期刊
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY
卷 68, 期 16, 页码 1741-1752出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.07.756
关键词
cardiac recovery; ischemic cardiomyopathy; left ventricular assist device; mechanical unloading; myocardial function; myocardial structure
资金
- American Heart Association CVGPS Discovery Grant [15CVGPSD27690000]
- Doris Duke Foundation Clinical Scientist Development Grant [7/2013]
- National Institutes of Health National Center for Research Resources [UL1-RR025764, C06-RR11234]
- Deseret Foundation/Intermountain Research and Medical Foundation [00571]
- American Heart Association HF Strategically Focused Research Network - Clinical Project 1
- St. Jude Medical
- Abiomed
BACKGROUND Small-scale studies focused mainly on nonischemic cardiomyopathy (NICM) have shown that a subset of left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients can achieve significant improvement of their native heart function, but the impact of ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) has not been specifically investigated. Many patients with acute myocardial infarction are discharged from their index hospitalization without heart failure (HF), only to return much later with overt HF syndrome, mainly caused by chronic remodeling of the noninfarcted region of the myocardium. OBJECTIVES This study sought to prospectively investigate the effect of ICM HF etiology on LVAD-associated improvement of cardiac structure and function using NICM as control. METHODS Consecutive patients (n = 154) with documented chronic and dilated cardiomyopathy (ICM, n = 61; NICM, n = 93) requiring durable support with continuous-flow LVAD were prospectively evaluated with serial echocardiograms and right heart catheterizations. RESULTS In patients supported with LVAD for at least 6 months, we found that 5% of subjects with ICM and 21% of subjects with NICM achieved left ventricular ejection fraction >= 40% (p = 0.034). LV end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes and diastolic function were significantly and similarly improved in patients with ICM and NICM. CONCLUSIONS LVAD-associated unloading for 6 months resulted in a substantial improvement in myocardial structure, and systolic and diastolic function in 1 in 20 ICM and 1 in 5 NICM patients. These specific incidence and timeline findings may provide guidance in clinical practice and research design for sequencing and prioritizing advanced HF and heart transplantation therapeutic options in patients with ICM and NICM. (C) 2016 by the American College of Cardiology Foundation.
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