Impact of Severe Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension on the Left Heart and Prognostic Implications.
Diastole
Echocardiography, Doppler
/ methods
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Heart Ventricles
/ diagnostic imaging
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Prognosis
Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
/ diagnosis
Pulmonary Wedge Pressure
/ physiology
Retrospective Studies
Severity of Illness Index
Stroke Volume
/ physiology
Ventricular Function, Left
/ physiology
Left ventricle
Longitudinal strain
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Journal
Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography : official publication of the American Society of Echocardiography
ISSN: 1097-6795
Titre abrégé: J Am Soc Echocardiogr
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8801388
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 2019
09 2019
Historique:
received:
22
03
2018
revised:
05
04
2019
accepted:
06
05
2019
pubmed:
7
7
2019
medline:
10
10
2020
entrez:
7
7
2019
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (sPAH) results in a dilated and dysfunctional right ventricle (RV) together with a small left ventricle (LV) with preserved systolic function. RV size and function parameters have an established association with poor prognosis in sPAH. We sought to determine the impact of RV geometry and function on LV mechanics and its relationship with mortality. We studied 114 patients (54 ± 13 years) with sPAH, normal LV ejection fraction (LVEF), and complete two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) and compared them with 70 normal controls of similar age and gender distribution. TTE measurements of atrial sizes, ventricular volumes and function, tricuspid and mitral regurgitation (TR, MR), and LV diastolic function were performed. Speckle-tracking strain was measured in all four chambers, including LV global longitudinal strain (GLS). Cox proportional hazards regression with forward selection was performed to determine the associations between measured indices and mortality over a 20-month follow-up period. Kaplan-Meier curves were generated for variables most associated with death. Compared with controls, sPAH patients had greater TR severity and right-chamber size with worse function. Of note, LVEF was normal in both groups. Left atrial peak strain and LV GLS were reduced in sPAH, with greater reductions in nonsurvivors. In multivariate analysis, right atrial volume index (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.02 [CI, 1.01-1.04], P < .01), RV free-wall strain (HR = 1.08; CI [1.01-1.15]; P = .03), and LV GLS (HR = 1.11 [CI, 1.01-1.22]; P = .04) were independently associated with mortality. Although PAH is predominantly a right heart disease, in our cohort of sPAH with normal LVEF, LV GLS was independently associated with death in addition to RV and right atrial abnormalities. These findings indicate that the role of left heart dysfunction in sPAH may be underappreciated in clinical practice.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
Severe pulmonary arterial hypertension (sPAH) results in a dilated and dysfunctional right ventricle (RV) together with a small left ventricle (LV) with preserved systolic function. RV size and function parameters have an established association with poor prognosis in sPAH. We sought to determine the impact of RV geometry and function on LV mechanics and its relationship with mortality.
METHODS
We studied 114 patients (54 ± 13 years) with sPAH, normal LV ejection fraction (LVEF), and complete two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiograms (TTE) and compared them with 70 normal controls of similar age and gender distribution. TTE measurements of atrial sizes, ventricular volumes and function, tricuspid and mitral regurgitation (TR, MR), and LV diastolic function were performed. Speckle-tracking strain was measured in all four chambers, including LV global longitudinal strain (GLS). Cox proportional hazards regression with forward selection was performed to determine the associations between measured indices and mortality over a 20-month follow-up period. Kaplan-Meier curves were generated for variables most associated with death.
RESULTS
Compared with controls, sPAH patients had greater TR severity and right-chamber size with worse function. Of note, LVEF was normal in both groups. Left atrial peak strain and LV GLS were reduced in sPAH, with greater reductions in nonsurvivors. In multivariate analysis, right atrial volume index (hazard ratio [HR] = 1.02 [CI, 1.01-1.04], P < .01), RV free-wall strain (HR = 1.08; CI [1.01-1.15]; P = .03), and LV GLS (HR = 1.11 [CI, 1.01-1.22]; P = .04) were independently associated with mortality.
CONCLUSIONS
Although PAH is predominantly a right heart disease, in our cohort of sPAH with normal LVEF, LV GLS was independently associated with death in addition to RV and right atrial abnormalities. These findings indicate that the role of left heart dysfunction in sPAH may be underappreciated in clinical practice.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31278050
pii: S0894-7317(19)30684-4
doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2019.05.008
pmc: PMC7147873
mid: NIHMS1565660
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
1128-1137Subventions
Organisme : NHLBI NIH HHS
ID : T32 HL007381
Pays : United States
Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2019 American Society of Echocardiography. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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