Dania Mohty1, Cyrille Boulogne2, Julien Magne2, Nicolas Varroud-Vial3, Sylvain Martin2, Hind Ettaif2, Bahaa M Fadel4, Frank Bridoux3, Victor Aboyans2, Thibaud Damy5, Arnaud Jaccard6. 1. CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France French National Reference Center for Light chains Amyloidosis and Other Diseases by Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposits, Limoges University, Limoges, France dania.mohty@chu-limoges.fr. 2. CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France. 3. CHU de la Milétrie, Poitiers, France. 4. King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. 5. CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France. 6. CHU Dupuytren, Limoges, France French National Reference Center for Light chains Amyloidosis and Other Diseases by Monoclonal Immunoglobulin Deposits, Limoges University, Limoges, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cardiac involvement in systemic light-chain amyloidosis (AL) imparts an adverse impact on outcome. The left atrium (LA), by virtue of its anatomical location and muscular wall, is commonly affected by the amyloid process. Although LA infiltration by amyloid fibrils leads to a reduction in its pump function, the infiltration of the left ventricular (LV) myocardium results in diastolic dysfunction with subsequent increase in filling pressures and LA enlargement. Even though left atrial volume (LAV) is an independent prognostic marker in many cardiomyopathies, its value in amyloid heart disease remains to be determined. In addition, few data are available as to the prognostic value of LA function in systemic AL. Using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), the current study aims to assess the prognostic significance of the maximal LAV and total LA emptying fraction (LAEF) in patients with AL. METHODS AND RESULTS: Fifty-four consecutive patients (age 66 ± 10 years, 59% males) with confirmed systemic AL and mean LV ejection fraction of 60 ± 12% underwent CMR. As compared with patients with no or minimal cardiac involvement (Mayo Clinic [MC] stage I), those at moderate and high risk (MC stages II and III) had significantly larger indexed maximal LAV (36 ± 15 vs. 46 ± 13 vs. 52 ± 19 mL/m(2), P = 0.03) and indexed minimal LAV (20 ± 6 vs. 34 ± 11 vs. 44 ± 17 mL/m(2), P < 0.001), lower LAEF (42 ± 9 vs. 26 ± 13 vs. 16 ± 9%, P < 0.0001) but similar LVEF. Furthermore, myocardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) was more frequent and significantly associated with lower LAEF. LAEF was also significantly lower in symptomatic (NHYA ≥ II, 22 ± 14%) as compared with asymptomatic patients (NYHA class I, 33 ± 13%, P = 0.006). Two-year survival rate was lower in patients with LAEF ≤ 16% as compared with those with LAEF > 16% (37 ± 11 vs. 94 ± 4%, P = 0.001). In multivariate analysis, lower LAEF remained independently associated with a higher risk of 2-year mortality (HR = 1.08 per 1% decrease, 95% CI: 1.02-1.15, P = 0.003). CONCLUSION: In patients with systemic AL, LAEF as assessed by CMR is associated with NYHA functional class, MC stage, myocardial LGE and 2-year mortality. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND:Cardiac involvement in systemic light-chain amyloidosis (AL) imparts an adverse impact on outcome. The left atrium (LA), by virtue of its anatomical location and muscular wall, is commonly affected by the amyloid process. Although LA infiltration by amyloid fibrils leads to a reduction in its pump function, the infiltration of the left ventricular (LV) myocardium results in diastolic dysfunction with subsequent increase in filling pressures and LA enlargement. Even though left atrial volume (LAV) is an independent prognostic marker in many cardiomyopathies, its value in amyloid heart disease remains to be determined. In addition, few data are available as to the prognostic value of LA function in systemic AL. Using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), the current study aims to assess the prognostic significance of the maximal LAV and total LA emptying fraction (LAEF) in patients with AL. METHODS AND RESULTS: Fifty-four consecutive patients (age 66 ± 10 years, 59% males) with confirmed systemic AL and mean LV ejection fraction of 60 ± 12% underwent CMR. As compared with patients with no or minimal cardiac involvement (Mayo Clinic [MC] stage I), those at moderate and high risk (MC stages II and III) had significantly larger indexed maximal LAV (36 ± 15 vs. 46 ± 13 vs. 52 ± 19 mL/m(2), P = 0.03) and indexed minimal LAV (20 ± 6 vs. 34 ± 11 vs. 44 ± 17 mL/m(2), P < 0.001), lower LAEF (42 ± 9 vs. 26 ± 13 vs. 16 ± 9%, P < 0.0001) but similar LVEF. Furthermore, myocardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) was more frequent and significantly associated with lower LAEF. LAEF was also significantly lower in symptomatic (NHYA ≥ II, 22 ± 14%) as compared with asymptomatic patients (NYHA class I, 33 ± 13%, P = 0.006). Two-year survival rate was lower in patients with LAEF ≤ 16% as compared with those with LAEF > 16% (37 ± 11 vs. 94 ± 4%, P = 0.001). In multivariate analysis, lower LAEF remained independently associated with a higher risk of 2-year mortality (HR = 1.08 per 1% decrease, 95% CI: 1.02-1.15, P = 0.003). CONCLUSION: In patients with systemic AL, LAEF as assessed by CMR is associated with NYHA functional class, MC stage, myocardial LGE and 2-year mortality. Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved.
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