Simone Romano1, Davide Dell'atti1, Robert M Judd2, Raymond J Kim2, Jonathan W Weinsaft3, Jiwon Kim3, John F Heitner4, Rebecca T Hahn5, Afshin Farzaneh-Far6. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. 2. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA. 3. Division of Cardiology, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York, USA. 4. Department of Cardiology, New York Methodist Hospital, New York, New York, USA. 5. Structural Heart and Valve Center, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA. 6. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA; Division of Cardiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA. Electronic address: aff25@hotmail.com.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to evaluate the prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) feature-tracking-derived right ventricular (RV) free wall longitudinal strain (RVFWLS) in a large multicenter population of patients with severe functional tricuspid regurgitation. BACKGROUND: Tricuspid regurgitation imposes a volume overload on the RV that can lead to progressive RV dilation and dysfunction. Overt RV dysfunction is associated with poor prognosis and increased operative risk. Abnormalities of myocardial strain may provide the earliest evidence of ventricular dysfunction. CMR feature-tracking techniques now allow assessment of strain from routine cine images, without specialized pulse sequences. Whether abnormalities of RV strain measured using CMR feature tracking have prognostic value in patients with tricuspid regurgitation is unknown. METHODS: Consecutive patients with severe functional tricuspid regurgitation undergoing CMR at 4 U.S. medical centers were included in this study. Feature-tracking RVFWLS was calculated from 4-chamber cine views. The primary endpoint was all-cause death. Cox proportional hazards regression modeling was used to examine the independent association between RVFWLS and death. The incremental prognostic value of RVFWLS was assessed in nested models. RESULTS: Of the 544 patients in this study, 128 died during a median follow-up of 6 years. By Kaplan-Meier analysis, patients with RVFWLS ≥median (-16%) had significantly reduced event-free survival compared with those with RVFWLS <median (log-rank p < 0.001). By Cox multivariable regression modeling, RVFWLS was associated with increased risk-of-death after adjustment for clinical and imaging risk factors, including RV size and ejection fraction (hazard ratio: 1.14 per %; p < 0.001). Addition of RVFWLS in this model resulted in significant improvement in the global chi-square (31 to 78; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: CMR feature-tracking-derived RVFWLS is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with severe functional tricuspid regurgitation, incremental to common clinical and imaging risk factors.
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to evaluate the prognostic value of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) feature-tracking-derived right ventricular (RV) free wall longitudinal strain (RVFWLS) in a large multicenter population of patients with severe functional tricuspid regurgitation. BACKGROUND: Tricuspid regurgitation imposes a volume overload on the RV that can lead to progressive RV dilation and dysfunction. Overt RV dysfunction is associated with poor prognosis and increased operative risk. Abnormalities of myocardial strain may provide the earliest evidence of ventricular dysfunction. CMR feature-tracking techniques now allow assessment of strain from routine cine images, without specialized pulse sequences. Whether abnormalities of RV strain measured using CMR feature tracking have prognostic value in patients with tricuspid regurgitation is unknown. METHODS: Consecutive patients with severe functional tricuspid regurgitation undergoing CMR at 4 U.S. medical centers were included in this study. Feature-tracking RVFWLS was calculated from 4-chamber cine views. The primary endpoint was all-cause death. Cox proportional hazards regression modeling was used to examine the independent association between RVFWLS and death. The incremental prognostic value of RVFWLS was assessed in nested models. RESULTS: Of the 544 patients in this study, 128 died during a median follow-up of 6 years. By Kaplan-Meier analysis, patients with RVFWLS ≥median (-16%) had significantly reduced event-free survival compared with those with RVFWLS <median (log-rank p < 0.001). By Cox multivariable regression modeling, RVFWLS was associated with increased risk-of-death after adjustment for clinical and imaging risk factors, including RV size and ejection fraction (hazard ratio: 1.14 per %; p < 0.001). Addition of RVFWLS in this model resulted in significant improvement in the global chi-square (31 to 78; p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS: CMR feature-tracking-derived RVFWLS is an independent predictor of mortality in patients with severe functional tricuspid regurgitation, incremental to common clinical and imaging risk factors.
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