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Impact of cardiovascular risk factors on myocardial work-insights from the STAAB cohort study

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JOURNAL OF HUMAN HYPERTENSION
Volume 36, Issue 3, Pages 235-245

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SPRINGERNATURE
DOI: 10.1038/s41371-021-00509-4

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  1. German Ministry of Research and Education within the Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Wurzburg [BMBF 01EO1004, 01EO1504]
  2. MD/PhD fellowship of the Interdisciplinary Center for Clinical Research (IZKF) of the Medical Faculty, University of Wurzburg
  3. Projekt DEAL

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Myocardial work, a new echocardiography-based diagnostic tool, quantifies left ventricular performance and is impacted by cardiovascular risk factors, with hypertension and obesity having a stronger association in women. This innovative concept enhances understanding of pathophysiological processes in health and cardiac disease.
Myocardial work is a new echocardiography-based diagnostic tool, which allows to quantify left ventricular performance based on pressure-strain loops, and has been validated against invasively derived pressure-volume measurements. Myocardial work is described by its components (global constructive work [GCW], global wasted work [GWW]) and indices (global work index [GWI], global work efficiency [GWE]). Applying this innovative concept, we characterized the prevalence and severity of subclinical left ventricular compromise in the general population and estimated its association with cardiovascular (CV) risk factors. Within the Characteristics and Course of Heart Failure STAges A/B and Determinants of Progression (STAAB) cohort study we comprehensively phenotyped a representative sample of the population of Wurzburg, Germany, aged 30-79 years. Indices of myocardial work were determined in 1929 individuals (49.3% female, mean age 54 +/- 12 years). In multivariable analysis, hypertension was associated with a mild increase in GCW, but a profound increase in GWW, resulting in higher GWI and lower GWE. All other CV risk factors were associated with lower GCW and GWI, but not with GWW. The association of hypertension and obesity with GWI was stronger in women. We conclude that traditional CV risk factors impact selectively and gender-specifically on left ventricular myocardial performance, independent of systolic blood pressure. Quantifying active systolic and diastolic compromise by derivation of myocardial work advances our understanding of pathophysiological processes in health and cardiac disease.

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