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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2004;26:711-719
© 2004 Elsevier Science NL

Electromechanical left ventricular resynchronisation by coronary artery bypass surgery

Department of Echocardiography and Surgery, The Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College of Science, Medicine and Technology, Sydney St., SW3 6NP London, UK

Received 18 December 2003; received in revised form 29 April 2004; accepted 10 May 2004.

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e-mail: a.duncan{at}ic.ac.uk

Objective: In patients with coronary artery disease (CAD), the normal electromechanical response to dobutamine stress is deranged: QRS duration lengthens rather than shortens, left ventricular asynchrony develops, post-ejection shortening appears, and total isovolumic time (the time in the cardiac cycle when the ventricle is neither ejecting nor filling) increases rather than falls, all of which blunt the normal rise in cardiac output. We aimed to study the effect of revascularisation on these stress-induced electromechanical abnormalities and their effect on peak cardiac output after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Method: 20 unselected patients were studied before and after CABG. Long axis asynchrony was determined by (i) delay in the onset of shortening, (ii) amplitude and (iii) duration of post-ejection shortening. Total isovolumic time (in s/min), calculated as [60–(total ejection time+total filling time)] and cardiac output were measured by Doppler echocardiography. Results: Before CABG: QRS duration broadened with stress (by 7±8 ms, P<0.01) and post-ejection shortening increased (amplitude by 1.1±0.7 mm, P<0.001, duration by 8±9 ms, P<0.01). Total isovolumic time increased (by 3±3 s/min, P<0.001) and cardiac output rose (by 2.8±1.2 l/min, P<0.01). After CABG: QRS duration shortened with stress (by 5±4 ms, P<0.01), post-ejection shortening decreased (amplitude and duration fell by 0.4±0.5 mm and 22±14 ms, respectively), total isovolumic time shortened (by 3±3 s/min) and cardiac output increased (by 5.1±1.8 l/min, all P<0.001). Changes in total isovolumic time and duration of post-ejection shortening with stress were independent predictors of the increase in peak cardiac output after revascularisation (total R²=0.69). Independent predictors of changes in total isovolumic time with stress were those in QRS duration and the duration of post-ejection shortening (total R²=0.75). In turn, changes in the duration of post-ejection shortening were closely associated with alterations in the delay in long axis shortening (r²=0.50), which correlated with changes in QRS duration (r²=0.59, all P<0.001). Conclusions: Revascularisation resynchronises left ventricular wall motion by restoring the normal activation response to stress, thereby reducing total isovolumic time and normalising peak cardiac output response to stress.

Key Words: Coronary artery bypass grafting • Cardiac output • Coronary artery disease • Left ventricular asynchrony • Total isovolumic time

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