ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Isolated mitral valve prolapsus does not affect
left ventricular function: Insights from tissue-Doppler echocardiography
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Selcuk University School of Medicine Department
of Cardiology, Konya, Turkey
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Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine
Department of Cardiology, Tokat, Turkey
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Bezmi Alem University School of Medicine
Department of Cardiology, İstanbul, Turkey
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Dicle University School of Medicine Department
of Cardiology, Diyarbakır/Turkey
Publication date: 2011-07-11
Corresponding author
Kenan Demir
Selcuk University School of Medicine Department
of Cardiology, Konya/Turkey
Eur J Gen Med 2011;8(3):207-212
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ABSTRACT
Aim: Idiopathic mitral valve prolapsus (MVP) is characterized by myxomatous
degeneration of mitral valve. The most common determinant
of cardiovascular mortality in patients with MVP is left ventricular
(LV) dysfunction. Therefore we aimed to evaluate LV functions of cases
with isolated MVP by tissue Doppler echocardiography (TDE).
Method: Twenty five patients with MVP (mean age, 31±12 years) were
enrolled the study as MVP group. Control group was consisted 20 age
and sex matched patients (mean age, 34±9 years) were enrolled to
this study. LV functions were detected by using conventional echocardiography
and TDE. Myocardial peak systolic (Sm), early (Em) and late
(Am) diastolic filling velocities, Em/Am, isovolumetric contraction
time (ICT), isovolumetric relaxation time (IRT) and ejection time (ET)
were obtained in the basal segments of the inferior-septal and lateral
wall. Myocardial performance index (MPI) was calculated.
Result: Mild degree mitral regurgitation was present in 10 (40%) of
patients with MVP, and moderate degree mitral regurgitation was
present in 2 (8%) of patients. No difference was found between the
two groups with regard to diastolic parameters. TDE-derivated MPI
values were similar in all segments in two groups. There was significant
difference between the two groups with regard to LV mean
Sm and lateral wall Sm (11.6±2.8 vs. 9.4±1.0, p=0.001; 13.0±3.9 vs.
9.2±2.3, p=0.001 respectively).
Conclusion: Isolated MVP without significant mitral regurgitation
does not affect LV diastolic functions and MPI. However, Sm of late
ral wall and LV mean was higher in patients with MVP than patients
without MVP.