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This version was published on July 1, 2008
Angiology, Vol. 59, No. 3, 306-311 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707304045

Assessment of Left Ventricular Functions in Patients With Isolated Coronary Artery Ectasia by Conventional and Tissue Doppler Imaging

Mustafa Saglam, MD

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital, dr.msaglam{at}hotmail.com

Irfan Barutcu, MD

Depertment of Cardiology Avicenna Hospital, Esenler- Istanbul Istanbul, Turkey

Osman Karakaya, MD

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital

Ali Metin Esen, MD

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital

Taylan Akgun, MD

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital

Yusuf Karavelioglu, MD

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital

Hekim Karapinar, MD

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital

Muhsin Turkmen, MD

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital

Nihal Ozdemir, MD

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital

Cihangir Kaymaz, MD, FESC

Department of Cardiology, Kartal Kosuyolu Yüksek Ihtisas Education and Research Hospital

The authors sought to determine left ventricular functions by conventional and tissue Doppler imaging in patients with isolated coronary artery ectasia and controls. Peak early (E) and late (A) mitral inflow velocity, E/A ratio, E deceleration time, and isovolumetric relaxation time were obtained. Peak systolic velocity (Sm), diastolic early (Em), and late (Am) velocities were measured by tissue Doppler imaging. Interventricular septum velocities, including peak systolic (Ss), diastolic early (Es), and late (As) velocities, were recorded. Peak early (E) velocity, E/A ratio, and E deceleration time were different in both groups. Isovolumetric relaxation time was prolonged in patients with coronary artery ectasia than controls. Em and Em/Am ratio were lower in patients with coronary artery ectasia than controls. Diastolic early and Es/As velocities were lower in patients with coronary artery ectasia compared with controls. The authors showed that mitral inflow-lateral annulus and interventricular septum velocities were lower in patients with coronary artery ectasia than controls indicating left ventricular diastolic dysfunction.

Key Words: coronary artery ectasia • tissue Doppler imaging • diastolic dysfunction


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