Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
Volume 31, Issue 4, Pages 691-698Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10554-015-0598-x
Keywords
Pulmonary hypertension; Bi-ventricular function; Echocardiography
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Although impaired right ventricular (RV) performance has been associated with adverse outcomes for pulmonary hypertension (PH) patients, the relationship between bi-ventricular interdependence and outcomes is not yet fully understood. We studied 96 PH patients. RV systolic function was assessed by means of RV free-wall longitudinal speckle-tracking strain (RV-free), and left ventricular (LV) filling as early diastolic transmitral flow velocity (TMF-E). RV-free a parts per thousand currency sign19 % and TMF-E < 60 cm/s were adopted as pre-defined cut-offs for RV systolic dysfunction and LV under-filling, respectively, associated with worse outcomes. Long-term outcome was tracked over 2.2 years. RV-free correlated significantly with TMF-E (r = 0.57, p < 0.001).TMF-E and RV-free were significantly lower in patients with than in those without cardiac events. RV systolic dysfunction and LV under-filling was observed in 35 patients. These features were associated with worse long-term survival compared to other sub-groups (log-rank p = 0.012). A sequential Cox model based on clinical variables including world health organization functional class IV and brain natriuretic peptide > 150 pg/dl (chi(2) = 1.2) was improved by the addition of RV-free (chi(2) = 5.5, p = 0.04) as well as of TMF-E (chi(2) = 11.5, p = 0.01). In conclusions, RV systolic function was shown to correlate significantly with LV filling in PH patients. In addition, not only assessment of RV systolic function, but also of a combined bi-ventricular parameter comprising RV systolic function and LV filling may well have clinical implications for more successful management of PH patients.
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