IMR Press / RCM / Volume 23 / Issue 9 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2309301
Open Access Original Research
Role of Vector Flow Mapping in Evaluating Left Ventricular Diastolic Flow Dynamics in Patients Who Underwent Mitral Valve Repair for Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation
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1 Department of Ultrasound, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, Central China Fuwai Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450000 Zhengzhou, Henan, China
2 Department of Cardiac Surgery, Henan Provincial People’s Hospital, People’s Hospital of Zhengzhou University, Fuwai Central China Cardiovascular Hospital, 450000 Zhengzhou, Henan, China
3 Department of Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, 450000 Zhengzhou, Henan, China
*Correspondence: liulin@zzu.edu.cn (Lin Liu); cwz202112@zzu.edu.cn (Chengzeng Wang)
Academic Editor: Takatoshi Kasai
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2022, 23(9), 301; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2309301
Submitted: 29 April 2022 | Revised: 13 July 2022 | Accepted: 21 July 2022 | Published: 5 September 2022
Copyright: © 2022 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Mitral valve (MV) morphology after MV repair affects postoperative left ventricular (LV) blood flow pattern and long-term cardiac function. Pilot data suggest that LV diastolic vortex flow pattern changes after operation, but specific quantifiers remain unknown. We aimed to explore the role of vector flow mapping (VFM) in LV diastolic vortex flow pattern in patients who underwent MV repair. Methods: A total of 70 patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation were consecutively enrolled and 30 age- and gender-matched controls were recruited. 50 Patients who underwent MV repair were eventually included in our study. LV average energy loss (EL-AVE) during diastole was measured in the MV repair group by VFM one week before and one month after the operation, and compared with that of controls using one-way analysis of variance. The effect of surgical techniques and the extension of leaflet degeneration on postoperative EL-AVE were analyzed using muti-way analysis of variance, and patients were categorized into a resection subgroup (n = 29) and a non-resection subgroup (n = 21). Results: The EL-AVE one month after operation in the MV repair group was decreased (p < 0.001) compared to that one week before the operation, and was increased (p < 0.001) compared to that in controls. Mitral leaflet resection had a statistically significant effect on postoperative EL-AVE. The EL-AVE of the resection subgroup was higher than that of non-resection subgroup (p < 0.001). Conclusions: VFM can be used to evaluate the diastolic blood flow pattern of LV after MV repair, and to observe the changes of LV blood flow pattern caused by different surgical techniques. VFM may be a potential new hemodynamic evaluation method after MV repair.

Keywords
vector flow mapping
energy loss
mitral valve repair
Funding
82071950/National Natural Science Foundation of China
81800287/National Natural Science Foundation of China
202300410364/National Natural Science Foundation of Henan Provincial for Excellent Young Scientists
LHGJ20200084/Medical Science and Technology Project of Henan Province
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