605 Assessment of intracardiac flow dynamics for the evaluation of patients with cardiac resynchronization therapy

Autor: Jessica Ielapi, Antonio Curcio, Giovanna Marrelli, Antonio Strangio, Isabella Leo, Giuseppe Panuccio, Iolanda Aquila, Simona De Luca, Giuseppe Santarpia, Ciro Indolfi
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: European Heart Journal Supplements. 23
ISSN: 1554-2815
1520-765X
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/suab127.011
Popis: Aims Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) is an established treatment for patients with heart failure (HF), reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (EF ≤ 35%) and high-grade intraventricular conduction delays. CRT improves cardiac function, symptoms and well-being, and reduces morbidity and mortality in this setting. However, there are patients unresponsive to CRT. Responders show reverse ventricular remodelling, volumes and diameters reduction, and EF improvement. Noninvasive cardiovascular imaging for visualization and quantitation of intracardiac flows and turbulences has not been assessed thoroughly in CRT. This study seeks to evaluate if the quantitative analysis of intracardiac flow dynamics in HF patients treated by CRT might provide additional information for device optimization and clinical response. Methods and results Fifteen HF patients (five females, age 69.6 ± 9.4 years, NYHA class II/III, EF 29.3 ± 4.6%) were enrolled in the study. Eleven had primitive dilated cardiomyopathy and four had post-ischaemic etiology with completed revascularization. Pacemaker-dependent cases were excluded. MyLab™ X8 platform was used for echocardiographic assessment of intracardiac flow dynamics performed on apical three chamber views. All examinations were realized in baseline (active CRT) and after 5 min of biventricular pacing switch off. The hyperDoppler software was used to assess intracardiac vortexes properties. The analyzed parameters were: vortex area, vortex length, vortex depth, and kinetic of energy dissipation (ΔKE). Categorical variables are expressed as numbers and percentages. Quantitative variables are expressed as mean and standard deviation (SD). Shapiro–Wilk test, D’Agostino Pearson test, and visual inspection of Q–Q-plots were executed to evaluate if variables were normally distributed. Quantitative variables were evaluated with paired sample T-test or Wilcoxon test when appropriate. Clinical features, biochemical parameters, electrocardiograms with and without cardiac pacing, and EF before and after CRT implantation were collected. Although no difference was observed in vortex area/depth/length, a significant increase in KE dissipation after switching OFF the CRT devices (from 1.2 ± 0.9 to 3.5 ± 2.3 J, P Conclusions Noninvasive intracardiac flow dynamics in HF patients represents a complementary tool to standard echocardiography, and provides additional parameters for assessing prognosis and outcomes in CRT recipients. The impact of maladaptation in intracardiac flow dynamic on progressive LV remodelling could be useful to evaluate the prognostic meaning of implanted CRT device and to predict the response to device implantation, based on cardiac flow analysis.
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