scholarly journals Non-Invasive Imaging for Evaluating Cardiovascular Involvement in Patients with Primary and Lupus Nephritis

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-93
Author(s):  
Marco Atteritano ◽  
Luca Visconti ◽  
Giuseppe Dattilo ◽  
Carmelo Zuppardo ◽  
Antonio Lacquaniti ◽  
...  

Background: Evidence suggests that proteinuric diseases, such as primary or secondary glomerulonephritis, increase cardiovascular risk, but few studies confirmed this association. Methods: This is a cross-sectional, observational study on 32 patients, 17 with Primary Glomerulonephritis (PG) and 15 with Lupus Glomerulonephritis (LG). The control group consisted of 32 healthy individuals. Intima-media thickness (IMT) of the left common carotid artery, carotid bifurcation and internal carotid artery was measured by ultrasound. Left ventricular myocardial deformation was assessed by the use of the Global Circumferential Strain (GCS) and the Global Longitudinal Strain (GLS) following 2-Dimensional (2D) echocardiography in all participants. Results: Patients with glomerulonephritis in both groups showed significantly lower GLS compared with controls (p=0.0005). There was also a significant difference in common carotid IMT values between the LG and GP group (0.45±0.09 vs. 0.58±0.17 mm, respectively; p=0.01), but there was no difference with the control group. In patient group (n=32), a significantly positive correlation was observed between C-reactive protein and proteinuria (r=0.98; p<0.0001), whereas negative correlations were found between common carotid IMT and creatinine clearance (r=-0.97; p<0.0001) and between carotid bifurcation IMT and phosphate levels (r=-0.97; p<0.0001) Conclusion: Subclinical systolic myocardial dysfunction is present early in the course of glomerular disease. The use of 2D GLS revealed that LG and PG patients with no cardiovascular symptoms or history and a preserved left ventricle ejection fraction on conventional echocardiography had subclinical reduction in LV global longitudinal systolic function compared with controls.

Circulation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 142 (Suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Akshar Jaglan ◽  
Sarah Roemer ◽  
Ana C Perez Moreno ◽  
Bijoy K Khandheria

Introduction: Myocardial work is a novel parameter that can be used in a clinic setting to assess left ventricular (LV) pressures and deformation. This study sought to distinguish patterns of global myocardial work index in hypertensive vs. non-hypertensive patients. Methods: Fifty (25 male, mean age 60±14 years) hypertensive patients and 15 (7 male, mean age 38±12 years) control patients underwent transthoracic echocardiography at rest. Hypertensive patients were divided into stage 1 (26 patients) and stage 2 (24 patients) based on the 2017 American College of Cardiology guidelines. We excluded patients with suboptimal image quality for myocardial deformation analysis, reduced ejection fraction (EF), valvular heart disease, and arrhythmia. Global work index (GWI), global constructive work (GCW), global wasted work (GWW), and global work efficiency (GWE) were estimated from LV pressure strain loops utilizing proprietary software from speckle-tracking echocardiography. LV systolic and diastolic pressures were estimated using a noninvasive brachial artery cuff. Results: Global longitudinal strain (GLS) and EF were preserved between the two groups with no statistically significant difference whereas there was a statistically significant difference in the GWI (p<0.01), GCW (p=0.03), GWW (p<0.01), and GWE (p=0.03) (Figure and Table). Conclusions: Myocardial work gives us a closer look at the relationship between LV pressure and contractility in settings of increased load dependency whereas LVEF and GLS cannot. We show how myocardial work is an advanced assessment of LV systolic function in hypertensive patients.


Circulation ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 132 (suppl_3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Meihua Zhu ◽  
Cole Streiff ◽  
Tao He ◽  
Muhammad Ashraf ◽  
Jiahui Zhang ◽  
...  

Introduction: Obesity may affect cardiac function, which is hard to detect by traditional echocardiography in the early stages. Speckle tracking imaging (STI) is sensitive to subtle myocardial dysfunction. The aim of this study was to determine the influence of obesity on left ventricular (LV) myocardial function in diet-induced obesity (DIO) mice using two-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiography (STE). Hypothesis: 2D STE is useful to detect obesity-caused myocardial dysfunction. Methods: Twenty newborn mice were divided into two groups: a DIO group (high-fat diet) and a control group (regular-fat diet). 2D image loops were acquired at the end of each month for 6 months. Global longitudinal strain (GLS) and global circumferential strain (GCS) were analyzed at feeding periods over 3 months and 6 months, and compared between the two groups. Results: The control group gained 64% of its initial weight, while the DIO group gained 82% of its initial weight at the 3 month feeding period; and the two groups gained 88% (control) and 125% (DIO) respectively at 6 months. STE analysis revealed an insignificant decrease in strain values in the DIO mice after 3 months; however, after 6 months, the DIO group demonstrated a significant decrease in strain values (P<0.05) despite normal ejection fractions in both groups. Conclusions: 2D STE is highly feasible to detect the myocardial dysfunction caused by obesity in earlier stage. These strain values appear to be related to the severity of obesity.


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
D Molinero ◽  
P Cabeza ◽  
N Hernandez ◽  
E Silva ◽  
W Delgado

Abstract Background Echocardiographic assessment of the left ventricular systolic function is essential in diagnosis and during the follow up of cardiovascular diseases. Although subjective visual approach method is easily applied, quantitative systems give more objective information about systolic function analyses. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the different quantitative methods of estimating systolic function basal in non-invasive techniques Methods We used a group of 40 patients, prospectively collected, under chemotherapy treatment with preserved systolic function. Same echocardiography device (Philips EPIQ-7) has been used in all studies (acquiring apical 4 and 2 chambers and 3 D of apical volume by an experimented operator). We compare three standard methods with impact in the literature (Speckle tracking and 3D Heartmodel system) to the echocardiographic gold-standard (Simpson’s biplane method). The Bland-Altman method has been used for the graphic comparison of the values of the resulting measures while the statistical comparison was made by a T-student method. Results Three quantitative methods were used to compare left ventricular systolic function assessment (Heart Model 3D (60.4% ± 5.2%), Strain (60.50% ± 7.1%), global longitudinal strain (-19.7 ± 3.15%) to Simpson’s biplane (mean 62.10% ± 5.75%). Values of differential means (2.73 with Heart model 3D and 2.08 with Strain) compared to Simpson’s biplane were translated to a Bland-Altman plot and means were compared with a T-student method. A statistically significant difference was found in case of the Heartmodel method compared with Simpson’s biplane (p &lt; 0.05), though it does not imply any clinical difference. Less time consuming and better segmentation of the cardiac cavities in just one beat with the 3D-Heart Model technique was a magnificent point compared to the Strain method that needed a postprocessing modification Conclusions Heartmodel method is probably the most time-saving and with a good accuracy of left ventricular systolic function assesment and it is not inferior compared to the echocardiographic gold-standard Simpson’s biplane method. Abstract P334 Figure 1. Bland-Altman analysis


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
O Seckin ◽  
S Unlu ◽  
G Tacoy

Abstract Background The function of both ventricles have been suggested to be affected in patients with mitral stenosis. In this study, it was aimed to investigate deformation properties of right (RV) and left ventricles (LV) in mild and moderate rheumatic mitral stenosis (MS) patients with three-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (3D-STE). Methods A total of 60 patients were included in the study (20 patients with mild MS diagnosis, 20 patients with moderate MS diagnosis and 20 healthy volunteers). Three-dimensional echocardiography datasets were obtained for both ventricles in all patients. An example for RV assessment is shown in Figure 1. LV global longitudinal strain (GLS), LV torsion, RV free wall (FW) LS and interventricular septal (IVS) LS measurements were analyzed. Results The LV ejection fraction (EF), RV fractional area change and tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion values were statistically similar and in the normal range. The LV GLS measurements were significantly different among the groups by being highest in the control group and least in the moderate stenosis group (ANOVA,p &lt; 0.001) (Table 1). Patients with MS showed higher torsional values, correlated with MS severity (ANOVA,p &lt; 0.001) (Table 1). IVS LS, RVFW LS values obtained by RV analysis also differed significantly among groups. The FW-GLS values only showed significant difference between the control group and moderate MS group (Table 1). Conclusion Patients with mitral stenosis showed lower LV-GLS and higher LV torsion values. Although the LV GLS is affected; the LV EF was detected to be normal due to increase in LV torsion. RV deformation indices showed signıficant decrease in correlation with the severity of the mitral stenosis. In conclusion, our data suggest that subclinical LV and RV systolic dysfunction is present in mild-moderate MS patients and this dysfunction can be detected by 3D-STE. Table 1 Parameters Control group Mild MS Moderate MS P LV GLS (%) 23.3 ± 2.08 18.9 ± 1.3 17.5 ± 1.8 &lt;0.001 LV torsion 1.5 ± 0.6 2.1 ± 0.6 2.6 ± 0.5 &lt;0.001 IVS LS (%) 23 ± 3.0% 20 ± 2.6 17.1 ± 2.9 &lt;0.001 RV FW LS (%) 25.4 ± 5 22.7 ± 3.2 21.1 ± 4.8 &lt;0.001 FW; free-wall, GLS; global longitudinal strain, IVS; interventricular septum, LV; left ventricular, RV; right ventricular Abstract 1187 Figure 1


2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
T Deshmukh ◽  
P Geenty ◽  
L Geraghty ◽  
D Emmerig ◽  
S Sivapathan ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Cardiovascular events are a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer survivors, particularly occurring at 5-10 years after their cancer therapy. Purpose To assess the utility of strain imaging by 2-dimensional (2D) speckle tracking echocardiography in detecting bi-ventricular dysfunction, as compared to traditional measures, in patients post bone marrow transplantation (BMT) with previous anthracycline (AC) therapy for haematological conditions. Methods 50 consecutive patients post BMT + AC, reviewed at a long-term survivor clinic, were compared to 50 age and gender matched controls. 48/50 patients received AC doses below the recommended cumulative lifetime thresholds set by the European Society of Medical Oncology. 2D left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV GLS) and right ventricle free wall strain (RV FWS) were compared to conventional measures of bi-ventricular function. Results The mean LVEF (58 ± 6% vs 63 ± 6%) and RV fractional area change (FAC) (39 ± 5% vs 44 ± 5%), although reduced in the BMT + AC group vs controls, were within normal limits. LV GLS was reduced in BMT + AC patients as compared to controls (-17.8 ± 3.1% vs -20.5 ± 2.2%, p &lt; 0.01) while RV FWS was also reduced (-23.2 ± 4.0% vs -27.9 ± 2.7%, p &lt; 0.001). In BMT + AC patients with a preserved LVEF (LVEF &gt; 53%), 28% (11/40) had reduced GLS (GLS &lt; -17%) while 52% (24/46) of those with preserved FAC (FAC &gt; 35%) had reduced FWS (FWS &lt; -25%). Major adverse cardiac events (MACE) occurred in 9/50 patients in the BMT + AC group and none in the control group. 8/9 patients had normal biventricular function as assessed by traditional parameters (LVEF and RV FAC) but 5/9 patients had reduced LV GLS and/or RV FWS. Conclusions Subclinical bi-ventricular dysfunction is common in patients post BMT + AC therapy, and can be detected using strain analysis, despite preserved LV and RV systolic function using conventional measures. MACE occurred at a significantly higher rate in BMT patients exposed to AC. More than half of MACE events occurred in patients with reduced LV or RV strain, with preserved bi-ventricular function by traditional measures. LV GLS and RV FWS should be utilised for early identification of subclinical dysfunction in BMT patients.


2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S Khanna ◽  
I Wen ◽  
A Gupta ◽  
A Thakur ◽  
A Bhat ◽  
...  

Abstract Background Neuro-immunological disorders encompass several disease states, including multiple sclerosis (MS), autoimmune encephalitis (AE) and myasthenia gravis (MG). These autoimmune conditions are mediated via pro-inflammatory cytokines, and there is growing evidence to suggest cardiovascular involvement within these inflammatory states. Left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV-GLS) is proposed to be a more sensitive measure of LV systolic function when compared to standard two-dimensional measures such as LV ejection fraction (LVEF). Purpose The purpose of this study was to assess for subclinical cardiac dysfunction in a cohort of patients with neuro-immunological disorders and correlate this with the development of outcomes on follow-up. Methods Consecutive patients with MS, AE and MG admitted to our institution during 2013–2020 were assessed (n=102). Patients without pre-existing cardiovascular disease, LVEF &lt;50% or lack of comprehensive transthoracic echocardiography during their index admission were included (n=55). This group was compared to age- and gender-matched controls (n=55) LV-GLS was measured offline using vendor-independent software (TomTec Arena, Germany v4.6) by two cardiologists blinded to the patient group or outcomes. These patients were followed for up for the composite outcome of all-cause death and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE). Results A total of 55 patients (31 MS, 14 AE and 10 MG) were age- and gender- matched to 55 controls. There was no significant difference in baseline demographic characteristics or cardiovascular risk factors between groups. Patients with neuro-immunological disorders demonstrated impaired LV-GLS (−17.6±3.5 vs −20.8±1.9; p&lt;0.01) when compared to healthy controls, despite an LVEF within the normal range (60.9±7.7 vs 64.1±5.7; p=0.02) in both groups. There were a total of 9 (16.4%) outcomes during a mean follow-up of 41.0±33.0 months. LV-GLS was the only significant echocardiographic predictor of all-cause death and MACE events (p=0.013) on multi-variate analysis. Conclusions Our results suggest that patients with neuro-immunological disorders have subclinical LV dysfunction as assessed by LV-GLS which has prognostic capacity in this population. Further larger studies are required to further characterize this phenomenon. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.


Author(s):  
Pengge Li ◽  
Yonggao Zhang ◽  
Lijin Li ◽  
Mengjiao Sun ◽  
Zhen Li ◽  
...  

Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the difference in left ventricular (LV) global and regional myocardial (MW) of strength athletes with different heart rates (HR) through non-invasive LV pressure-strain loop (PSL) and further address the effect of athlete’s heart rate variability on the LV systolic function. Methods: Fifty young professional wrestlers were collected randomly and divided into two groups in accordance with their different HR: the low HR (45~60 bpm, n=25) and the high HR (60~80 bpm, n=25). Thirty individuals with gender- and age-matched healthy volunteers served as controls ( n=30). Global and regional MW parameters were evaluated using LV-PSL derived from speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) and brachial artery pressure, and then compared between the above three groups. Results: The indicators of global and regional MW did statistically significantly differ between the athlete and control groups. Peak strain dispersion (PSD) and global myocardial wasted work (GWW) increased while global myocardial work efficiency (GWE) reduced in LHR and HHR groups compared with the control group, and global myocardial work index (GWI), global myocardial constructive work (GCW), global longitudinal strain (GLS) decreased in LHR group ( P<0.05). In comparison to the LHR group, GWI, GCW, GWW, PSD increased in HHR group and GWE reduced ( P<0.05). According to the regional MW analysis, the mean regional myocardial work index (RMWI) increasing gradually from basal to apical levels were similar across the three groups and regional myocardial work efficiency (RMWE) did not. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that the HR, posterior wall thickness (PWT), interventricular septal thickness (IVST), GLS, and PSD were correlated with GWE ( b’= -0.247, -0.390, -0.370, 0.340, and -0.554, respectively, P<0.05). Conclusions: The LV contractile performance was more impaired in young strength athletes with high heart rates and PSL can be used to assess LV GMW and RMW quantitatively and accurately in reflecting LV systolic function.


2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
P Hamala ◽  
J D Kasprzak ◽  
P Lipiec ◽  
K Wierzbowska-Drabik

Abstract Aim Despite knowledge regarding the existence of alcohol cardiomyopathy the exact impact of alcohol abuse in consecutive subject is poorly examined. We aimed to evaluate the left ventricle (LV) function in chronic abusers group and compared classical and novel echocardiography parameters in alcohol abusers (ALC) and control group (C). Methods We compared 75 adults (mean age 48±12, 60 male) without other overt heart disease, coronary artery disease excluded, but with alcohol abuse history: average alcohol intake 32 alcohol unit per week (AUW) with control group consisted of 40 subjects without history of excessive drinking, abstinents or drinking ≤8 AUW (mean age 50±4, 16 men). One unit was defined as 10 grams of pure etanol. All patients underwent TTE examination including ejection fraction (EF) calculation with 3D and longitudinal strain assessment by AFI method. Results ALC group showed LV systolic dysfunction expressed as EF 48±14 vs 60±9%, global longitudinal strain (AFI GLS) −15.6±6.6 vs −18.7±3.4; p<0.0001 and p 0.0064, respectively. On the other hand the LV and left atrial diameters as well as diastolic function were similar in both groups, indicating on relatively low advancement of heart remodeling. ALC vs Control group comparison ALC N75 C N40 p value Age 48±12 50±4 ns BMI 24±6 28±6 0.0009 LVd 48±13 47±4 ns LVs 34±15 32±4 ns LA 38±9 38±3 ns EF 48±14 60±9 <0.0001 E/A 1.1±0.6 1.1±0.3 ns E' lateral 10.6±3.9 10.6±2.9 ns AFI 2ch −15.9±6.9 −18.8±4.8 0.0143 AFI 3ch −15.9±6.9 −18.9±3.6 0.0116 AFI 4ch −15.2±7.1 −18.6±3.5 0.0053 AFI GLS −15.6±6.6 −18.7±3.4 0.0064 Conclusions Chronic alcohol abuse revealed harmful effect on LV systolic function which can be assessed quantitatively by both decreased EF and absolute values of myocardial longitudinal strain. This systolic function impairment seems to anticipate the overt remodelling of the heart.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pengge Li ◽  
Yonggao Zhang ◽  
Lijin Li ◽  
Mengjiao Sun ◽  
Zhen Li ◽  
...  

Abstract Objective: The present study aimed to investigate the difference in left ventricular (LV) global and regional myocardial work (MW) of strength athletes with different heart rates (HR) through non-invasive LV pressure-strain loop (PSL) and further address the effect of athlete’s resting heart rate variability on the LV systolic function.Methods:Fifty young professional wrestlers were collected randomly and divided into two groups in accordance with their different heart rates: the low HR group (45~60 bpm, n1=25) and the high HR group (60~80 bpm, n2=25). Thirty individuals with gender- and age-matched healthy volunteers served as controls (n3=30). Global and regional MW parameters were evaluated using LV-PSL derived from speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) and brachial artery pressure. The differences between three groups of data and the linear relationship among conventional echocardiographic parameters and global myocardial work efficiency (GWE) were analyzed.Results:The indicators of global and regional MW did statistically significantly differ between the athlete and control groups. Compared with the control group, Peak strain dispersion (PSD) and global myocardial wasted work (GWW) increased while GWE reduced all in the low HR and high HR groups, and global myocardial work index (GWI), global myocardial constructive work (GCW), global longitudinal strain (GLS) decreased in the low HR group (all P<0.05). In comparison to the low HR group, GWI, GCW, GWW, PSD increased in the high HR group and GWE reduced (P<0.05). According to the regional MW analysis, the mean regional myocardial work index (RMWI) was increased gradually from basal to apical levels, which were similar across the three groups, but regional myocardial work efficiency (RMWE) did not. Multiple linear regression analysis indicated that the HR, posterior wall thickness (PWT), interventricular septal thickness (IVST), GLS, and PSD were well correlated with GWE (b’= -0.247, -0.390, -0.370, 0.340, and -0.554, respectively, P<0.05).Conclusions:The sub-clinical changes of LV contractile performance were more obvious in young strength athletes with high resting heart rates and PSL could be used to assess LV GMW and RMW quantitatively and accurately in reflecting LV systolic function.


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