OBJECTIVE: To determine the best test(s) for predicting functional recovery of hibernating myocardium after reperfusion. METHODS: A prospective study to compare echocardiographic left ventricular diastolic wall thickness (> or =5 mm), low-dose dobutamine echocardiography and rest-redistribution thallium-201 scintigraphy, alone and in combination, for predicting recovery of left ventricular akinesis after surgical revascularization. RESULTS: Twenty-eight consecutive patients aged 58+/-9 years were studied. Of the 448 left ventricular segments, 263 were akinetic at rest; 230/263 (87\%) had wall thickness > or =5 mm, 135 (51\%) had a positive response and 175 (66.5\%) were graded viable on thallium. Of akinetic segments 61\% improved after surgery. Left ventricular score decreased from 2.3+/-0.4 to 1.8+/-0.4 (P<0.01) and ejection fraction increased from 27+/-10 to 37+/-14\% (P<0.01). For predicting results at 1 year, diastolic wall thickness had a sensitivity and a predictive accuracy of a negative test of 100\% but a specificity of 28\% and predictive accuracy of a positive test of 61\%. The addition of dobutamine echocardiography or thallium-201 improved the predictive accuracy of a positive test to 76\% and 69\%, respectively; the addition of both tests was not of greater benefit than that of a single test. CONCLUSIONS: Diastolic wall thickness <5 mm on echocardiography was the best simple and single predictor of non-recovery of left ventricular dysfunction. The addition of dobutamine echocardiography or thallium-201, but not both, was the best solution for predicting recovery of left ventricular dysfunction. In times of limited resources, these findings are important from a clinical point of view.

Sensitivity, specificity, and predictive accuracies of non-invasive tests, singly and in combination, for diagnosis of hibernating myocardium.

CECONI, Claudio;FERRARI, Roberto
2000

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the best test(s) for predicting functional recovery of hibernating myocardium after reperfusion. METHODS: A prospective study to compare echocardiographic left ventricular diastolic wall thickness (> or =5 mm), low-dose dobutamine echocardiography and rest-redistribution thallium-201 scintigraphy, alone and in combination, for predicting recovery of left ventricular akinesis after surgical revascularization. RESULTS: Twenty-eight consecutive patients aged 58+/-9 years were studied. Of the 448 left ventricular segments, 263 were akinetic at rest; 230/263 (87\%) had wall thickness > or =5 mm, 135 (51\%) had a positive response and 175 (66.5\%) were graded viable on thallium. Of akinetic segments 61\% improved after surgery. Left ventricular score decreased from 2.3+/-0.4 to 1.8+/-0.4 (P<0.01) and ejection fraction increased from 27+/-10 to 37+/-14\% (P<0.01). For predicting results at 1 year, diastolic wall thickness had a sensitivity and a predictive accuracy of a negative test of 100\% but a specificity of 28\% and predictive accuracy of a positive test of 61\%. The addition of dobutamine echocardiography or thallium-201 improved the predictive accuracy of a positive test to 76\% and 69\%, respectively; the addition of both tests was not of greater benefit than that of a single test. CONCLUSIONS: Diastolic wall thickness <5 mm on echocardiography was the best simple and single predictor of non-recovery of left ventricular dysfunction. The addition of dobutamine echocardiography or thallium-201, but not both, was the best solution for predicting recovery of left ventricular dysfunction. In times of limited resources, these findings are important from a clinical point of view.
2000
G., La Canna; S. H., Rahimtoola; O., Visioli; R., Giubbini; O., Alfieri; M., Zognio; E., Milan; Ceconi, Claudio; M., Gargano; R., Lo Russo; Ferrari, Roberto
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