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CIRCULATION-CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING
卷 14, 期 1, 页码 -出版社
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.120.011467
关键词
aortic valve stenosis; blood pressure; heart failure; prognosis; stroke volume
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- MSP Singapore Company, LLC, Singapore
The study found that in asymptomatic nonsevere aortic valve stenosis and low-gradient severe AS, a higher AT/ET ratio is associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
BACKGROUND: Acceleration time (AT)/ejection time (ET) ratio is a marker of aortic valve stenosis (AS) severity and predicts outcome in moderate-severe AS. METHODS: We explored the association of increased AT/ET ratio on prognosis in 1530 asymptomatic patients with presumably mild-moderate AS, normal ejection fraction, and without known diabetes or cardiovascular disease. Patients were part of the SEAS study (Simvastatin Ezetimibe Aortic Stenosis). Patients were grouped according to the optimal AT/ET ratio threshold to predict cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization. Low-gradient severe AS was identified as combined valve area <= 1.0 cm(2) and mean gradient <40 mm Hg. Outcome was assessed in Cox regression analyses, and results are reported as hazard ratio and 95% CI. RESULTS: Higher AT/ET ratio was significantly associated with lower systolic blood pressure, lower left ventricular ejection fraction, lower stress-corrected midwall shortening, low flow, and with higher left ventricular mass and higher peak aortic jet velocity. AT/ET ratio >= 0.32 provided the optimal cutoff for predicting incident cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization in the total study sample. In patients with low-gradient severe AS, this threshold was >0.32. AT/ET ratio >= 0.32 had a 79% higher risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization (hazard ratio, 1.79 [95% CI, 1.20-2.68]). In patients with low-gradient severe AS, AT/ET ratio >0.32 was associated with a 2-fold higher risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization (hazard ratio, 2.15 [95% CI, 1.22-3.77]). CONCLUSIONS: In asymptomatic nonsevere AS and low-gradient severe AS, higher AT/ET ratio was associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. REGISTRATION: URL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT00092677.
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