Biventricular diastolic filling patterns after coronary artery bypass graft surgery

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.01.015 Byline: Yanfen Shi (c), Andre Y. Denault (a), Pierre Couture (a), Ady Butnaru (c), Michel Carrier (b), Jean-Claude Tardif (c) Abbreviations: A, atrial filling A-wave velocity; Am, late mitral annular velocity; Ar, reversed atrial flow; At, atrial filling tricuspid annular velocity; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; D, diastolic D-wave velocity; DT, E-wave deceleration time; E, early mitral filling E-wave velocity; Em, early mitral annular velocity; Et, early filling tricuspid annular velocity; HVF, hepatic venous flow; IVRT, isovolumic relaxation time; LVDD, left ventricular diastolic dysfunction; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; PVF, pulmonary venous flow; PW, pulsed wave; RVDD, right ventricular diastolic dysfunction; S, systolic S-wave velocity; TDI, tissue Doppler imaging; TMF, transmitral flow; TTF, transtricuspid flow; Vp, propagation velocity Abstract: We sought to study the evolution of biventricular filling properties after coronary artery bypass grafting. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Anesthesia, Montreal Heart Institute, and University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (b) Department of Surgery, Montreal Heart Institute, and University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (c) Department of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute, and University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada Article History: Received 27 September 2005; Revised 10 January 2006; Accepted 13 January 2006 Article Note: (footnote) Supported by the Montreal Heart Institute Foundation and by the 2001 Dr Earl Wynands Research Award in Cardiovascular Anesthesia.