BACKGROUND: Despite preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), patients with significant primary mitral regurgitation (MR) often have reduced exercise capacity. In asymptomatic patients with ≥3+ primary MR undergoing rest-stress echocardiography (RSE), we sought to evaluate the incremental impact of left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV-GLS) on exercise capacity. METHODS: A total of 660 asymptomatic patients with ≥3+ primary MR, non-dilated LV and LVEF ≥60% (mean age, 57±14 years, 66% men, body mass index or BMI 25±4 kg/m2) who underwent RSE at our center between 2001 and 2013 were included. Standard RSE data were obtained. Average resting LV-GLS was measured using Velocity Vector Imaging. RESULTS: Mean mitral effective regurgitant orifice, resting right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) and LV-GLS were 0.45±0.2 cm2, 31±12 mmHg and -21.7%±2%, respectively; 28% had flail mitral leaflet. Mean metabolic equivalents (METs) and post-stress RVSP were 9.9±3, and 46±15 mmHg; 28% achieved <100% age-gender predicted METs. No patient had ischemia or significant arrhythmias. On logistic regression, resting LV-GLS [odds ratio (OR), 1.40, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.21-1.55, BMI (OR, 1.11, 95% CI: 1.06-1.17)] and resting RVSP 1.22 (1.02-1.49) were independent predictors of exercise capacity. Area under the curve for association between 100% age-gender predicted METs and various factors were as follows: (I) BMI (0.60, 95% CI: 0.55-0.65, P<0.001); (II) resting RVSP (0.57, 95% CI: 0.52-0.62, P=0.006) and LV-GLS (0.66, 95% CI: 0.61-0.70, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In asymptomatic patients with ≥3+ primary MR, non-dilated LV and preserved LVEF, LV-GLS is independently associated with exercise capacity, beyond known predictors.
BACKGROUND: Despite preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), patients with significant primary mitral regurgitation (MR) often have reduced exercise capacity. In asymptomatic patients with ≥3+ primary MR undergoing rest-stress echocardiography (RSE), we sought to evaluate the incremental impact of left ventricular global longitudinal strain (LV-GLS) on exercise capacity. METHODS: A total of 660 asymptomatic patients with ≥3+ primary MR, non-dilated LV and LVEF ≥60% (mean age, 57±14 years, 66% men, body mass index or BMI 25±4 kg/m2) who underwent RSE at our center between 2001 and 2013 were included. Standard RSE data were obtained. Average resting LV-GLS was measured using Velocity Vector Imaging. RESULTS: Mean mitral effective regurgitant orifice, resting right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP) and LV-GLS were 0.45±0.2 cm2, 31±12 mmHg and -21.7%±2%, respectively; 28% had flail mitral leaflet. Mean metabolic equivalents (METs) and post-stress RVSP were 9.9±3, and 46±15 mmHg; 28% achieved <100% age-gender predicted METs. No patient had ischemia or significant arrhythmias. On logistic regression, resting LV-GLS [odds ratio (OR), 1.40, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.21-1.55, BMI (OR, 1.11, 95% CI: 1.06-1.17)] and resting RVSP 1.22 (1.02-1.49) were independent predictors of exercise capacity. Area under the curve for association between 100% age-gender predicted METs and various factors were as follows: (I) BMI (0.60, 95% CI: 0.55-0.65, P<0.001); (II) resting RVSP (0.57, 95% CI: 0.52-0.62, P=0.006) and LV-GLS (0.66, 95% CI: 0.61-0.70, P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: In asymptomatic patients with ≥3+ primary MR, non-dilated LV and preserved LVEF, LV-GLS is independently associated with exercise capacity, beyond known predictors.
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Mitral regurgitation (MR); exercise capacity; global LV longitudinal strain
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