- 著者
- Hidekazu Tanaka Kazuhiro Tatsumi Sei Fujiwara Takayuki Tsuji Akihiro Kaneko Keiko Ryo Yuko Fukuda Kensuke Matsumoto Mayumi Shigeru Akihiro Yoshida Hiroya Kawai Ken-ichi Hirata
- 出版者
- The Japanese Circulation Society
- 雑誌
- Circulation Journal (ISSN:13469843)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.76, no.2, pp.382-389, 2012 (Released:2012-01-25)
- 参考文献数
- 28
- 被引用文献数
- 33 38
Background: Dyssynchrony has various detrimental effects on cardiac function, but its effect on cardiac sympathetic activity is not fully understood. Methods and Results: We studied 50 heart failure patients who underwent cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Cardiac sympathetic activity was assessed by 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) scintigraphy as the delayed heart-to-mediastinum ratio (H/M ratio). Echocardiography was performed before and 7 months after CRT, and response was defined as a ≥15% decrease in end-systolic volume. Dyssynchrony was determined by the time difference between the anteroseptal-to-posterior wall using speckle-tracking radial strain (≥130ms predefined as significant). H/M ratio in patients with dyssynchrony was less than that in patients without dyssynchrony (1.62±0.31 vs. 1.82±0.36, P<0.05), even though ejection fraction was not significantly different (24±6% vs. 25±7%). Patients with dyssynchrony and H/M ratio ≥1.6 had a higher frequency of response to CRT (94%) and favorable long-term outcome over 3.0 years. In contrast, patients without dyssynchrony and H/M ratio <1.6 were more likely to show a lower frequency of response to CRT (0%) and unfavorable long-term outcome after CRT. Conclusions: Dyssynchrony is associated with cardiac sympathetic activity, and 123I-MIBG scintigraphy may be valuable for predicting the response to CRT. (Circ J 2012; 76: 382-389)