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Late left ventricular myocardial remodeling after pulmonary artery banding for end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy in infants: an imaging study

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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
卷 386, 期 -, 页码 160-166

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ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2023.05.040

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Pulmonary artery banding; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial remodeling

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This study investigated the left ventricular (LV) rehabilitation process in children with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) undergoing pulmonary artery banding (PAB). Results showed that LV ejection fraction increased by 10% after 30-60 days and almost normalized after 120 days. LV end-diastolic volume decreased significantly. Follow-up examinations revealed sustained LV improvement, but myocardial fibrosis was detected in all patients. PAB can promote LV remodeling, but the prognostic significance of residual fibrosis remains uncertain.
Background: Understanding the macroscopic biventricular changes induced by pulmonary artery banding (PAB) in children with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) represents the first step to unraveling the regenerative potential of the myocardium. We herein investigated the phases of left ventricular (LV) rehabilitation in PAB responders, using a systematic echocardiographic and cardiac magnetic imaging (CMRI) surveillance protocol. Methods: We prospectively enrolled all patients with DCM treated with PAB from September-2015 at our institution. Among 9 patients, 7 positively responded to PAB and were selected. Transthoracic 2D echocardiography was performed before PAB; and 30, 60, 90, and 120 days after PAB; and at the last available follow-up. CMRI was performed before PAB (whenever possible) and one year after PAB. Results: In PAB responders, LV ejection fraction showed a modest 10% increase 30-60 days after PAB, followed by its almost complete normalization after 120 days (median of 20[10-26]% vs 56[44.5-63.5]%, at baseline and 120 days after PAB, respectively). Parallelly, the LV end-diastolic volume decreased from a median of 146 (87-204)ml/m2 to 48(40-50)ml/m2. At the last available follow-up (median of 1.5 years from PAB), both echocardiography and CMRI showed a sustained positive LV response, although myocardial fibrosis was detected in all patients. Conclusions: Echocardiography and CMRI show that PAB can promote a LV remodeling process, which starts slowly and can culminate in the normalization of LV contractility and dimensions 4 months later. These results are maintained up to 1.5 years. However, CMRI showed residual fibrosis as evidence of a past inflammatory injury whose prognostic significance is still uncertain.

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