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Nagai Y, Murayama M, Kaga S, Shima H, Tsuneta S, Yokoyama S, Nishino H, Goto M, Suzuki Y, Yanagi Y, Ishizaka S, Iwano H, Nakamura J, Sato T, Tsujino I. Echocardiographic estimation of right ventricular diastolic stiffness based on pulmonary regurgitant velocity waveform analysis in precapillary pulmonary hypertension. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING 2024; 40:1123-1134. [PMID: 38536607 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-024-03083-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/09/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
Abstract
Right ventricular (RV) diastolic stiffness is an independent predictor of survival and is strongly associated with disease severity in patients with precapillary pulmonary hypertension (PH). Therefore, a fully validated echocardiographic method for assessing RV diastolic stiffness needs to be established. This study aimed to compare echocardiography-derived RV diastolic stiffness and invasively measured pressure-volume loop-derived RV diastolic stiffness in patients with precapillary PH. We studied 50 consecutive patients with suspected or confirmed precapillary PH who underwent cardiac catheterization, magnetic resonance imaging, and echocardiography within a 1-week interval. Single-beat RV pressure-volume analysis was performed to determine the gold standard for RV diastolic stiffness. Elevated RV end-diastolic pressure (RVEDP) was defined as RVEDP ≥ 8 mmHg. Using continuous-wave Doppler and M-mode echocardiography, an echocardiographic index of RV diastolic stiffness was calculated as the ratio of the atrial-systolic descent of the pulmonary artery-RV pressure gradient derived from pulmonary regurgitant velocity (PRPGDAC) to the tricuspid annular plane movement during atrial contraction (TAPMAC). PRPGDAC/TAPMAC showed significant correlation with β (r = 0.54, p < 0.001) and RVEDP (r = 0.61, p < 0.001). A cut-off value of 0.74 mmHg/mm for PRPGDAC/TAPMAC showed 83% sensitivity and 93% specificity for identifying elevated RVEDP. Multivariate analyses indicated that PRPGDAC/TAPMAC was independently associated with disease severity in patients with precapillary PH, including substantial PH symptoms, stroke volume index, right atrial size, and pressure. PRPGDAC/TAPMAC, based on pulmonary regurgitation velocity waveform analysis, is useful for the noninvasive assessment of RV diastolic stiffness and is associated with prognostic risk factors in precapillary PH.
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Affiliation(s)
- Yui Nagai
- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, N12, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, N12, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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- Department of Medical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, N12, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan.
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Hokkaido University Hospital, N14 W5, Kita-Ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido, 060-8648, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N15, W7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
- Division of Cardiology, Teine Keijinkai Hospital, 1-40, Maeda 1-jo 12-chome Teine-ku, Sapporo, 006-8555, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
- Division of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Innovative Research, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
- Division of Respiratory and Cardiovascular Innovative Research, Faculty of Medicine, Hokkaido University, N14, W5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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Fujisawa R, Okada K, Kaga S, Murayama M, Nakabachi M, Yokoyama S, Nishino H, Tanemura A, Masauzi N, Motoi K, Ishizaka S, Chiba Y, Tsujinaga S, Iwano H, Anzai T. Prognostic value of an echocardiographic index reflecting right ventricular operating stiffness in patients with heart failure. Heart Vessels 2021; 37:583-592. [PMID: 34655317 DOI: 10.1007/s00380-021-01960-6] [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: 07/18/2021] [Accepted: 10/01/2021] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Abstract
PURPOSE We recently reported a noninvasive method for the assessment of right ventricular (RV) operating stiffness that is obtained by dividing the atrial-systolic descent of the pulmonary artery-RV pressure gradient (PRPGDAC) derived from the pulmonary regurgitant velocity by the tricuspid annular plane movement during atrial contraction (TAPMAC). Here, we investigated whether this parameter of RV operating stiffness, PRPGDAC/TAPMAC, is useful for predicting the prognosis of patients with heart failure (HF). METHODS We retrospectively included 127 hospitalized patients with HF who underwent an echocardiographic examination immediately pre-discharge. The PRPGDAC/TAPMAC was measured in addition to standard echocardiographic parameters. Patients were followed until 2 years post-discharge. The endpoint was the composite of cardiac death, readmission for acute decompensation, and increased diuretic dose due to worsening HF. RESULTS 58 patients (46%) experienced the endpoint during follow-up. Univariable and multivariable Cox regression analyses demonstrated that the PRPGDAC/TAPMAC was associated with the endpoint. In a Kaplan-Meier analysis, the event rate of the greater PRPGDAC/TAPMAC group was significantly higher than that of the lesser PRPGDAC/TAPMAC group. In a sequential Cox analysis for predicting the endpoint's occurrence, the addition of PRPGDAC/TAPMAC to the model including age, sex, NYHA functional classification, brain natriuretic peptide level, and several echocardiographic parameters including tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion significantly improved the predictive power for prognosis. CONCLUSION A completely noninvasive index of RV operating stiffness, PRPGDAC/TAPMAC, was useful for predicting prognoses in patients with HF, and it showed an incremental prognostic value over RV systolic function.
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- Ryosuke Fujisawa
- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.,Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Sapporo, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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Murayama M, Okada K, Kaga S, Iwano H, Tsujinaga S, Sarashina M, Nakabachi M, Yokoyama S, Nishino H, Nishida M, Shibuya H, Masauzi N, Anzai T, Mikami T. Simple and noninvasive method to estimate right ventricular operating stiffness based on echocardiographic pulmonary regurgitant velocity and tricuspid annular plane movement measurements during atrial contraction. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2019; 35:1871-1880. [PMID: 31168679 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-019-01637-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2019] [Accepted: 05/27/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
Abstract
It was recently shown that invasively determined right ventricular (RV) stiffness was more closely related to the prognosis of patients with pulmonary hypertension than RV systolic function. So far, a completely noninvasive method to access RV stiffness has not been reported. We aimed to clarify the clinical usefulness of our new echocardiographic index of RV operating stiffness using atrial-systolic descent of the pulmonary artery-RV pressure gradient derived from pulmonary regurgitant velocity (PRPGDAC) and tricuspid annular plane movement during atrial contraction (TAPMAC). We studied 81 consecutive patients with various cardiac diseases who underwent echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. We measured PRPGDAC and TAPMAC using continuous-wave Doppler and M-mode echocardiography, respectively, and calculated PRPGDAC/TAPMAC. RV end-diastolic pressure (RVEDP) and RV pressure increase during atrial contraction (ΔRVPAC) were invasively measured, and RV volume change during atrial contraction (ΔVAC) was calculated from echocardiographic late-diastolic transtricuspid flow time-velocity integral and tricuspid annular area; thus ΔRVPAC/ΔVAC was used as the standard index for RV operating stiffness. PRPGDAC/TAPMAC well correlated with ΔRVPAC/ΔVAC (r = 0.84, p < 0.001) and RVEDP (r = 0.80, p < 0.001), and the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve to discriminate RVEDP > 12 mmHg was 0.94. Multivariate regression analysis revealed that PRPGDAC/TAPMAC was the single independent determinant of ΔRVPAC/ΔVAC (β = 0.86, p < 0.001). PRPGDAC/TAPMAC is useful to estimate RV operating stiffness and a good practical indicator of RVEDP.
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- Michito Murayama
- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita-14, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan.,Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita-14, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita-14, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita-14, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita-14, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Diagnostic Center for Sonography, Hokkaido University Hospital, Kita-14, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8648, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Kita-15, Nishi-7, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-8638, Japan
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- Faculty of Health Sciences, Hokkaido University, Kita-12, Nishi-5, Kita-ku, Sapporo, 060-0812, Japan
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