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In order to evaluate the right atrial function in patients with ischemic heart-disease, we studied the superior vena caval blood flow velocity using pulsed Doppler echocardiography. The subjects included 31 patients with anteroseptal infarction (ANT), 23 with inferior or inferoposterior infarction (INF + POS), 27 with effort angina pectoris (EAP) and 15 with vasospastic angina pectoris (VAP). The systolic peak flow velocity (PFVs) was significantly reduced only in INF + POS compared with those in ANT, EAP and VAP (36.8 +/- 1.8 cm/sec vs 46.9 +/- 2.1 cm/sec, 46.4 +/- 2.1 cm/sec and 42.6 +/- 1.9 cm/sec, p less than 0.05, respectively). No significant difference in diastolic peak flow velocity (PFVd) was found between the 4 groups. PFVs/PFVd was significantly reduced only in INF + POS compared with those in ANT, EAP, and VAP (1.39 +/- 0.05 vs. 1.75 +/- 0.08, 1.76 +/- 0.09, and 1.62 +/- 0.09, p less than 0.05, respectively). These results suggested that INF + POS caused impairment of the right atrial reservoir function.
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PMID:Assessment of superior vena caval blood flow velocity in ischemic heart disease. 187 25