Left ventricular length-force-shortening relations before and after surgical correction of chronic mitral regurgitation
Abstract
We tested the hypothesis that postoperative left ventricular (LV) systolic wall stress can be predicted from the change in LV diastolic dimension and ejection fraction (EF) after surgical correction of chronic mitral regurgitation (MR). We used a simple mathematic model to predict postoperative systolic stress from end-diastolic dimension and EF. The validity of this model was assessed using data from 21 patients undergoing mitral valve replacement (MVR) for chronic MR. The decline in EF after MVR for chronic MR is traditionally thought to be a consequence of a postoperative increase in afterload, caused by closure of a low resistance runoff into the left atrium. However, consideration of the Laplace relation suggests that afterload does not necessarily increase after the operation. A spherical mathematical model of the left ventricle was used to define the relations between LV end-diastolic dimension, systolic wall stress and EF. To test the validity of this model, clinical and echocardiographic data were obtained from 21 patients with chronic MR before and 10 to 14 days after MVR. These echocardiographic data were examined with reference to plots derived from the mathematical model. Patients were categorized as those in whom ...Continue Reading
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Left ventricular function in chronic mitral regurgitation: preoperative and postoperative comparison
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Determinants of early decline in ejection fraction after surgical correction of mitral regurgitation
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