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Yu JJ, Grosse-Wortmann L, Slorach C, Mertens L, Dragulescu A, Friedberg MK. Diastolic myocardial mechanics and their relation to ventricular filling pressures and postoperative course in functionally single ventricles. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2023; 135:621-630. [PMID: 37471215 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00295.2022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2022] [Revised: 06/28/2023] [Accepted: 07/05/2023] [Indexed: 07/22/2023] Open
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Diastolic dysfunction affects clinical outcomes in patients with a functionally single ventricle (FSV). The objective of this work is to study the association of ventricular mechanics and interventricular dependence on diastolic parameters and early post-Fontan outcomes. Sixty-one patients with FSV underwent echocardiography, cardiac catheterization, and magnetic resonance imaging on the same day before or after the Fontan procedure. Echocardiographic diastolic parameters, ventricular mass, and incoordinate wall motion, defined by the number of dyskinetic segments or by the lateral wall delay, were determined and studied for relationships with invasively measured hemodynamics and early postoperative Fontan course. In subjects with a sizable secondary ventricle, incoordinate motion was additionally analyzed at the left- and right-sided ventricular free walls. Resting ventricular end-diastolic pressure (VEDP) was ≤10 mmHg in most subjects. Individual echocardiographic parameters of the diastolic flow and tissue velocities did not correlate with VEDP, other hemodynamics, or post-Fontan clinical course. Incoordinate wall motion in the dominant and in the sizeable secondary ventricle, defined by the lateral wall delay or by the number of dyskinetic segments, was the only echo parameter that correlated, albeit weakly, with VEDP (r = 0.247, P = 0.040), oxygen saturation (r = -0.417, P = 0.001), pulmonary vascular resistance and flow (Qp) (r = -0.303, P = 0.011), Fontan fenestration flow (r = 0.512, P = 0.009), and duration of endotracheal intubation (r = 0.292, P = 0.022). When the nondominant (secondary) ventricle was accounted for in the analysis of incoordinate wall motion, these associations strengthened. The degree of incoordinate ventricular wall motion in diastole was associated with VEDP and postoperative Fontan course in FSV. Analysis of incoordinate wall motion of the dominant and sizeable secondary ventricle may be warranted and should be included in the assessment of the FSV after the Fontan procedure.NEW & NOTEWORTHY Diastolic dysfunction affects outcomes in patients with functionally single ventricles (FSVs) but is difficult to assess. We found that incoordinate wall motion was the only echo parameter that correlated with FSV end-diastolic pressure, oxygen saturation, pulmonary vascular resistance and flow, and duration of endotracheal intubation. Analysis of incoordinate wall motion in the nondominant (secondary) ventricle strengthened these associations. Analyzing incoordinate wall motion should be included in the assessment of the FSV after the Fontan procedure.
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- Jeong Jin Yu
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, Seoul, South Korea
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- Division of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Doernbecher Children's Hospital, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, United States
- Division of Cardiology, Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Labatt Family Heart Centre, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Biddix B, Hainstock M, Vergales J, Shorofsky M, Conaway M, Mutters T, McCulloch MA. Standard volume infusion unmasked diastolic dysfunction in pediatric heart transplant recipients during surveillance cardiac catheterization, but without echocardiographic correlates. Pediatr Transplant 2022; 26:e14323. [PMID: 35642670 DOI: 10.1111/petr.14323] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2022] [Revised: 04/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adult experience evaluating left ventricular diastolic function (LVDFx) includes volume administration during catheterization while obtaining pulmonary capillary wedge pressures (PCWP) or left ventricular end diastolic pressures (LVEDP). Catheterization is inherently challenging in pediatric patients, making echocardiographic assessment ideal. Pediatric echocardiographic studies predicting LVDFx have variable hemodynamic and hydration conditions and have produced inconsistent results. We evaluated the association between simultaneous echocardiographic and catheterization assessment of LVDFx, using a fluid bolus for optimal loading conditions. METHODS Prospective cohort study of pediatric heart transplant recipients receiving echocardiogram simultaneous with routine cardiac catheterization. Mitral valve inflow velocities, septal and lateral wall tissue Doppler indices, and PCWP and/or LVEDP were obtained and repeated following a 10 ml/kg bolus. Echocardiographic parameters were evaluated for an association with changes in PCWP or LVEDP following the bolus. Abnormal LVDFx was defined as PCWP or LVEDP ≥12 mm Hg. RESULTS Twenty-nine patients underwent catheterization. Median pre-bolus PCWP and LVEDP were 11.0 mm Hg and 10.0 mm Hg, respectively. After bolus, median PCWP and LVEDP increased to 14.0 mm Hg (p < .001) and 13 mm Hg (p < .001), respectively. Of 21 patients with normal pre-bolus catheterization hemodynamics, 14 (66.7%) increased to abnormal following fluid bolus. Using area under an ROC, no echocardiographic parameter of LVDFx, or their ratios, were associated with predetermined abnormal LVEDP and/or PCWP. CONCLUSION After bolus, our cohort demonstrated significant increases in LVEDP and/or PCWP, unmasking diastolic dysfunction. Fluid challenges should be considered in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac catheterization with suspected diastolic dysfunction. Echocardiographic measurements were unable to discriminate between normal and abnormal LVEDP and/or PCWP.
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- Ben Biddix
- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Virginia, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Virginia, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Virginia, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Virginia, USA
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- Divison of Translational Research and Applied Statistics, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Virginia, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Virginia, USA
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Nguyen MB, Dragulescu A, Chaturvedi R, Fan CPS, Villemain O, Friedberg MK, Mertens LL. Understanding Complex Interactions in Pediatric Diastolic Function Assessment. J Am Soc Echocardiogr 2022; 35:868-877.e5. [PMID: 35341955 DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2022.03.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2021] [Revised: 02/04/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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BACKGROUND Diagnosing left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (DD) non-invasively in children is difficult as no validated pediatric diagnostic algorithm is available. The aim of this study is to explore the use of machine learning (ML) to develop a model that uses echocardiographic measurements that explains patterns in invasively measured markers of DD in children. METHODS We enrolled children at-risk for developing DD including patients with Kawasaki disease, heart transplant, aortic stenosis, and coarctation of the aorta when undergoing clinical left heart catheterization. We obtained simultaneous invasive pressure measurements with high-fidelity catheter (time constant of isovolumic relaxation [Tau], LV end diastolic pressure [LVEDP], -dP/dt max) and echocardiographic DD measurements. Spearman correlations were performed for each echo feature with invasive markers to understand pairwise relationships. Separate random forest (RF) models were implemented to assess all echocardiographic features, key demographic data, and clinical diagnosis in predicting invasive markers. A backward stepwise regression model was simultaneously implemented as a comparative conventional reference model. The relative importance of all parameters was ranked in terms of accuracy reduction. Model approximation was then performed using a regression tree with the top ranked features of each RF model to improve model interpretability. Regression coefficients of the linear models were presented. RESULTS Fifty-nine children were included. Spearman correlations were generally low. The RF models' performance measures were non-inferior to the linear model. However, the linear model's regression coefficients were unintuitive. The highest-ranked important features for the RF models were propagation velocity (Vp) for Tau; E/Vp ratio for LVEDP; and systolic global longitudinal strain rate for -dP/dt max. CONCLUSIONS Estimating individual components of DD can potentially improve the noninvasive assessment of pediatric DD. Although pairwise correlations measured were weak and linear regression coefficients unintuitive, approximated ML models aided in understanding how echocardiographic and invasive parameters of DD are related. This ML approach could help in further development of pediatric-specific diagnostic algorithms.
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- Minh B Nguyen
- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Rogers Computational Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Del Pasqua A, Chinali M, D’Anna C, Ciliberti P, Esposito C, Gugliotta M, Milewski P, Perrone MA, Romeo F, Carotti A, Guccione P, Rinelli G. Evidence of impaired longitudinal strain in pre-Fontan palliation in functional single left ventricle. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2019; 20:833-836. [DOI: 10.2459/jcm.0000000000000887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) have varying degrees of pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension (PH), and there is limited evidence that cardiac dysfunction is present. We sought to study early neonatal biventricular function and performance in these patients by reviewing early post-natal echocardiography (ECHO) measurements and comparing them to normal term newborns. METHODS Retrospective case-control study reviewing clinical and ECHO data on term newborns with CDH and normal controls born between 2009 and 2016. Patients were excluded if major anomalies, genetic syndromes, or no ECHO available. PH was assessed by ductal shunting and tricuspid regurgitant jet velocity. Speckle-tracking echocardiography was used to assess myocardial deformation using velocity vector imaging. RESULTS Forty-four patients with CDH and 18 age-matched controls were analyzed. Pulmonary pressures were significantly higher in the CDH cohort (systolic pulmonary arterial pressure to systolic blood pressure of 103 ± 13 vs. 78 ± 29%, p = 0.0001). CDH patients had decreased RV fractional area change (FAC - 28.6 ± 11.1 vs. 36.2 ± 9.6%, p = 0.02), tricuspid annular plane of systolic excursion (TAPSE-5.6 ± 1.6 vs. 8.6 ± 1.6 mm, p = 0.0001), and RV outflow tract stroke distance (8.6 ± 2.7 vs. 14.0 ± 4.5 cm, p = 0.0001) compared with controls. The left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction was similar in both groups, but CDH patients had a decreased LV end-diastolic volume by Simpson's rule (2.7 ± 1.0 vs. 5.0 ± 1.8 mL, p = 0.0001) and LVOT stroke distance (9.7 ± 3.4 vs. 12.6 ± 3.6 cm, p = 0.004). Biventricular global longitudinal strain (GLS) was markedly decreased in the CDH population compared to controls (RV-GLS: - 9.0 ± 5.3 vs. - 19.5 ± 1.4%, p = 0.0001; LV GLS: - 13.2 ± 5.8 vs. - 20.8 ± 3.5%, p = 0.0001). CONCLUSION CDH newborns have evidence of biventricular dysfunction and decreased cardiac output. Abnormal function may be a factor in the non-response to pulmonary arterial vasodilators in CDH patients. A two-pronged management strategy aimed at improving cardiac function, as well as reducing pulmonary artery pressure in CDH newborns, may be warranted.
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Moriyama H, Murata M, Tsugu T, Kawakami T, Kataoka M, Hiraide T, Kimura M, Isobe S, Endo J, Kohno T, Itabashi Y, Fukuda K. The clinical value of assessing right ventricular diastolic function after balloon pulmonary angioplasty in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 34:875-882. [PMID: 29290029 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-017-1296-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2017] [Accepted: 12/26/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) has a poor prognosis because of the associated progressive right heart failure. Accurate evaluation of right ventricular (RV) function would thus be useful to predict prognosis. However, the significance of RV diastolic function remains unclear. We aimed to identify which echocardiographic measures are most accurate, and potentially useful, in assessing RV diastolic function in patients with CTEPH, and to study the effects of balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) on them. We enrolled 53 CTEPH patients who underwent BPA. Echocardiographic parameters, including two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography, were compared to the hemodynamic parameters measured by right heart catheterization before and after BPA. RV strain rate during early diastole (SR_E), tricuspid e' and right atrial area (RAA) were ameliorated after BPA, concomitant with a decrease in the time constant of the RV pressure curve during diastole (tau), indicating the improvement of RV diastolic function. Among them, SR_E had the strongest correlation with tau (r = - 0.39, p < 0.001). Furthermore, the receiver operating characteristic analyses revealed that E/SR_E (AUC 0.704) and inferior vena cava diameter (AUC 0.726) had a stronger association with higher mean right atrial pressure than RAA (AUC 0.632). In contrast, RAA had a stronger correlation with 6 min-walk distances than SR_E (r = - 0.39, p < 0.001 vs. r = 0.30, p = 0.005). Taken together, echocardiographic assessment of RV diastolic function might be associated with hemodynamics as well as exercise tolerance in patients with CTEPH, indicating its benefits in evaluating the therapeutic effects of BPA.
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- Hidenori Moriyama
- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan. .,Department of Laboratory Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, 35 Shinanomachi, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 160-8582, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan
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