Abstract 14915: Incidence, Predictors and Clinical Impact of Left Ventricular Functional Recovery Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Masaro Nakae ◽  
Satoshi Kainuma ◽  
Koichi Toda ◽  
Shigeru Miyagawa ◽  
Daisuke Yoshioka ◽  
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Introduction: CABG is considered the standard treatment for patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM). However, it remains unknown who would achieve postoperative LV function recovery after CABG. Furthermore, the relationship of postoperative LV function recovery with long-term outcomes remains unclear. Hypothesis: In patients with ICM who undergo CABG, postoperative LV function recovery, which would be influenced by degree of LV remodeling at baseline, is associated with improved outcomes. Methods: This multicenter retrospective study comprised 490 cases with LVEF of ≤40% who underwent CABG between 1993 and 2015. Clinical follow-up was completed in 467 cases (95%), with a mean follow-up of 65±46 months (range, 0-266). A total of postoperative echocardiographic assessments were carried with an average number of 3.7±2.4. LV function recovery was defined as LVEF ≥35% at more than one exam. Association of LV function recovery with mortality after adjustments for clinically relevant covariates was estimated using Cox proportional hazard model. Pre- and intraoperative associates of LV function recovery were identified using logistic regression model. Results: During follow-up, there were 203 mortalities (41%) and overall 10-year survival was 45%. LV function recovery was found in 368 cases (75%), while not in 122 (25%). Overall 10-year survival was significantly higher in patients who achieved LV function recovery as compared with those who did not achieve it (52% vs. 23%). Multivariate analysis identified LV function recovery was independently associated with decreased overall mortality (adjusted HR 0.40, p<0.0001). Preoperative LVDs (adjusted OR 0.92, p<0.0001), eGFR (adjusted OR 1.12, p=0.016) and revascularization using bilateral internal thoracic arteries (BITA) (adjusted OR 2.81, p=0.018) are the independent predictors of LV function recovery. Conclusions: Among patients with ICM who underwent CABG, 75% achieved substantial postoperative LV function recovery, in association with better long-term survival, as compared with the remaining 25% of patients who did not achieve it. Preoperative less LV remodeling and preserved renal function as well as revascularization with use of BITA might be associated with LV function recovery.

2015 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 225-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zoran Trifunovic ◽  
Slobodan Obradovic ◽  
Bela Balint ◽  
Radoje Ilic ◽  
Zoran Vukic ◽  
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Background/Aim. Intramyocardial bone marrow mononuclear cells (BMMNC) implantation concomitant to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery as an option for regenerative therapy in chronic ischemic heart failure was tested in a very few number of studies, with not consistent conclusions regarding improvement in left ventricular function, and with a follow-up period between 6 months and 1 year. This study was focused on testing of the hypothesis that intramyocardial BMMNC implantation, concomitant to CABG surgery in ischemic cardiomyopathy patients, leads to better postoperative long-term results regarding the primary endpoint of conditional status-functional capacity and the secondary endpoint of mortality than CABG surgery alone in a median follow-up period of 5 years. Methods. A total of 30 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and the median left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 35.9 ? 4.7% were prospectively and randomly enrolled in a single center interventional, open labeled clinical trial as two groups: group I of 15 patients designated as the study group to receive CABG surgery and intramyocardial implantation of BMMNC and group II of 15 patients as the control group to receive only the CABG procedure. All the patients in both groups received the average of 3.4 ? 0.7 implanted coronary grafts, and all of them received the left internal mammary artery (LIMA) to the left anterior descending (LAD) and autovenous to other coronaries. Results. The group with BMMNC and CABG had the average of 17.5 ? 3.8 injections of BMMNC suspension with the average number of injected bone marrow mononuclear cells of 70.7 ? 32.4 ? 106 in the total average volume of 5.7 ? 1.5 mL. In this volume the average count of CD34+ and CD133+ cells was 3.96 ? 2.77 ? 106 and 2.65 ? 1.71 ? 106, respectively. All the patients were followed up in 2.5 to 7.5 years (median, 5 years). At the end of the follow-up period, significantly more patients from the group that received BMMNC were in the functional class I compared to the CABG only group (14/15 vs 5/15; p = 0.002). After 6 months the results on 6-minute walk test (6-MWT) were significantly different between the groups (435 m in the BMMNC and CABG group and 315 m in the CABG only group; p = 0.001), and continued to be preserved and improved on the final follow-up (520 m in the BMMNC and CABG group vs 343 m in the CABG only group; p < 0.001). Cardiovascular mortality was also significantly reduced in the BMMNC and CABG group (p = 0.049). Conclusion. Implanatation of BMMNC concomitant to CABG is a safe and feasible procedure that demonstates not only the improved functional capacity but also a reduced cardiac mortality in a 5-year follow-up in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy scheduled for CABG surgery.


2008 ◽  
Vol 294 (4) ◽  
pp. H1888-H1895 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Plante ◽  
Dominic Lachance ◽  
Serge Champetier ◽  
Marie-Claude Drolet ◽  
Élise Roussel ◽  
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The objective of this study was to assess the long-term effects of β-blockade on survival and left ventricular (LV) remodeling in rats with aortic valve regurgitation (AR). The pharmacological management of chronic AR remains controversial. No drug has been definitively proven to delay the need for valve replacement or to affect morbidity and/or mortality. Our group has reported that the adrenergic system is activated in an animal model of AR and that adrenergic blockade may help maintain normal LV function. The effects of prolonged treatment with a β-blocker are unknown. Forty Wistar rats with severe AR were divided into 2 groups of 20 animals each and treated with metoprolol (Met, 25 mg·kg−1·day−1) or left untreated for 1 yr. LV remodeling was evaluated by echocardiography. Survival was assessed by Kaplan-Meir curves. Hearts were harvested for tissue analysis. All Met-treated animals were alive after 6 mo vs. 70% of untreated animals. After 1 yr, 60% of Met-treated animals were alive vs. 35% of untreated animals ( P = 0.028). All deaths, except one, were sudden. There were no differences in LV ejection fraction (all >50%) or LV dimensions. LV mass tended to be lower in the Met-treated group. There was less subendocardial fibrosis in this group, as well as lower LV filling pressures (LV end-diastolic pressure). β-Adrenergic receptor ratio (β1/β2) was improved. One year of treatment with Met was well tolerated. Met improved 1-yr survival, minimized LV hypertrophy, improved LV filling pressures, decreased LV subendocardial fibrosis, and helped restore the β-adrenergic receptor ratio.


Biomolecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 654
Author(s):  
Weinmann ◽  
Werner ◽  
Koenig ◽  
Rottbauer ◽  
Walcher ◽  
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Immunoadsorption and subsequent administration of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) have shown beneficial effects on cardiac function and symptoms in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy. Biomarkers play an emerging role in disease monitoring and outcome prediction of heart failure (HF) patients. We aimed to analyze cardiac biomarkers as predictor for improvement of left ventricular (LV) function after immunoadsorption treatment in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Thirty-one patients with dilated cardiomyopathy on optimized HF pharmacotherapy received a single cycle of immunoadsorption for five days followed by IVIG administration. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and heart failure biomarkers (hs troponin T, hs troponin I, NT-proBNP and sST2) were evaluated before treatment, after the last cycle of immunoadsorption and during a median follow-up of 30.5 months. We correlated HF biomarkers before immunoadsorption and acute changes of HF biomarkers by immunoadsorption with LV improvement during the long-term follow-up. LV function improved significantly after immunoadsorption from 28.0 to 42.0% during the long-term follow-up (p < 0.0001). Evaluation of biomarker levels showed a significant decrease for hs troponin I (from 9.2 to 5.5 ng/L, p < 0.05) and NT-proBNP (from 789.6 to 281.2 pg/mL, p < 0.005). Correlation of biomarker levels before immunoadsorption and LVEF at the long-term follow-up show good results for hs troponin T (r = −0.40, r2 = 0.16, p < 0.05), hs troponin I (r = −0.41, r2 = 0.17, p < 0.05) and sST2 (r = −0.46, r2 = 0.19, p < 0.05). Correlation of biomarker levels before immunoadsorption and the individual increase in LV function was significant for hs troponin T (r = −0.52, r2 = 0.27, p < 0.005) and hs troponin I (r = −0.53, r2 = 0.29, p < 0.005). To imply a tool for monitoring outcome immediately after immunoadsorption treatment, we investigated the correlation of acute changes of biomarker levels by immunoadsorption treatment and individual increase in LV function. A drop in hs troponin T (r = −0.41, r2 = 0.17, p < 0.05) and hs troponin I (r = −0.53, r2 = 0.28, p < 0.005) levels demonstrate a good correlation to improvement in LVEF during the long-term follow-up. Conclusion: Hs troponin T and I levels correlate with LV function improvement during long-term follow-up. Acute decrease of troponins by immunoadsorption treatment is paralleled by individual improvement of LVEF at the long-term follow-up. Thus, troponins could serve as a monitoring tool for the improvement of LV function after immunoadsorption treatment in dilated cardiomyopathy.


Surgery Today ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 22 (4) ◽  
pp. 301-304
Author(s):  
Satoshi Sekine ◽  
Ryosei Kuribayashi ◽  
Toru Sakurada ◽  
Hiroaki Aida ◽  
Hiroyuki Atsumi ◽  
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