Effects of carvedilol on left ventricular function mass and scintigraphic findings in isolated left ventricular non-compaction

摘要

A four month old infant with isolated left ventricular non-compaction was treated with carvedilol. Haemodynamic studies and various types of imaging—including echocardiography, radiographic angiography, magnetic resonance imaging, and single photon emission computed tomography with ²⁰¹Tl, ¹²³I-β-methyliodophenylpentadecanoic acid (BMIPP), and ¹²³I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG)—were performed before and 14 months after treatment. Left ventricular ejection fraction increased from 30% to 57%, and left ventricular end diastolic volume, end systolic volume, and end diastolic pressure showed striking reductions during treatment. Left ventricular mass decreased to about two thirds of the baseline value after treatment. Per cent wall thickening increased after carvedilol in the segments corresponding to non-compacted myocardium. A mismatch between ²⁰¹Tl and BMIPP uptake in the area of non-compaction observed before carvedilol disappeared after treatment. Impaired sympathetic neuronal function shown by MIBG recovered after treatment. Thus carvedilol had beneficial effects on left ventricular function, hypertrophy, and both metabolic and adrenergic abnormalities in isolated left ventricular non-compaction.


>Keywords: isolated left ventricular non-compaction; carvedilol; cardiac sympathetic nerve; ventricular remodelling