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Zhu T, Lei M, Wang Z, Zhang R, Zhang Y, Jin W, Yu C, Huang CLH, Liu D, Zheng W, Liu Y, Quan X, Kong L, Liang S, Zhang X. A Comparative Study of Systolic and Diastolic Mechanical Synchrony in Canine, Primate, and Healthy and Failing Human Hearts. Front Cardiovasc Med 2021; 8:750067. [PMID: 34778406 PMCID: PMC8581184 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2021.750067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/28/2021] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
Abstract
Aim: Mechanical dyssynchrony (MD) is associated with heart failure (HF) and may be prognostically important in cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT). Yet, little is known about its patterns in healthy or diseased hearts. We here investigate and compare systolic and diastolic MD in both right (RV) and left ventricles (LV) of canine, primate and healthy and failing human hearts. Methods and Results: RV and LV mechanical function were examined by pulse-wave Doppler in 15 beagle dogs, 59 rhesus monkeys, 100 healthy human subjects and 39 heart failure (HF) patients. This measured RV and LV pre-ejection periods (RVPEP and LVPEP) and diastolic opening times (Q-TVE and Q-MVE). The occurrence of right (RVMDs) and left ventricular systolic mechanical delay (LVMDs) was assessed by comparing RVPEP and LVPEP values. That of right (RVMDd) and left ventricular diastolic mechanical delay (LVMDd) was assessed from the corresponding diastolic opening times (Q-TVE and Q-MVE). These situations were quantified by values of interventricular systolic (IVMDs) and diastolic mechanical delays (IVMDd), represented as positive if the relevant RV mechanical events preceded those in the LV. Healthy hearts in all species examined showed greater LV than RV delay times and therefore positive IVMDs and IVMDd. In contrast a greater proportion of the HF patients showed both markedly increased IVMDs and negative IVMDd, with diastolic mechanical asynchrony negatively correlated with LVEF. Conclusion: The present IVMDs and IVMDd findings have potential clinical implications particularly for personalized setting of parameter values in CRT in individual patients to achieve effective treatment of HF.
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- Tiangang Zhu
- Department of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Medical Sciences Division, Department of Pharmacology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.,Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China.,Department of Cardiology, The Eighth Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Case Cardiovascular Research Institute, Institute for Molecular Transformative Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, United States
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China.,Physiological Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.,Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
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- Department of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Fuwai Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Peking University People's Hospital, Beijing, China
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- Institute of Molecular Medicine, College of Future Technology, Peking University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiometabolic Molecular Medicine, Peking University, Beijing, China
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Katbeh A, Van Camp G, Barbato E, Galderisi M, Trimarco B, Bartunek J, Vanderheyden M, Penicka M. Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy Optimization: A Comprehensive Approach. Cardiology 2019; 142:116-128. [PMID: 31117077 DOI: 10.1159/000499192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2018] [Accepted: 02/26/2019] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Since the first report on biventricular pacing in 1994, cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) has become standard for patients with advanced heart failure (HF) and ventricular conduction delay. CRT improves myocardial function by resynchronizing myocardial contraction, which results in reverse left ventricular remodeling and improves symptoms and clinical outcomes. Despite the accelerated development of CRT device technology and its increased application in treating HF patients, almost one-third of these patients do not respond to the therapy or gain any clinical benefit from device implantation. Over the last decade, multiple cardiac imaging modalities have provided a deeper understanding of myocardial pathophysiology, thereby improving HF treatment management. However, the optimal strategy for improving the CRT response remains debatable. This article provides an updated overview of the electropathophysiology of myocardial dysfunction in ventricular conduction delay and the diagnostic approaches involving the use of multiple modalities.
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- Asim Katbeh
- Cardiovascular Center Aalst, OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium.,Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center Aalst, OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium
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- Cardiovascular Center Aalst, OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium.,Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Advanced Biomedical Sciences, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center Aalst, OLV Clinic, Aalst, Belgium,
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