Utility of tissue Doppler imaging of systolic function to diagnose diastolic dysfunction in critically ill patients

Wojciech Mielnicki; Agnieszka Dyla; Maciej Karczewski; Krzysztof Fidler; Tomasz Zawada; Joanna Zybura

doi:10.5114/ait.2019.87473

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Utility of tissue Doppler imaging of systolic function to diagnose diastolic dysfunction in critically ill patients

Wojciech Mielnicki

¹

,

Agnieszka Dyla

^{1, 2}

,

Maciej Karczewski

³

,

Krzysztof Fidler

²

,

Tomasz Zawada

⁴

,

Joanna Zybura

¹

Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, District Hospital in Oława, Poland
Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, 4th Military Hospital of Wrocław, Poland
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Environmental Engineering and Geodesy, Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Poland
Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, District Hospital in Rawicz, Poland

Anaesthesiol Intensive Ther 2019; 51, 4: 268–272

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/ait.2019.87473

Online publish date: 2019/08/23

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Background
Diastolic dysfunction might be associated with increased mortality in severe sepsis and septic shock. In 2016 new American Society of Echocardiography (ASE)/European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI) guidelines were published. They simplify our approach to diastolic dysfunction recognition, but they were not validated in critical care settings. The aim of the study was to assess the applicability of systolic tissue Doppler imaging of left ventricle in patients with and without diastolic dysfunction classified on the basis of the new guidelines.

Methods
Two echocardiographers analyzed transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) examinations and assigned patients according to ASE/EASCVI guidelines to three groups: patients with systolic dysfunction and diastolic dysfunction, patients with normal systolic function and diastolic dysfunction, and patients with normal systolic and diastolic function.

Results
We performed 593 examinations in 320 patients and 390 examinations in 200 patients were included in the study. In 264 examinations with ejection fraction (EF) < 55% systolic and diastolic dysfunction was diagnosed (group 1). In 114 examinations with EF ≥ 55% normal systolic and diastolic function was diagnosed (group 2). In 12 examinations with EF ≥ 55% normal systolic and abnormal diastolic dysfunction was diagnosed (group 3). After analyzing mean systolic tissue Doppler of the mitral annulus we found a statistically significant difference between group 1 and 2 (P < 0.0001) and between group 2 and 3 (P < 0.0001). The difference in values of means in group 1 vs. 3 was not statistically significant (P = 0.853).

Conclusion
Systolic tissue Doppler analysis of mitral annulus might help to diagnose diastolic dysfunction especially in patients with preserved ejection fraction.

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Utility of tissue Doppler imaging of systolic function to diagnose diastolic dysfunction in critically ill patients

Wojciech Mielnicki 1 , Agnieszka Dyla 1, 2 , Maciej Karczewski 3 , Krzysztof Fidler 2 , Tomasz Zawada 4 , Joanna Zybura 1

diastolic dysfunction, tissue Doppler imaging, point of care ultrasound, TTE

Wojciech Mielnicki

¹

,

Agnieszka Dyla

^{1, 2}

,

Maciej Karczewski

³

,

Krzysztof Fidler

²

,

Tomasz Zawada

⁴

,

Joanna Zybura

¹