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Intima-Media Thickness in Patients With Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis

enol Demircan, MD

Department of Cardiology, Bakent University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey, senoldemircan{at}hotmail.com

Alpay T. Sezgin, MD

Department of Cardiology, Bakent University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

Mehmet Baltali, MD

Department of Cardiology, Bakent University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

Öner Gülcan, MD

Cardiovascular Surgery, Bakent University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

Semra Topcu, MD

Department of Cardiology, Bakent University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

Fatma Yigit, MD

Department of Cardiology, Bakent University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

Tansel Erol, MD

Department of Cardiology, Bakent University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

Rza Turkoz, MD

Cardiovascular Surgery, Bakent University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

Haldun Muderrisoglu, MD

Department of Cardiology, Bakent University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

Bülent Özin, MD

Department of Cardiology, Bakent University, School of Medicine, Adana, Turkey

The aim of the study was to determine carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis (RMS). Between January 2001 and December 2003, 112 consecutive patients who had been diagnosed with RMS were screened. Patients with known cerebrovascular disease, coronary artery disease, diabetes, hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, hyperlipidemia, abnormal laboratory results, smoking, or age over 50 years were excluded. Forty-eight patients (43 women, 5 men, mean age 39.7 ±8.3 years) with RMS without risk factors were enrolled in the study. Age- and sex-matched healthy individuals (n = 48; 43 women, 5 men, mean age 39.6 ±8.6 years) with normal echocardiographic findings constituted the control group. Carotid IMT was determined by using a high-resolution ultrasound system equipped with a 7-MHz imaging probe (Acuson 128 XP CI) with a computer measurement software. The mean common carotid artery IMT thicknesses both in the right (0.604 ±0.112 mm vs 0.521 ±0.072 mm) and in the left side (0.581 ±0.097 mm vs 0.516 ±0.065 mm) were significantly higher in patients with RMS than in the control group (p < 0.001). Backward stepwise logistic regression analysis identified RMS as independent predictors of increased IMT (OR, 17.25 (CI, 3.99 to 76.28), p <0.001). The present study demonstrated that RMS is associated with increased IMT. The findings indicate that in patients with RMS not only valvular but also systemic endothelium is damaged.

Angiology, Vol. 58, No. 5, 614-619 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707307842


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