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Faganello G, Collia D, Pagura L, Croatto E, Tosoni LM, Toritto P, Pedrizzetti G, Lenarda AD. Impact of left ventricular hemodynamic forces in adult patients with treated aortic coarctation and preserved left ventricular systolic function. Echocardiography 2024; 41:e15742. [PMID: 38284680 DOI: 10.1111/echo.15742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2023] [Revised: 12/13/2023] [Accepted: 12/30/2023] [Indexed: 01/30/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND The LV myocardial strain and hemodynamic forces (HDFs) are innovative markers of LV function. Aortic coarctation is safely repaired in infancy; however, mortality and morbidity remain increased in later life. The study investigated the role of left ventricular myocardial deformation and HDFs in asymptomatic patients who underwent successful aortic coarctation repair. METHODS Clinical and echocardiographic data were analyzed from 42 repaired CoA, 32 ± 20 years after surgery, 2D echocardiographic global longitudinal strain (GLS), circumferential strain (GCS) and HDFs were determined. CoA patients were compared with 42 patients affected by blood hypertension and 84 healthy controls; all matched for age and gender. RESULTS All groups had normal LV ejection fraction (LVEF), dimensions, and volumes. CoA patients showed a significantly higher rate of LV mass indexed (p < .001) and left atrial volumes indexed (p < .001). LV myocardial and endocardial global longitudinal and circumferential strain were decreased in CoA patients (p < .001, p < .001; p = .032 and p < .001, respectively). HDF parameters such as LV longitudinal force, LV systolic longitudinal force and LV impulse (LVim) were uniformly reduced (p = .006, p = .001, and p = .001, respectively). LV myocardial strain and HDF parameter values were independently associated with hospitalization for heart failure on univariable Cox regression analysis. CONCLUSION Despite preserved LVEF, patients with CoA had lower LV myocardial strain and HDF parameters values, independently associated with hospitalization for heart failure.
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- Giorgio Faganello
- Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital and Health Services of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital and Health Services of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital and Health Services of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital and Health Services of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital and Health Services of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital and Health Services of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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Collia D, Zovatto L, Tonti G, Pedrizzetti G. Comparative Analysis of Right Ventricle Fluid Dynamics. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2021; 9:667408. [PMID: 34295879 PMCID: PMC8290199 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.667408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/13/2021] [Accepted: 04/26/2021] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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The right and left sides of the human heart operate with a common timing and pump the same amount of blood. Therefore, the right ventricle (RV) presents a function that is comparable to the left ventricle (LV) in terms of flow generation; nevertheless, the RV operates against a much lower arterial pressure (afterload) and requires a lower muscular strength. This study compares the fluid dynamics of the normal right and left ventricles to better understand the role of the RV streamlined geometry and provide some physics-based ground for the construction of clinical indicators for the right side. The analysis is performed by image-based direct numerical simulation, using the immersed boundary technique including the simplified models of tricuspid and mitral valves. Results demonstrated that the vortex formation process during early diastole is similar in the two ventricles, then the RV vorticity rapidly dissipates in the subvalvular region while the LV sustains a weak circulatory pattern at the center of the chamber. Afterwards, during the systolic contraction, the RV geometry allows an efficient transfer of mechanical work to the propelled blood; differently from the LV, this work is non-negligible in the global energetic balance. The varying behavior of the RV, from reservoir to conduct, during the different phases of the heartbeat is briefly discussed in conjunction to the development of possible dysfunctions.
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- Dario Collia
- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Institute of Cardiology and Center of Excellence on Aging, “G. D'Annunzio” University of Chieti, Chieti, Italy
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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Faganello G, Pagura L, Croatto E, Collia D, Furlotti S, Paldino A, Dal Ferro M, Sinagra G, Di Lenarda A, Pedrizzetti G. Left ventricular force adaptation and cardiac deformation in the progression of aortic stenosis. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021. [DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeaa356.140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Funding Acknowledgements
Type of funding sources: None.
Introduction. Aortic stenosis (AS) is one of the most common valvular heart diseases; however, the association between left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation and hemodynamic forces (HDFs) is still mostly unexplored.
Purpose. This study aimed to assess the differences in LV myocardial deformation and HDFs in a large cohort of patients with aortic stenosis retrospectively.
Methods. Two-hundred fifty-four subjects (median age 77 years, 50% women) with preserved LV ejection fraction (LVEF), and mild (n = 87), moderate (n = 92) or severe (n = 75) AS, were included in the study. The 2D LV global longitudinal strain (GLS), circumferential strain (GCS), and HDFs were measured with new software that allowed us to calculate all these values and parameters from the three apical views.
Results. When comparing severe AS to mild AS, LV mass appeared increased while the LV hypertrophy phenotype was concentric (p <0.0001). Along with the progression of the AS, LVEF was decreased. All GLS, GCS, and HDFs parameters were uniformly reduced in severe AS compared to mild AS (p <0.0001), in the same way, LV longitudinal force, LV longitudinal systolic force, and LV impulse have proven to be accurate on ROC curves (AUC 70%, 73% and 73% respectively).
Conclusion. The integrated approach of deformation and cardiac mechanics allows the description of pathophysiological changes during the progression of mild to severe aortic stenosis.
Abstract Figure. Strain parameters and aortic stenosis
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Affiliation(s)
- G Faganello
- Cardiovascular Center ASUGI Trieste, Cardiovascular Department, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center ASUGI Trieste, Cardiovascular Department, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center ASUGI Trieste, Cardiovascular Department, Trieste, Italy
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- University of Trieste, Department of Engineering and Architecture, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center ASUGI Trieste, Cardiovascular Department, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center ASUGI Trieste, Cardiovascular Department, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center ASUGI Trieste, Cardiovascular Department, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center ASUGI Trieste, Cardiovascular Department, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Center ASUGI Trieste, Cardiovascular Department, Trieste, Italy
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- University of Trieste, Department of Engineering and Architecture, Trieste, Italy
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Faganello G, Collia D, Furlotti S, Pagura L, Zaccari M, Pedrizzetti G, Di Lenarda A. A new integrated approach to cardiac mechanics: reference values for normal left ventricle. Int J Cardiovasc Imaging 2020; 36:2173-2185. [PMID: 32671607 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-020-01934-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Accepted: 07/03/2020] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The association between left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation and hemodynamic forces is still mostly unexplored. The normative values and the effects of demographic and technical factors on hemodynamic forces are not known. The authors studied the association between LV myocardial deformation and hemodynamic forces in a large cohort of healthy volunteers. One-hundred seventy-six consecutive subjects (age range, 16-82; 51% women), with no cardiovascular risk factors or any relevant diseases, were enrolled. All subjects underwent an echo-Doppler examination. Both 2D global myocardial and endocardial longitudinal strain (GLS), circumferential strain (GCS), and the hemodynamic forces were measured with new software that enabled to calculate all these values and parameters from the three apical views. Higher LV mass index and larger LV volumes were found in males compared to females (85 ± 17 vs 74 ± 15 g/m2 and 127 ± 28 vs 85 ± 18 ml, p < 0.0001 respectively) while no differences of the mean values of endocardial and myocardial GLS and of myocardial GCS were found (p = ns) and higher endocardial GCS in women (- 30.6 ± 4.2 vs - 31.8 ± 3.7; p = 0.05). LV longitudinal force, LV systolic longitudinal force and LV impulse were higher in men (16.2 ± 5.3 vs 13.2 ± 3.6; 25.1 ± 7.9 vs 19.4 ± 5.6 and 20.4 ± 7 vs 16.6 ± 5.2, p < 0.0001, respectively). A weak but statistically significant decline with age (p < 0.0001) was also found for these force parameters. This new integrated approach could differentiate normality from pathology by providing average deformation values and hemodynamic forces parameters, differentiated by age and gender.
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- Giorgio Faganello
- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, via Slataper n°9, 34100, Trieste, Italy.
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, P.le Europa 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, via Slataper n°9, 34100, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, via Slataper n°9, 34100, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, via Slataper n°9, 34100, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, P.le Europa 1, 34127, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Sanitaria Universitaria Giuliano Isontina, via Slataper n°9, 34100, Trieste, Italy
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Collia D, Zovatto L, Pedrizzetti G. Analysis of mitral valve regurgitation by computational fluid dynamics. APL Bioeng 2019; 3:036105. [PMID: 31893254 PMCID: PMC6932856 DOI: 10.1063/1.5097245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2019] [Accepted: 07/31/2019] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The clinical syndrome of mitral insufficiency is a common consequence of mitral valve (MV) prolapse, when the MV leaflets do not seal the closed orifice and blood regurgitates back to the atrium during ventricular contraction. There are different types of MV prolapse that may influence the degree of regurgitation also in relation to the left ventricle (LV) geometry. This study aims to provide some insight into the fluid dynamics of MV insufficiency in view of improving the different measurements available in the clinical setting. The analysis is performed by a computational fluid dynamics model coupled with an asymptotic model of the MV motion. The computational fluid dynamics solution uses the immersed boundary method that is efficiently integrated with clinical imaging technologies. Healthy and dilated LVs obtained by multislice cardiac MRI are combined with simplified models of healthy and pathological MVs deduced from computed tomography and 4D-transesophageal echocardiography. The results demonstrated the properties of false regurgitation, blood that did not cross the open MV orifice and returns into the atrium during the backward motion of the MV leaflets, whose entity should be accounted when evaluating small regurgitation. The regurgitating volume is found to be proportional to the effective orifice area, with the limited dependence of the LV geometry and type of prolapse. These affect the percentage of old blood returning to the atrium which may be associated with thrombogenic risk.
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- Dario Collia
- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, P. Europa 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, P. Europa 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, P. Europa 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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Dal Ferro M, De Paris V, Collia D, Stolfo D, Caiffa T, Barbati G, Korcova R, Pinamonti B, Zovatto L, Zecchin M, Sinagra G, Pedrizzetti G. Left Ventricular Response to Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy: Insights From Hemodynamic Forces Computed by Speckle Tracking. Front Cardiovasc Med 2019; 6:59. [PMID: 31139633 PMCID: PMC6527774 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2019.00059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/11/2019] [Accepted: 04/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Aims: Despite continuous efforts in improving the selection process, the rate of non-responders to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) remains high. Recent studies on intraventricular blood flow suggested that the alignment of hemodynamic forces (HDFs) may be a reproducible biomarker of mechanical dyssynchrony. We aimed to explore the relationship between pacing-induced realignment of HDFs and positive response to CRT. Methods and results: We retrospectively analyzed 38 patients from the CRT database of our institution fulfilling the inclusion criteria for HDFs-related echocardiographic assessment early pre and post CRT implantation, with available mid-term follow-up (≥ 6 months) evaluation. Standard echocardiographic and deformation parameters early pre and post CRT implantation were integrated with the measurement of HFDs through novel methods based on speckle-tracking analysis. At midterm follow-up 71% of patients were classified as responders (reduction of Left Ventricular Systolic Volume Indexed ≥ 15%). Patients did not display significant changes between close evaluations pre and post-implant in terms of ejection fraction and strain metrics. A significant reduction of the ratio between the amplitudes of transversal and longitudinal force components was found. The variation of this ratio strongly correlates (R2 =0.60) with Left Ventricular (LV) end-systolic volume variation at mid-term follow up. Conclusion: Pacing-induced realignment of HDFs is associated with CRT efficacy at follow up. These preliminary results claim for dedicated prospective clinical studies testing the potential impact of HDFs study for patient selection and pacing optimization in CRT.
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- Matteo Dal Ferro
- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Biostatistics Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Cardiovascular Department, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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- Department of Engineering and Architecture, University of Trieste, Trieste, Italy
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