Left ventricular torsion rate and the relation to right ventricular function in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension

Autor: Melanie J. Dufva, Uyen Truong, Pawan Tiwari, Dunbar D. Ivy, Robin Shandas, Vitaly O. Kheyfets
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: Pulmonary Circulation, Vol 8 (2018)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2045-8940
20458940
DOI: 10.1177/2045894018791352
Popis: The right ventricle and left ventricle are physically coupled through the interventricular septum. Therefore, changes in the geometry and mechanics of one ventricle can directly affect the function of the other. In treatment of pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension, the left ventricle is often overlooked, with clinical focus primarily on improving right ventricular function. Pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension represents a disease distinct from adult pulmonary arterial hypertension based on etiology and survival rates. We aimed to assess left ventricular torsion rate in pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension and its role in right ventricular dysfunction. Cardiac magnetic resonance images with tissue tagging were prospectively acquired for 18 pediatric pulmonary arterial hypertension (WHO class I) patients and 17 control subjects with no known cardiopulmonary disease. The pulmonary arterial hypertension cohort underwent cardiac magnetic resonance within 48 hours of clinically indicated right heart catheterization. Using right heart catheterization data, we computed single beat estimation of right ventricular end-systolic elastance (as a measure of right ventricular contractility) and ventricular vascular coupling ratio (end-systolic elastance/arterial afterload). Left ventricular torsion rate was quantified from harmonic phase analysis of tagged cardiac magnetic resonance images. Ventricular and pulmonary pressures and pulmonary vascular resistance were derived from right heart catheterization data. Right ventricular ejection fraction and interventricular septum curvature were derived from cardiac magnetic resonance. Left ventricular torsion rate was significantly reduced in pulmonary arterial hypertension patients compared to control subjects (1.40 ± 0.61° vs. 3.02 ± 1.47°, P
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