Evaluation of left ventricular function by vector flow mapping in females with systemic lupus erythematosus
- 26 April 2021
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Clinical Rheumatology
- Vol. 40 (10), 4049-4060
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-021-05747-y
Abstract
Objectives Compare the intraventricular hemodynamics of 60 females with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and 61 healthy female controls, and determine cardiac function changes using vector flow mapping (VFM). Methods To determine the effect of pulmonary artery pressure changes on left ventricular function, SLE patients were divided into a normal pulmonary artery pressure group (S1, n=24) and an elevated pulmonary artery pressure group (S2, n=36). The energy loss (EL) at each segment of the left ventricular chamber (total, basal, middle, and apical segments) during each period of the cardiac cycle (isovolumic contraction, rapid ejection, rapid filling, reduced filling, atrial contraction) was determined. Results The S1 group had significantly more vortices than the control group during the rapid ejection, rapid filling, and atrial contraction periods (ppppE′ (r=0.784, pE/e′ (r=0.812, pA (r=0.715, p• Vector flow mapping (VFM) is a new non-invasive ultrasound technique that evaluates changes of myocardial mechanics and intracardiac hemodynamics, and provides quantitative analysis of complex intracardiac blood flow. • This study showed that vortex and energy loss may provide more sensitive detection of cardiac dysfunction than conventional echocardiographic indexes in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.Funding Information
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (81871359)
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