4937Global longitudinal strain by feature tracking predicts adverse remodeling in ST-elevation myocardial infarction incremental to

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Reinstadler ◽  
M Reindl ◽  
C Tiller ◽  
M Holzknecht ◽  
A Mayr ◽  
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Abstract Objectives To evaluate the independent and incremental value of left ventricular (LV) strain assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking (CMR-FT) for prediction of adverse LV remodeling following ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Background The role of LV myocardial strain by CMR-FT for prediction of adverse remodeling after STEMI in comparison to LV ejection fraction and infarct severity is unclear. Methods STEMI patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention within 24 hours after symptom onset were enrolled. CMR core laboratory analysis was performed to assess LV ejection fraction, infarct pathology and LV myocardial strain. The primary endpoint was adverse remodeling defined as ≥20% increase in LV end-diastolic volume from baseline to 4 months. Results From the 232 patients included, 38 (16.4%) reached the primary endpoint. Global longitudinal strain (GLS), global radial strain, and global circumferential strain were all predictive of adverse remodeling (p<0.01 for all), but among strain values only GLS was an independent predictor of adverse remodeling (hazard ratio: 1.36 [1.03–1.78]; p=0.028) after adjustment for strain parameters, ejection fraction and CMR markers of infarct severity. A GLS >-14% was associated with a 4-fold increase in risk for LV remodeling (hazard ratio: 4.16 [1.56–11.13]; p=0.005). Addition of GLS to a baseline model comprising ejection fraction, infarct size and microvascular obstruction resulted in net reclassification improvement of 0.26 ([0.13–0.38]; p<0.001) and integrated discrimination improvement of 0.02 ([0.01–0.03]; p=0.006). Conclusions In STEMI survivors, determination of GLS using CMR-FT provides important prognostic information for the development of adverse remodeling that is incremental to LV ejection fraction and CMR markers of infarct severity.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
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Žanna Pičkure ◽  

It is well known that dysfunction of the right ventricle in ST segment elevation myocardial infarction causes such complications as rhythm disturbances, cardiogenic shock and others. Its presence is an independent prognostic indicator of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular mortality and development of heart failure. However, in clinical practice still too little attention is paid to the evaluation of the right ventricle function, despite the new echocardiographic methods available, which are capable of providing an accurate diagnostics of the right ventricle disfunction. The purpose of this work is to evaluate changes in the systolic function of the right ventricle in patients with proven acute ST elevation myocardial infarction by threedimensional echocardiography and myocardial strain techniques, and to select the most informative echocardiographic parameters for the size and function of the right ventricle for use in everyday practice. Based on the data gained during this study, the algorithm for the evaluation of the right ventricle function in patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction will be developed. A healthy individuals control group and a group of patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction were formed within the study. Each participant was examined according to standart echocardiography protocol. In each case new echocardiographic right venricle function evaluation methods also were applied – a three-dimensional echocardiography with following right ventricle reconstruction, volume and ejection fraction determination, as well as myocardial longitudinal strain measurements. Based on these methods, by comparing the data to the control group results, it was possible to etermine the pathology threshold for the right ventricular ejection fraction and longitudinal strain to detect right ventricle disfunction in the case of acute myocardial infarction. Three-dimensional echocardiography and evaluation of myocardial strain are new, relatively simple, sufficiently sensitive and specific methods for the diagnosis of right ventricular dysfunction in patients with ST elevation myocardial infarction. The methods are to be introduced for use in everyday clinical practice along with the standard ehocardiography parameters, which also change in ST elevation myocardial infarction: fractional area change, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, and visual evaluation of segmental systolic function of the right ventricle. Among new parameters ejection fraction of the right ventricle and right ventricle free wall longitudinal strain have to be determined. When evaluating the right chamber, it should be remembered that its function deterioration can be observed in case of myocardial infarction of any localization.


2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura Houard ◽  
Mihaela S. Amzulescu ◽  
Geoffrey Colin ◽  
Helene Langet ◽  
Sebastian Militaru ◽  
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Background: Pulmonary transit time (PTT) from first-pass perfusion imaging is a novel parameter to evaluate hemodynamic congestion by cardiac magnetic resonance (cMR). We sought to evaluate the additional prognostic value of PTT in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction over other well-validated predictors of risk including the Meta-Analysis Global Group in Chronic Heart Failure risk score and ischemic cause. Methods: We prospectively followed 410 patients with chronic heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (61±13 years, left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction 24±7%) who underwent a clinical cMR to assess the prognostic value of PTT for a primary endpoint of overall mortality and secondary composite endpoint of cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization. Normal reference values of PTT were evaluated in a population of 40 asymptomatic volunteers free of cardiovascular disease. Results PTT was significantly increased in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction as compared to controls (9±6 beats and 7±2 beats, respectively, P <0.001), and correlated not only with New York Heart Association class, cMR–LV and cMR–right ventricular (RV) volumes, cMR-RV and cMR-LV ejection fraction, and feature tracking global longitudinal strain, but also with cardiac output. Over 6-year median follow-up, 182 patients died and 200 reached the secondary endpoint. By multivariate Cox analysis, PTT was an independent and significant predictor of both endpoints after adjustment for Meta-Analysis Global Group in Chronic Heart Failure risk score and ischemic cause. Importantly in multivariable analysis, PTT in beats had significantly higher additional prognostic value to predict not only overall mortality (χ 2 to improve, 12.3; hazard ratio, 1.35 [95% CI, 1.16–1.58]; P <0.001) but also the secondary composite endpoints (χ 2 to improve=20.1; hazard ratio, 1.23 [95% CI, 1.21–1.60]; P <0.001) than cMR-LV ejection fraction, cMR-RV ejection fraction, LV–feature tracking global longitudinal strain, or RV–feature tracking global longitudinal strain. Importantly, PTT was independent and complementary to both pulmonary artery pressure and reduced RV ejection fraction<42% to predict overall mortality and secondary combined endpoints. Conclusions: Despite limitations in temporal resolution, PTT derived from first-pass perfusion imaging provides higher and independent prognostic information in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction than clinical and other cMR parameters, including LV and RV ejection fraction or feature tracking global longitudinal strain. Registration: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov ; Unique identifier: NCT03969394.


2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 524-525
Author(s):  
Annabel Tan ◽  
Sanjiv J Shah ◽  
Jason Sanders ◽  
Bruce Psaty ◽  
Anne Newman ◽  
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Abstract Myocardial strain, measured by speckle tracking echocardiography (STE), is a novel measure of subclinical cardiovascular disease and may reflect myocardial aging. We aimed to explore the association between myocardial strain and frailty, a clinical syndrome of impaired resilience and lack of physiologic reserve. Frailty was defined in 4,042 participants of the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) as having 3 or more of the following clinical criteria: weakness, slowness, shrinking, exhaustion, and inactivity. We examined the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations of left ventricular (LV) longitudinal strain, LV early diastolic strain rate and left atrial reservoir strain with frailty in participants with no history of cardiovascular disease or heart failure at the time of echocardiography. In cross-sectional analyses, LV longitudinal strain, LV early diastolic strain, left atrial reservoir strain and LV ejection fraction (measured by conventional echocardiography) levels were lower (worse) among frail participants than among those who were not frail and pre-frail (p&lt;0.01). This association of LV longitudinal strain and frailty was robust to adjustment by LV ejection fraction (adjusted OR: 1.34, 95% CI: 1.20, 2.09). Conversely, LV ejection fraction was not associated with frailty after adjustment for LV longitudinal strain. In longitudinal analyses, LV longitudinal strain and LV early diastolic strain were associated with incident frailty (adjusted OR: 1.49, 95% CI: 1.07, 2.08) and 1.65, 95% CI: 1.15, 2.25, respectively). In community-dwelling older adults without prevalent cardiovascular disease, worse LV longitudinal strain, reflective of subclinical myocardial dysfunction, was associated with frailty independent of LV ejection fraction and other risk factors.


2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
AI Scarlatescu ◽  
S Onciul ◽  
A Pascal ◽  
I Petre ◽  
D Zamfir ◽  
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Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Public grant(s) – EU funding. Main funding source(s): This work was supported by CREDO Project - ID: 49182, financed through the SOP IEC -A2-0.2.2.1-2013-1 cofinanced by the ERDF - I agree that this information can be anonymised and then used for statistical purposes only Background Left ventricular (LV) remodeling after ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) plays an important role in predicting the outcome of this patient group. It is also useful in assessing the benefit of revascularization. Its identification is also of clinical importance in order to set up preventive strategies for patients with adverse remodeling Purpose To find an echocardiographic predictor of LV adverse remodeling following STEMI. Materials and methods In this prospective study we included 52 consecutive patients, aged between 35-70,  with STEMI treated by primary PCI. We performed conventional 2D transthoracic echocardiography for patients. In addition to conventional parameters we also measured LV global longitudinal strain (GLS) and LV mechanical dispersion using 2D speckle tracking imaging. For morphological and functional analysis of LV we used 3D echocardiography (volumes, LVEF). LV remodeling (LVR) was defined as an increase of over 15% of the LV end diastolic volume (LVEDV) at 6 months follow up. Results We found significant differences in time (baseline and 6 month follow up) between LVEF (43,08 vs 47,91, p = 0.034), LVEDV (105,95 vs 113,21, p = 0.000), LV GLS (-12.61 vs - 14,58, p = 0.01), and mechanical dispersion (61,68 vs 56,11, p = 0.00) in all patients. LV remodeling at 6 months (15% increase in LVEDV) was observed in 30 % of the included patients. At 6 months after STEMI we observed a significant difference between the two groups (remodeling vs no remodeling) regarding 3D LVEF (42.28 %vs 50.30%,p = 0.009), LVEDV (131 ml vs 109 ml, p = 0.05), GLS (-11.15 vs -16.02, p = 0.00) and LV mechanical dispersion (69.02 vs 50.54, p = 0.00). Patients with LV remodeling at 6 months after STEMI had lower LVEF, worse LV GLS and higher LV mechanical dispersion at baseline. Using ROC curve analysis we identified two cut off values, one of -11.55 for baseline LV GLS (Sb 78%, Sp 81%, AUC 0.852, CI 95%, p = 0.00) and another one of 63.7 for LV baseline mechanical dispersion (Sb 71,4%, Sp 66 %, AUC 0.762, p 0.005) to discriminate between patients with or without LV adverse remodeling at 6 months. Using linear regression analysis, we demonstrated that GLS (p = 0.00) and LV mechanical dispersion (p = 0.016) are able to predict LV remodeling in time. We also found a negative correlation between peak CK-MB levels at baseline LVEF at 6 months. Regression analysis showed that CK-MB levels at baseline could predict LVEF at 6 months (p = 0.008) Conclusion Baseline LV mechanical dispersion and LV GLS can predict LV adverse remodeling at 6 months after STEMI. These parameters could be used at baseline in order to predict worse outcome in STEMI patients. Further larger scale studies are needed to validate these findings.


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