Izumo Masaki, Akashi Yoshihiro J
Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, St. Marianna University School of Medicine, 2-16-1 Sugao, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, 216-8511, Japan.
J Echocardiogr. 2016 Mar;14(1):21-9. doi: 10.1007/s12574-016-0274-8. Epub 2016 Jan 13.
Since the introduction of transcatheter structural heart intervention, the term "structural heart disease" has been widely used in the field of cardiology. Structural heart disease refers to congenital heart disease, valvular heart disease, and cardiomyopathy. In structural heart disease, valvular heart disease is frequently identified in the elderly. Of note, the number of patients who suffer from aortic stenosis (AS) and mitral regurgitation (MR) is increasing in developed countries because of the aging of the populations. Transcatheter aortic valve replacement and percutaneous mitral valve repair has been widely used for AS and MR, individually. Echocardiography is the gold standard modality for initial diagnosis and subsequent evaluation of AS and MR, although the difficulties in assessing patients with these diseases still remain. Here, we review the clinical usefulness and prognostic impact of exercise echocardiography on structural heart disease, particularly on AS and MR.
自从经导管结构性心脏病介入治疗出现以来,“结构性心脏病”一词在心脏病学领域被广泛使用。结构性心脏病指先天性心脏病、心脏瓣膜病和心肌病。在结构性心脏病中,心脏瓣膜病在老年人中较为常见。值得注意的是,由于人口老龄化,发达国家中患有主动脉瓣狭窄(AS)和二尖瓣反流(MR)的患者数量正在增加。经导管主动脉瓣置换术和经皮二尖瓣修复术已分别广泛应用于AS和MR的治疗。超声心动图是AS和MR初始诊断及后续评估的金标准检查方法,尽管评估这些疾病患者仍存在困难。在此,我们综述运动超声心动图对结构性心脏病,尤其是对AS和MR的临床实用性及预后影响。