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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1978-4-26
pubmed:abstractText
The functional value of the left ventricle in chronic mitral incompetence, determined as a function of haemodynamic and angiocardiographic indices, has now become a difficult factor to determine because of the multiplicity of indices which exist, and because of disagreement about the pathological values which are often a function of the valvular pathology in the particular case. Moreover, the importance of myocardial hypertrophy is rarely taken into account. The ratio systolic work/myocardial mass (WS/WM) which lies between no limits in the normal subject (0.81+/-0.03 gm.g-1) has allowed us to classify 44 patients with chronic mitral incompetence into three groups: groupe I (WS/V(M) greater than 0.87 gm.g-1), characterised by an increase in WS proportionally superior to that of V(M) (hyperfunctional); group II (0.87 gm.g-1 larger than or equal to WS/V(M) larger than or equal to 0.75 gm-1), characterised by a parallel increase of mass and WS (isofunctional); group III (WS/V(M) less than 0.75 gm.g-1) in which the increase in mass is proportionally greater than the variation in WS (hypofunctional). A comparison between the selectivity of this relationship and that of other indices, which contain large areas of overlap between the various groups of patients, lead us to hope for a prognostic index which will take account of the myocardial mass and of the pump action of the left ventricle.
pubmed:language
fre
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0003-9683
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
70
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1245-55
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-2-13
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1977
pubmed:articleTitle
[The value of myocardial mass determination in the evaluation of left ventricular functional value in chronic mitral insufficiency. Apropos of 44 cases].
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract