Why the study?
Does combined analysis of left ventricular inflow and pulmonary venous flow velocities characterize left ventricular diastolic hemodynamics in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy compared to normal controls?
Population
62 patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and 34 normal controls.
Comparison
Measurement of left ventricular inflow and… vs Normal controls (n=34).
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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May support combined LVIF-PVF analysis for HCM diastolic assessment; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before practice change.
Does combined analysis of left ventricular inflow and pulmonary venous flow velocities characterize left ventricular diastolic hemodynamics in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy compared to normal controls?
Combined analysis of left ventricular inflow and pulmonary venous flow velocities provides useful information for evaluating various abnormalities of left ventricular diastolic hemodynamics in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
Oki et al. (1995) studied this question.
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