Clinical significance of left ventricular false tendons diagnosed by color Doppler echocardiography for pilot

Abstract

Objective To study the clinical significance of diagnosing pilot's left ventricular false tendons (LVFT) by color Doppler echocardiography.Methods The case history of 934 pilots who were examined by color Doppler echocardiography in recent 8 years was reviewed.Pilots were grouped by judging if the LVFT was diagnosed.The detection rate of premature ventricular contraction and the change of T wave or S-T, as well as age were compared between LVFT group and healthy group.Results There were 98 cases of LVFT picked out of 934 pilots; the detection rate was 10.49%.Masculine of premature ventricular contraction and the change of T wave or S-T in LVFT group showed significant difference (x2=97.71 and 70.16, P＜0.01) but for age (t=1.479, P＞0.05).Conclusions LVFT shows certain relationship with premature ventricular contraction and the change of T wave or S-T except the reason of organic heart disease.Even LEFT taken as a kind of normal anatomical variation but it has the possibility of evoking premature ventricular contraction after all.Caring LVFT is suggested in medical identification of pilot. Key words: Heart ventricles ; Chordae tendineae ; Echocardiography,Doppler,color ; Diagnosis,differential ;