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BACKGROUND: The prediction of the ventricular remodeling process after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may have important clinical implications. OBJECTIVE: To analyze echocardiographic variables predictors of remodeling in the infarction model in rats. MEHTODS: The animals underwent echocardiography in two moments, five days and three months after infarction (AMI group) or sham surgery (control group). Linear regression was used to identify the echocardiographic variables on the fifth day after the infarction, which were predictive of remodeling after three months of coronary occlusion. We considered as a criterion of remodeling in this study, the values of left ventricular diastolic diameter (LVDD) after three months of infarction. RESULTS: The infarction induced increase in the left chambers, associated with changes in systolic and diastolic functions. The variables body weight, left ventricular wall stress index (LVWSI), systolic area (SA), diastolic area (DA), LVDD, left ventricular systolic diameter (LVSD), area variation fraction (AVF), ejection fraction (EF), percent of endocardial shortening (%Short), posterior wall shortening velocity (PWSV) and infarct size assessed five days after infarction were predictors of LVDD after three months. At the multivariate regression analysis, we included the size of infarction, the LVWSI and PWSV. The LVWSI (coefficient: 4.402, standard error: 2.221, p = 0.05), but not the size of infarction and PWSV, was a predictor of remodeling after three months of infarction. CONCLUSION: LVPSI was an independent predictor of remodeling three months after the myocardial infarction and could be included in the clinical stratification after the coronary occlusion.
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Infarto del Miocardio/diagnóstico por imagen , Disfunción Ventricular Izquierda/diagnóstico por imagen , Remodelación Ventricular/fisiología , Animales , Modelos Animales de Enfermedad , Masculino , Ratas , Ratas Wistar , Factores de Tiempo , Ultrasonografía , Disfunción Ventricular Izquierda/fisiopatologíaRESUMEN
FUNDAMENTO: A predição do processo de remodelação ventricular após o infarto agudo do miocárdio (IAM) pode ter importantes implicações clínicas. OBJETIVO: Analisar as variáveis ecocardiográficas preditoras da remodelação no modelo do infarto em ratos. MÉTODOS: Os animais foram submetidos ao ecocardiograma em dois momentos, cinco dias e três meses após o infarto (grupo IAM) ou a cirurgia simulada (grupo controle). A regressão linear foi utilizada para identificar as variáveis ecocardiográficas no quinto dia posteriormente ao infarto, as quais foram preditoras de remodelação depois de três meses da oclusão coronariana. Consideramos, como critério de remodelação, neste estudo, os valores do diâmetro diastólico do ventrículo esquerdo (DDVE) após três meses do infarto. RESULTADOS: O infarto induziu o aumento das câmaras esquerdas, associado com alterações das funções sistólica e diastólica. As variáveis peso corporal, índice do estresse parietal ventricular esquerdo (IEPVE), área sistólica (AS), área diastólica (AD), DDVE, diâmetro sistólico do ventrículo esquerdo (DSVE), fração de variação de área (FVA), fração de ejeção (FE), porcentagem de encurtamento endocárdico ( por cento Enc), velocidade de encurtamento da parede posterior (VEPP) e tamanho do infarto, avaliadas cinco dias depois do infarto, foram preditoras do DDVE após três meses. Na análise de regressão multivariada, incluímos o tamanho do infarto, o IEPVE e a VEPP. O IEPVE (coeficiente: 4,402, erro padrão: 2,221, p = 0,05), mas não o tamanho do infarto e a VEPP, foi fator preditor de remodelação após três meses do infarto. CONCLUSÃO: O IEPVE foi preditor independente de remodelação após três meses do infarto e poderia ser incorporado na estratificação clínica depois da oclusão coronariana.
BACKGROUND: The prediction of the ventricular remodeling process after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) may have important clinical implications. OBJECTIVE: To analyze echocardiographic variables predictors of remodeling in the infarction model in rats. MEHTODS: The animals underwent echocardiography in two moments, five days and three months after infarction (AMI group) or sham surgery (control group). Linear regression was used to identify the echocardiographic variables on the fifth day after the infarction, which were predictive of remodeling after three months of coronary occlusion. We considered as a criterion of remodeling in this study, the values of left ventricular diastolic diameter (LVDD) after three months of infarction. RESULTS: The infarction induced increase in the left chambers, associated with changes in systolic and diastolic functions. The variables body weight, left ventricular wall stress index (LVWSI), systolic area (SA), diastolic area (DA), LVDD, left ventricular systolic diameter (LVSD), area variation fraction (AVF), ejection fraction (EF), percent of endocardial shortening ( percentShort), posterior wall shortening velocity (PWSV) and infarct size assessed five days after infarction were predictors of LVDD after three months. At the multivariate regression analysis, we included the size of infarction, the LVWSI and PWSV. The LVWSI (coefficient: 4.402, standard error: 2.221, p = 0.05), but not the size of infarction and PWSV, was a predictor of remodeling after three months of infarction. CONCLUSION: LVPSI was an independent predictor of remodeling three months after the myocardial infarction and could be included in the clinical stratification after the coronary occlusion.