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FRONTIERS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE
Volume 9, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.787656
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left atrial strain (LA strain); pulmonary hypertension; pre-capillary pulmonary hypertension; post-capillary pulmonary hypertension; feature tracking (CMR-FT); cardiac MRI (CMR)
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This study demonstrates that CMR volumetric and deformation assessment of the left atrium can accurately distinguish post- from pre-capillary PH, which holds significant clinical implications.
AimsPulmonary hypertension (PH) is dichotomized into pre- and post-capillary physiology by invasive catheterization. Imaging, particularly strain assessment, may aid in classification and be helpful with ambiguous hemodynamics. We sought to define cardiac MRI (CMR) feature tracking biatrial peak reservoir and biventricular peak systolic strain in pre- and post-capillary PH and examine the performance of peak left atrial strain in distinguishing the 2 groups compared to TTE. Methods and ResultsRetrospective cross-sectional study from 1 Jan 2015 to 31 Dec 2020; 48 patients (22 pre- and 26 post-capillary) were included with contemporaneous TTE, CMR and catheterization. Mean pulmonary artery pressures were higher in the pre-capillary cohort (55 +/- 14 vs. 42 +/- 9 mmHg; p < 0.001) as was pulmonary vascular resistance (median 11.7 vs. 3.7 WU; p < 0.001). Post-capillary patients had significantly larger left atria (60 +/- 22 vs. 25 +/- 9 ml/m(2); p < 0.001). There was no difference in right atrial volumes between groups (60 +/- 21 vs. 61 +/- 29 ml/m(2); p = 0.694), however peak RA strain was lower in post-capillary PH patients (8.9 +/- 5.5 vs. 18.8 +/- 7.0%; p < 0.001). In the post-capillary group, there was commensurately severe peak strain impairment in both atria (LA strain 9.0 +/- 5.8%, RA strain 8.9 +/- 5.5%). CMR LAVi and peak LA strain had a multivariate AUC of 0.98 (95% CI 0.89-1.00; p < 0.001) for post-capillary PH diagnosis which was superior to TTE. ConclusionCMR volumetric and deformation assessment of the left atrium can highly accurately distinguish post- from pre-capillary PH.
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