Biphasic tissue Doppler waveforms during isovolumic phases are associated with asynchronous deformation of subendocardial and subepicardial layers

Partho P. Sengupta, Bijoy K. Khandheria, Josef Korinek, Jianwen Wang, Marek Belohlavek

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Abstract

Subendocardial and subepicardial layers of the left ventricle (LV) are characterized with right-and left-handed helical orientations of myocardial fibers. We investigated the origin of biphasic deformations of the LV wall during isovolumic contraction (IVC) and relaxation (IVR). In eight open-chest adult pigs, strain rates were measured along the right- and left-handed helical directions in the LV anterior wall by implanting 16 sonomicrometry crystals. Sonomicrometry strain rates were compared with the longitudinal subendocardial strain rates obtained by tissue Doppler imaging. During ejection and diastolic filling, shortening and lengthening occurred synchronously along the right- and left-handed helical directions. However, during IVC and IVR, the deformations were dissimilar in the two directions. Transmural shortening during IVC occurred along the right-handed helical direction and was accompanied with transient lengthening in the left-handed helical direction. Conversely, during IVR, the LV lengthened along the left-handed helical direction and shortened in the right-handed helical direction. Peak subendocardial strain rates obtained by tissue Doppler imaging during IVC and IVR correlated with corresponding sonomicrometry strain rate values obtained along the right- and left-handed helical directions (r = 0.81, P < 0.001 and r = 0.70, P = 0.001, respectively). Our data suggest that brief counterdirectional movements occur within the LV wall during IVC and IVR. Shortening along the right-handed helical direction is accompanied with reciprocal lengthening in the left-handed helical direction during IVC 4nd vice versa during IVR. The results support an association between asynchronous deformation of subendocardial and subepicardial muscle fibers and the biphasic isovolumic movements observed with high-resolution tissue Doppler imaging.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1104-1111
Number of pages8
JournalJournal of applied physiology
Volume99
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 2005

Keywords

  • Echocardiography
  • Isovolumic contraction
  • Isovolumic relaxation
  • Mechanics
  • Myocardial contraction
  • Tissue doppler imaging

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Physiology
  • Physiology (medical)

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