Peak filling rate normalized to mitral stroke volume: a new Doppler echocardiographic filling index validated by radionuclide angiographic techniques
LK Bowman,
FA Lee,
CC Jaffe,
J Mattera,
FJ Wackers,
and
BL Zaret
Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut 06510.
The noninvasive measurement of left ventricular filling has relied predominantly on radionuclide-derived peak filling rate normalized to end-diastolic volume. Doppler echocardiography also has the ability to measure peak filling rate, but wide application of this technique has been limited by technical errors involved in quantitative echocardiographic determination of mitral anulus cross-sectional area and ventricular volumes. For Doppler echocardiography, normalization of peak filling rate to mitral stroke volume rather than end-diastolic volume permits the derivation of a diastolic filling index that is relatively free of errors caused by geometric assumptions, diameter measurements and sample volume positioning. This normalization process can be achieved by simply dividing early peak filling velocity by the time velocity integral of mitral inflow. To validate this new Doppler echocardiographic filling index, Doppler echocardiographic and radionuclide-derived peak filling rate, both normalized to mitral stroke volume, were compared in 30 patients; there was an excellent correlation (r = 0.91, SEE = 0.88). This variable was not influenced by the position of the sample volume in relation to the mitral apparatus in contrast to early filling velocity, which increased 37%, and early/late filling (E/A) ratio, which increased 43% as the sample volume was moved from the anulus to the tips of the mitral leaflets. In a cohort of 22 normal patients, the mean peak filling rate normalized to mitral stroke volume (SV) was 5.25 +/- 1.47 SV/s. The mean peak filling rate for a subgroup of eight normal patients aged 57 to 89 years (mean 71 +/- 9) was 3.9 +/- 1 SV/s.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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