13. • Comparable post-op LAP !
• Abnormal Diastole: longer duration of symptoms
before surgery
Senni et al JACC 1999
Kim JS et al Int J Cardiol 2009
DE: doppler echocardiography
15. Motoki H et al. JASE 2013
Contractile Reservoir Conduit
16. Surgery - DD - Constrictive Pericarditis
❖ Pericardiectomy is effective in relieving constriction of the
heart!
❖ Symptoms improvement occur in a significant proportion
of patients!
❖ Prognosis is still linked to preoperative functional status
and duration of the disease!
❖ Diastolic function analysis after treatment may unmask
patients with underlying disease, extensive myocardial
damage, untreated comorbilities.
18. Hallopeau!1869!
Liouiville!1869!
Schminke!1907
Pathology Description!
(reports of findings compatible with HOCM)
Davies 1952
Description of familiar HOCM and report of 3 cases of
sudden death
Brock 1957 diffuse subaortic stenosis!
“Functional obstruction of the left ventricle”
Brock 1957-1959
“Surgical report” !
(no surgical treatment provided)
Teare 1958
first accurate categorisation of HOCM!
(muscle fibers thickening and disarray)
Fix 1964 Recognise the contribution of the AL of mitral valve: SAM
Godwin!
Oakley
1960-1972 Reduced LV compliance; “inflow” obstruction
HOCM - Mythology and Epos
MYTHOLOGY
19. Cleland 1960 First performed surgical incision - myotomy
Kelly!
Morrow!
Wigle
1966!
1961-1964!
1962
Routinely performed !
“Myotomy”
Kirklin 1961 Surgical excision of hypertrophied muscle - “Myectomy”
Troubl 1962 Aortic approach
Lillehei!
Levy
1963 Treatment of anterior leaflet of mitral valve
Dobella!
Scott
1964 Left atrial approach
Swan 1964 Ventriculotomy approach
Julian 1965 “Fishmouth” ventriculotomy
Morrow 1975-1978 Trans-aortic myectomy
Cooley 1973-1976 Mitral valve replacement
HOCM - Mythology and Epos
EPOS
22. 1983-2001
Ommen SR et el. JACC 2005 Sedehi D et el. J Cardiol 2015
1972-2006
1994-2005
Smedira NG et el. Ann Thorac Surg 2008
23. Effect of Septal Myectomy on Diastolic Function
Small proportion of SM patients had
decrease in DT, but not in E and E/A ratio
Masuyama et al. JASE 1990
Non-surgical septal reduction therapy:
decrease in pre-A pressure and tau
velocity with increase of Ea and LVEDV
Nagueh SF et al. Circulation 1999
Both myectomy and PTSMA reduce
LVOT obstruction and significantly!
improve NYHA functional class in
patients with HOCM
Qin JX et al. JACC 2001
[…]diastolic function indexes obtained
by echocardiography changed after
septal reduction interventions in
patients with obstructive HC.
Sitges M et al. Am J Cardiol 2003
Valeti U et al. JACC 2007
24. Effect of Septal Myectomy on Diastolic Function
Monteiro PF et al. Am J Cardiol 2007
Pre-Myectomy Post-myectomy p-value
LVOT 106±44 17±13 <0.001
MR grade 3±1 2±1! <0.001
RSVP 40±8 31±6 <0.01
E/E’ 20.7±6.0 10.8±4.0 <0.01
LAVI 52.1±21.2 33.2±11.9 <0.001
LAVI!
pre-myectomy: ! MR grade (r2=0.76); p=0.003!
! ! ! ! E/E’; p=0.03!
!
post-myectomy:! LVOTG (r2=0.33); p=0.006!!
!
Menon SC et al. JASE 2008
Yang H et al. JASE 2005
25. Effect of Septal Myectomy of Diastolic Function
Tower-Rader A et al. Am J Cardiol 2014 Moravsky G et al. JASE 2013
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26. Surgery of DD - Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy
❖ Surgical treatment in obstructive forms guarantees a “normal”
lifespan!
❖ Septal myectomy is still the most reliable, reproducible and effective
procedure for HOCM!
❖ Prognosis is still dictated by the form and thus the age of presentation!
❖ Septal myectomy advantage goes beyond the wall thickness and
LVOTG reduction, involving also improvement of diastolic function!
❖ E/E’, LAVI and speckle tracking parameters are potential markers of
myectomy effectiveness and also has the potential of prognostic
values.
44. Surgery of DD - Aortic Stenosis and Regurgitation
❖ Aortic valve disease is a disease of the valve and the myocardium!
❖ Myocardial remodeling, although with a different “primum movens”, eventually affects
the diastole!
❖ Hypertension, vascular disease, diabetes mellitus, COPD, renal disease could coexist,
over impose their features in terms of diastole remodelling, exacerbate ultimately
leading to a vicious cycle!
❖ Relieve of the increased afterload is effective in modifying the natural history of the
disease per se and also promoting a reverse remodelling!
❖ Adjunctive pharmacological strategies are necessary to obtain the maximum from the
therapeutic intervention!
❖ In patients that fail to improve after surgery, underlying advanced diastolic disease
could provide an explanation and also a further preoperative tool to stratify
intervention timing.
45. Conclusions
❖ Diastolic disease is an underlying and often overlooked
feature of many cardiac pathologies.!
❖ Surgical treatment often address the main feature of the
disease!
❖ Diastolic disfunction could impact heavily on patients’
prognosis!
❖ A better understanding of the diseased diastole in surgical
patients and its impact on early and late outcome could lead
to a better timing of the intervention and improved prognosis