Sula Mazimba1, Timothy S Welch2, Hunter Mwansa3, Khadijah K Breathett4, Jamie L W Kennedy2, Andrew D Mihalek2, William C Harding5, Manu M Mysore5, David X Zhuo5, Kenneth C Bilchick2. 1. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA. Electronic address: SM8SD@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu. 2. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA. 3. St Vincent Charity Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA. 4. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. 5. Department of Medicine, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Pulmonary artery (PA) pulsitility index (PAPi) is a novel haemodynamic index shown to predict right ventricular failure in acute inferior myocardial infarction and post left ventricular assist device surgery. We hypothesised that PAPi calculated as [PA systolic pressure - PA diastolic pressure]/right atrial pressure (RAP) would be associated with mortality in the National Institutes of Health Registry for Primary Pulmonary Hypertension (NIH-RPPH). METHODS: The impact of PAPi, the Pulmonary Hypertension Connection (PHC) risk score, right ventricular stroke work, pulmonary artery capacitance (PAC), other haemodynamic indices, and demographic characteristics was evaluated in 272 NIH-RPPH patients using multivariable Cox proportional hazards (CPH) regression and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis. RESULTS: In the 272 patients (median age 37.7+/-15.9years, 63% female), the median PAPi was 5.8 (IQR 3.7-9.2). During 5years of follow-up, 51.8% of the patients died. Survival was markedly lower (32.8% during the first 3years) in PAPi quartile 1 compared with the remaining patients (58.5% over 3years in quartiles 2-4; p<0.0001). The best multivariable CPH survival model included PAPi, the PHC-Risk score, PAC, and body mass index (BMI). In this model, the adjusted hazard ratio for death with increasing PAPi was 0.946 (95% CI 0.905-0.989). The independent ROC areas for 5-year survival based on bivariable logistic regression for PAPi, BMI, PHC Risk, and PAC were 0.63, 0.62, 0.64, and 0.65, respectively (p<0.01). The ROC area for 5-year survival for the multivariable logistic model with all four covariates was 0.77 (p<0.0001). CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary artery pulsatility index was independently associated with survival in PAH, highlighting the utility of PAPi in combination with other key measures for risk stratification in this population.
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