity, 83%) appeared more accurate than E/Ea >15 (sensitivity, 74%; specificity, 72%) for PCWP >15 mm Hg.

Conclusions— In intensive care unit patients, mitral E/Ea has a better correlation than BNP with PCWP. Both BNP and mitral E/Ea have high sensitivity for PCWP >15 mm Hg; however, E/Ea appears more specific in this patient population. In patients without cardiac disease, BNP appears more accurate than E/Ea for PCWP >15 mm Hg, whereas E/Ea appears more accurate in patients with cardiac disease.


Key Words: natriuretic peptides • hemodynamics • echocardiography • heart failure




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