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Velocity Vector Imaging may provide reliable and detailed information on left ventricular segmental function in asymptomatic patients with moderate-to severe AR. This may help to identify subclinical myocardial dysfunction in order to operate early enough to prevent postoperative heart failure and restrict unnecessary early operation which could be associated with operative risks and mortality related to prosthetic valves.
Chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) is a progressive process which causes both left ventricular volume and pressure overload. While the volume overload is associated with the degree of the aortic regurgitant volume, the pressure overload occurs as a result of systemic hypertension developed due to increased stroke volume. In early stages, excentric hypertrophy occurs aiming to compensate the volume overload in the left ventricle. Therefore , ejection fraction remains in normal range despite the increasing volume overload. Left ventricular dilatation and impairment in ejection fraction only occur in the end stages of the disease. Asymptomatic patients with chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) have a good prognosis in the presence of preserved systolic function. Therefore it is a challenge to identify patients with subclinical left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. Velocity vector imaging (VVI) is a new echocardiographic method based on two dimensional gray scale imaging, which is angle independent and can provide more accurate data about cardiac function.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| A | Patients with moderate-to-severe aortic regurgitation having normal left ventricular ejection fraction | ||
| B | Age, sex and bodymass index matched healthy subjects |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Velocity Vector Imaging derived segmental systolic peak Strain and Strain rates | April 2008 |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Saide Aytekin, Professor | T.C. Istanbul Bilim University, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Division of Cardiology | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| TC.Istanbul Bilim University, Florence Nightingale Hospital, Division of Cardiology | Istanbul | Sisli | 34381 | Turkey (Türkiye) |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 17584200 | Background | Sokmen G, Sokmen A, Duzenli A, Soylu A, Ozdemir K. Assessment of myocardial velocities and global function of the left ventricle in asymptomatic patients with moderate-to-severe chronic aortic regurgitation: a tissue Doppler echocardiographic study. Echocardiography. 2007 Jul;24(6):609-14. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2007.00438.x. |
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| ID | Term |
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| D001022 | Aortic Valve Insufficiency |
| ID | Term |
|---|---|
| D000082862 | Aortic Valve Disease |
| D006349 | Heart Valve Diseases |
| D006331 | Heart Diseases |
| D002318 | Cardiovascular Diseases |
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