AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 269, Issue 6 2100-H2108, Copyright © 1995 by American Physiological Society

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Mechanism of mitral leaflet excursion

J. M. Dent, W. D. Spotnitz, S. P. Nolan, A. R. Jayaweera, W. P. Glasheen and S. Kaul
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville 22908, USA.

The factors that influence the extent of mitral leaflet opening (MLO) and closure (MLC) have not been defined. We hypothesized that left ventricular (LV) systolic function determines the rate of increase of the early diastolic left atrial (LA)-LV pressure gradient, which is responsible for the extent of MLO, and also the rate of change of the early systolic LV-LA pressure gradient, which determines the degree of MLC. Accordingly, global LV function was changed by altering left main coronary artery flow with LA pressure held relatively constant. LV end-systolic dimension and peak positive LV rate of pressure development (dP/dt) correlated best with the degrees of MLO and MLC, with average correlation coefficients of 0.88 and 0.68, and 0.86 and 0.72, respectively. Although transsecting the submitral apparatus resulted in flailing of the mitral leaflets during normal LV systolic function, the extents of MLO and MLC during LV systolic dysfunction were still influenced by LV systolic function. It is concluded that LV systolic function determines the extent (both opening and closure) of mitral leaflet excursion.

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