Left ventricular vortex analysis by high-frame rate blood speckle tracking echocardiography in healthy children and in congenital heart disease.

-i, indexed to BSA AV, atrioventricular BMI, body mass index BSA, body surface area BST, blood speckle tracking Blood speckle imaging Bpm, beats per minute CHD, congenital heart disease CI, correlation index Congenital ED, end-diastolic Echocardiography Fps, frame per second Heart defects ICC, intraclass correlation coefficient IQR, interquartile range IVS, interventricular septum LV, left ventricle/ventricular LVEDA, left ventricular end-diastolic area LVEDD, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension LVEDV, left ventricular end-diastolic volume LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction LVESD, left ventricular end-systolic dimension LVESV, left ventricular end-systolic volume LVOT, left ventricular outflow tract LVPO, CHD involving left ventricle pressure overload LVSV, left ventricular stroke volume LVVO, CHD involving left ventricular volume overload Left ventricle MV, mitral valve Pediatrics RVPO, CHD involving right ventricular pressure overload RVVO, CHD involving right ventricular volume overload TGA, transposition of the great arteries Vortex imaging

Journal

International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature
ISSN: 2352-9067
Titre abrégé: Int J Cardiol Heart Vasc
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 101649525

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Dec 2021
Historique:
received: 15 08 2021
revised: 14 10 2021
accepted: 15 10 2021
entrez: 17 11 2021
pubmed: 18 11 2021
medline: 18 11 2021
Statut: epublish

Résumé

High-frame rate blood speckle tracking (BST) echocardiography is a new technique for the assessment of intracardiac flow. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of left ventricular (LV) vortices in healthy children and in those with congenital heart disease (CHD). Characteristics of LV vortices were analyses based on 4-chamber BST images from 118 healthy children (median age 6.84 years, range 0.01-17 years) and 43 children with CHD (median age 0.99 years, range 0.01-14 years). Both groups were compared after propensity matching. Multiple linear regression was used to identify factors that independently influence vortex characteristics. Feasibility of vortex imaging was 93.7% for healthy children and 95.6% for CHD. After propensity matching, there were no overall significant differences in vortex distance to apex, distance to interventricular septum (IVS), height, width, sphericity index, or area. However, multiple regression analysis revealed significant associations of LV morphology with vortex characteristics. Furthermore, CHD involving LV volume overload and CHD involving LV pressure overload were both associated with vortices localized closer to the IVS. LV vortex analysis using high-frame rate BST echocardiography is feasible in healthy children and in those with CHD. As they are associated with LV morphology and are modified in some types of CHD, vortices might yield diagnostic and prognostic value. Future studies are warranted to establish applications of vortex imaging in the clinical setting.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
High-frame rate blood speckle tracking (BST) echocardiography is a new technique for the assessment of intracardiac flow. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the characteristics of left ventricular (LV) vortices in healthy children and in those with congenital heart disease (CHD).
METHODS METHODS
Characteristics of LV vortices were analyses based on 4-chamber BST images from 118 healthy children (median age 6.84 years, range 0.01-17 years) and 43 children with CHD (median age 0.99 years, range 0.01-14 years). Both groups were compared after propensity matching. Multiple linear regression was used to identify factors that independently influence vortex characteristics.
RESULTS RESULTS
Feasibility of vortex imaging was 93.7% for healthy children and 95.6% for CHD. After propensity matching, there were no overall significant differences in vortex distance to apex, distance to interventricular septum (IVS), height, width, sphericity index, or area. However, multiple regression analysis revealed significant associations of LV morphology with vortex characteristics. Furthermore, CHD involving LV volume overload and CHD involving LV pressure overload were both associated with vortices localized closer to the IVS.
CONCLUSIONS CONCLUSIONS
LV vortex analysis using high-frame rate BST echocardiography is feasible in healthy children and in those with CHD. As they are associated with LV morphology and are modified in some types of CHD, vortices might yield diagnostic and prognostic value. Future studies are warranted to establish applications of vortex imaging in the clinical setting.

Identifiants

pubmed: 34786451
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcha.2021.100897
pii: S2352-9067(21)00185-8
pmc: PMC8579140
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Pagination

100897

Informations de copyright

© 2021 The Authors.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

The authors declare the following financial interests/personal relationships which may be considered as potential competing interests: S. Kutty is consultant for GE Healthcare. All other authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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Auteurs

Pietro Marchese (P)

Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Massa and Pisa, Italy.
Adult Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy.

Massimiliano Cantinotti (M)

Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Massa and Pisa, Italy.

Jef Van den Eynde (J)

Taussig Heart Center, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.

Nadia Assanta (N)

Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Massa and Pisa, Italy.

Eliana Franchi (E)

Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Massa and Pisa, Italy.

Vitali Pak (V)

Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Massa and Pisa, Italy.

Giuseppe Santoro (G)

Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana, Massa and Pisa, Italy.

Martin Koestenberger (M)

Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Medical University Graz, Austria.

Shelby Kutty (S)

Taussig Heart Center, Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.

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