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The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology
Does Premature Ventricular Complex Impair Left Ventricular Diastolic Functions? [Anatol J Cardiol]
Anatol J Cardiol. 2023; 27(4): 217-222 | DOI: 10.14744/AnatolJCardiol.2022.2421

Does Premature Ventricular Complex Impair Left Ventricular Diastolic Functions?

Nursen Keleş1, Erkan Kahraman1, Kemal Emrecan Parsova2, Murat Baştopçu3, Mesut Karataş4, Nizamettin Selçuk Yelgeç1
1Department of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye
2Department of Cardiology, Zile State Hospital, Tokat, Türkiye
3Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Health Sciences, Dr. Siyami Ersek Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye
4Department of Cardiology, University of Health Sciences, Kartal Koşuyolu Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Türkiye

Background: A higher frequency of premature ventricular complexes is associated with a higher risk of premature ventricular complex-induced cardiomyopathy. Although there are several studies on the systolic functions of the left ventricle in this patient group, it is clearly not known how the diastolic functions of the left ventricle are affected. This study examined the effect of premature ventricular complex on left ventricle diastolic functions using diastolic strain rate.

Methods: The trial included 57 patients with frequent premature ventricular complexes and 54 healthy volunteers. The patient was evaluated using echocardiography in its entirety. The vendor-independent software system determined systolic and diastolic strain parameters via 2-dimensional speckle tracking analysis. Using the auto strain 3P semi-automated endocardial boundary tracking instrument, the global longitudinal strain was measured from the apical 4-chamber, 2-chamber, and long axis. The diastolic strain rate was determined by averaging the strain rates of 17 cardiac segments at 2 distinct periods of diastole.

Results: In the patient group, early diastolic strain rate was significantly lower than that in the control group (1.62 ± 0.58 vs. 1.25 ± 0.38, P <.001). There were found to be significant negative connections between PVC's electrocardiographic QRS wave length and early diastolic strain rate and coupling interval and early diastolic strain rate. Significant positive associations between coupling interval and early diastolic strain rate were discovered (P <.001 and P <.001, respectively).

Conclusions: Patients with premature ventricular complex exhibited a lower early diastolic strain rate than healthy individuals. The early diastolic strain rate can be used to predict left ventricle diastolic dysfunction, and persons with premature ventricular complex may have a higher risk of left ventricle diastolic dysfunction than the general population.

Keywords: Longitudinal early diastolic strain rate, premature ventricular complex, left ventricular diastolic function, a speckle tracking echocardiography

Nursen Keleş, Erkan Kahraman, Kemal Emrecan Parsova, Murat Baştopçu, Mesut Karataş, Nizamettin Selçuk Yelgeç. Does Premature Ventricular Complex Impair Left Ventricular Diastolic Functions?. Anatol J Cardiol. 2023; 27(4): 217-222

Corresponding Author: Nursen Keleş
Manuscript Language: English


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