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(Circulation. 1996;93:1509-1514.)
© 1996 American Heart Association, Inc.
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Right Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in Heart Failure
From the Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital.
Correspondence to Dr J.E. Sanderson, Department of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 9/F Clinical Sciences Bldg, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, NT, Hong Kong. E-mail jesanderson@cuhk.edu.hk.
Background Left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction is common in heart failure and is an important predictor of prognosis and mortality. Less attention has been paid to right ventricular (RV) diastolic function. In this study, we compared RV diastolic function in a large cohort of patients with heart failure (HF) with two groups: patients with pulmonary hypertension and normal LV function (the PHT group) and normal subjects.
Methods and Results Transtricuspid and pulmonary artery flow were assessed by two-dimensional Doppler echocardiography at maximum inspiration and expiration in 185 subjects: 114 symptomatic HF patients (ejection fraction <0.5), 31 PHT patients (pulmonary artery systolic pressure >40 mm Hg), and 40 normal subjects. A subset was matched for age and heart rate. The results showed a high prevalence of RV diastolic abnormalities: HF patients had lower tricuspid E-A ratios, lower peak E-wave velocity, and prolonged RV isovolumic relaxation time (all P<.0001). Tricuspid E-wave deceleration time was significantly shorter only in those who had an LV restrictive filling pattern. The PHT group had similar findings. Compared with a normal range, more than half of the patients had lower tricuspid E-A ratios (HF, 55%; PHT, 69%), and 61% of HF and 58% of PHT patients had a prolonged RV isovolumic relaxation time. In the PHT group, RV diastolic parameters (E-wave deceleration time, E-A ratio, and isovolumic relaxation time) correlated significantly with pulmonary artery systolic pressure (P<.05). In the HF group, however, only tricuspid E-wave deceleration time correlated significantly with pulmonary artery systolic pressure, and HF patients with normal pulmonary artery systolic pressures had significantly lower tricuspid E-A ratios and prolonged RV isovolumic relaxation times compared with normal subjects. A close correlation existed between individual RV and LV diastolic parameters, suggesting that LV diastolic dysfunction may directly affect RV function, but there was no relation between LV size or systolic function and RV diastolic dysfunction.
Conclusions RV diastolic function is frequently abnormal in HF patients, and this is not related to elevated pulmonary artery systolic pressure alone, although high pulmonary artery pressure by itself also is associated with impaired RV diastolic function. Assessment of the role of right ventricular diastolic function in determining the symptoms and prognosis of heart failure is warranted.
Key Words: ventricles • diastole • heart failure
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