Non-invasive estimation of the diastolic elastic and viscoelastic properties of the left ventricle
| Autor: | Carlo Longhini, André Aubert, Silvio Aggio, R. Pansini, Enrico Baracca, C. Brunazzi |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Myocardial Infarction Diastole Coronary Disease Ventricular Function Left Viscoelasticity Electrocardiography Image Interpretation Computer-Assisted Energy spectrum medicine Humans Spectral analysis Elasticity (economics) Child Third heart sound Aged business.industry Mathematical analysis Non invasive Hemodynamics Phonocardiography Signal Processing Computer-Assisted Middle Aged Models Theoretical medicine.disease Myocardial Contraction Elasticity Surgery medicine.anatomical_structure Echocardiography Ventricle Female Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine business |
| Zdroj: | European Heart Journal. 12:249-261 |
| ISSN: | 1522-9645 0195-668X |
| DOI: | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.eurheartj.a059876 |
| Popis: | The present study applies a non-invasive method to the quantitative evaluation of left ventricular stiffness in normal subjects and in patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD). We have studied 20 patients with IHD and 25 healthy subjects. The third heart sound (S3) was detectable in all patients. We have correlated the energy spectrum of S3, divided into 15 Hz bands, with a series of echocardiographic parameters. The existence of a significant correlation between the spectrum energy and the diameter and thickness of the left ventricle at the moment of S3 allowed us to explore the possibility of interpreting the origin of S3 based on a mathematical model. Our hypothesis has been that, once the left ventricle starts vibrating, it behaves as a simple physical model composed of a mass and an elastic element. To this purely elastic model one can add a factor accounting for viscosity, with a damping effect, to obtain a more complex viscoelastic model. The stiffness coefficient ‘k’ was computed in both models from the peak frequency of S3 and the left ventricular mass at the moment of S3. Furthermore, in the viscoelastic model, the damping element ‘c’ was also computed. Both parameters —- k and c — were significantly increased in the group with IHD compared with the control group. Although a simplification of the vibrating system, these models make it possible to obtain non-invasively information on the characteristics of the left ventricle through the combined use of echocardiography and spectral analysis of S3. |
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