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ArticleJournal of medical case reports2019

Combined flow-based imaging assessment of optimal cardiac resynchronization therapy pacing vector: a case report.

A R Martiniello, V Bianchi, G Tonti, C Cioppa, V Tavoletta, A D'Onofrio, V M Caso, G Pedrizzetti, P Caso

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

A R MartinielloCardiology Division, Monaldi Hospital, AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131, Napoli, Italy. alfromar@alice.it.
V BianchiCardiology Division, Monaldi Hospital, AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131, Napoli, Italy.
G TontiCardiology Division, University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy.
C CioppaCardiology Division, Monaldi Hospital, AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131, Napoli, Italy.
V TavolettaCardiology Division, Monaldi Hospital, AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131, Napoli, Italy.
A D'OnofrioCardiology Division, Monaldi Hospital, AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131, Napoli, Italy.
V M CasoCardiology Division, Monaldi Hospital, AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131, Napoli, Italy.
G PedrizzettiDepartment of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy.
P CasoCardiology Division, Monaldi Hospital, AORN Ospedali dei Colli, Via Leonardo Bianchi, 80131, Napoli, Italy.
Ospedale Monaldi · ITUniversity of Chieti-Pescara · ITUniversity of Trieste · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThere are still many pendent issues about the effective evaluation of cardiac resynchronization therapy impact on functional mitral regurgitation. In order to reduce the intrinsic difficulties of quantification of functional mitral regurgitation itself, an automatic quantification of real-time three-dimensional full-volume color Doppler transthoracic echocardiography was proposed as a new, rapid, and accurate method for the assessment of functional mitral regurgitation severity. Recent studies suggested that images of left ventricle flow by echo-particle imaging velocimetry could be a useful marker of synchrony. Echo-particle imaging velocimetry has shown that regional anomalies of synchrony/synergy of the left ventricle are related to the alteration, reduction, or suppression of the physiological intracavitary pressure gradients. We describe a case in which the two technologies are used in combination during acute echocardiographic optimization of left pacing vector in a 63-year-old man, Caucasian, who showed worsening heart failure symptoms a few days after an implant, and the effect of the device's optimization at 6-month follow-up. DISCUSSION: The degree of realignment of hemodynamic forces, with quantitative analysis of the orientation of blood flow momentum (φ), can represent improvement of fluid dynamics synchrony of the left ventricle, and explain, with a new deterministic parameter, the effects of cardiac resynchronization therapy on functional mitral regurgitation. Real-time three-dimensional color flow Doppler quantification is feasible and accurate for measurement of mitral inflow, left ventricular outflow stroke volumes, and functional mitral regurgitation severity.

conclusionThis clinical case offers an innovative and accurate approach for acute echocardiographic optimization of left pacing vector. It shows clinical utility of combined three-dimensional full-volume color Doppler transthoracic echocardiography/echo-particle imaging velocimetry assessment to increase response to cardiac resynchronization therapy, in terms of reduction of functional mitral regurgitation, improving fluid dynamics synchrony of the left ventricle.

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Cardiac Resynchronization TherapyDefibrillators, ImplantableEchocardiography, Doppler, ColorEchocardiography, Three-DimensionalHeart FailureHemodynamicsHumansMaleMiddle AgedMitral Valve InsufficiencyVentricular Dysfunction, LeftWhite PeopleCardiac resynchronization therapyEcho-PIVFull-volume color Doppler echocardiographyMitral regurgitationThree-dimensional echocardiography

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PMID31126329
PMCPMC6534894
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