Maria J Eriksson1,2, Kenneth Caidahl1,3, Jonas Jenner4,5,6, Ali Ilami1,2, Johan Petrini1,7, Per Eriksson8, Anders Franco-Cereceda1,9. 1. Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 2. Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden. 3. Departments of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Gothenburg University, and Clinical Physiology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. 4. Department of Molecular Medicine and Surgery, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. jonas.jenner@ki.se. 5. Department of Clinical Physiology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden. jonas.jenner@ki.se. 6. Department of Clinical Physiology, Karolinska University Hospital, 171 76, Stockholm, Sweden. jonas.jenner@ki.se. 7. Department of Clinical Physiology, Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, Sweden. 8. Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 9. Unit of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The impact of volume overload due to aortic regurgitation (AR) on systolic and diastolic left ventricular (LV) indices and left atrial remodeling is unclear. We assessed the structural and functional effects of severe AR on LV and left atrium before and after aortic valve replacement. METHODS: Patients with severe AR scheduled for aortic valve replacement (n = 65) underwent two- and three-dimensional echocardiography, including left atrial strain imaging, before and 1 year after surgery. A control group was selected, and comprised patients undergoing surgery for thoracic aortic aneurysm without aortic valve replacement (n = 20). Logistic regression analysis was used to assess predictors of impaired left ventricular functional and structural recovery, defined as a composite variable of diastolic dysfunction grade ≥ 2, EF < 50%, or left ventricular end-diastolic volume index above the gender-specific normal range. RESULTS: Diastolic dysfunction was present in 32% of patients with AR at baseline. Diastolic LV function indices and left atrial strain improved, and both left atrial and LV volumes decreased in the AR group following aortic valve replacement. Preoperative left atrial strain during the conduit phase added to left ventricular end-systolic volume index for the prediction of impaired LV functional and structural recovery after aortic valve replacement (model p < 0.001, accuracy 70%; addition of left atrial strain during the conduit phase to end-systolic volume index p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS: One-third of patients with severe AR had signs of diastolic dysfunction. Aortic valve surgery reduced LV and left atrial volumes and improved diastolic indices. Left atrial strain during the conduit phase added to the well-established left ventricular end-diastolic dimension for the prediction of impaired left ventricular functional and structural recovery at follow-up. However, long-term follow-up studies with hard endpoints are needed to assess the value of left atrial strain as predictor of myocardial recovery in aortic regurgitation.
BACKGROUND: The impact of volume overload due to aortic regurgitation (AR) on systolic and diastolic left ventricular (LV) indices and left atrial remodeling is unclear. We assessed the structural and functional effects of severe AR on LV and left atrium before and after aortic valve replacement. METHODS:Patients with severe AR scheduled for aortic valve replacement (n = 65) underwent two- and three-dimensional echocardiography, including left atrial strain imaging, before and 1 year after surgery. A control group was selected, and comprised patients undergoing surgery for thoracic aortic aneurysm without aortic valve replacement (n = 20). Logistic regression analysis was used to assess predictors of impaired left ventricular functional and structural recovery, defined as a composite variable of diastolic dysfunction grade ≥ 2, EF < 50%, or left ventricular end-diastolic volume index above the gender-specific normal range. RESULTS:Diastolic dysfunction was present in 32% of patients with AR at baseline. Diastolic LV function indices and left atrial strain improved, and both left atrial and LV volumes decreased in the AR group following aortic valve replacement. Preoperative left atrial strain during the conduit phase added to left ventricular end-systolic volume index for the prediction of impaired LV functional and structural recovery after aortic valve replacement (model p < 0.001, accuracy 70%; addition of left atrial strain during the conduit phase to end-systolic volume index p = 0.006). CONCLUSIONS: One-third of patients with severe AR had signs of diastolic dysfunction. Aortic valve surgery reduced LV and left atrial volumes and improved diastolic indices. Left atrial strain during the conduit phase added to the well-established left ventricular end-diastolic dimension for the prediction of impaired left ventricular functional and structural recovery at follow-up. However, long-term follow-up studies with hard endpoints are needed to assess the value of left atrial strain as predictor of myocardial recovery in aortic regurgitation.
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Aortic valve replacement; Left atrial function; Left atrial strain; Transthoracic echocardiography
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