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Left ventricular systolic function impairment in children after balloon valvuloplasty for congenital aortic stenosis assessed by 2D speckle tracking echocardiography. PLoS One 2021; 16:e0248862. [PMID: 33914748 PMCID: PMC8084170 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248862] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2020] [Accepted: 03/05/2021] [Indexed: 01/20/2023] Open
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AIMS The aim of the study was to evaluate left ventricular (LV) remodeling and systolic function using two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiographic (2D STE) imaging in children at a long-term (more than 36 months, 107.5±57.8 months) after balloon valvuloplasty for aortic stenosis (BAV). METHODS AND RESULTS 40 patients (mean age 9,68 years, 75% male) after BAV and 62 control subjects matched to the age and heart rate were prospectively evaluated. The 2D STE assessment of LV longitudinal and circumferential strain and strain rate was performed. Left ventricular eccentric hypertrophy (LVEH) was diagnosed in 75% of patients in the study group. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was normal in all patients. In study group, global longitudinal strain (GLS), global longitudinal strain rate (GLSr) were significantly lower compared with the controls: GLS (-19.7±2.22% vs. -22.3±1.5%, P< 0.001), GLSr (-0.89±0.15/s vs. -1.04 ±0.12/s, P < 0.001). Regional (basal, middle and apical segments) strain and strain rate were also lower compared with control group. Global circumferential strain (GCS), global circumferential strain rate (GCSr) as well as regional (basal, middle and apical segments) strain and strain rate were normal. Multivariable logistic regression analysis included: instantaneous peak systolic Doppler gradient across aortic valve (PGmax), grade of aortic regurgitation (AR), left ventricular mass index (LVMI), left ventricular relative wall thickness (LVRWT), left ventricular end-diastolic diameter (LVEDd), peak systolic mitral annular velocity of the septal and lateral corner (S'spt, S'lat), LVEF before BAV and time after BAV and showed that the only predictor of reduced GLS was LV eccentric hypertrophy [odds ratio 6.9; (95% CI: 1.37-12.5), P = 0.045]. CONCLUSION Patients at long-term observation after BAV present the subclinical LV systolic impairment, which is associated with the presence of its remodeling. Longitudinal deformation is the most sensitive marker of LV systolic impairment in this group of patients.
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Lunze FI, Narciso R, Gauvreau K, Blume ED, Colan SD, Singh TP. Is Doppler echocardiography useful for estimating left ventricular filling pressures in pediatric heart transplant recipients? Pediatr Transplant 2019; 23:e13543. [PMID: 31313435 DOI: 10.1111/petr.13543] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 06/17/2019] [Accepted: 06/20/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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LV E/E' ratio obtained using Doppler echocardiography is considered a surrogate for LV filling pressure in adults but has performed poorly in children. We hypothesized that LV E/E' ratio Z-score, adjusted for age, will relate more strongly to LV filling pressures than LV E/E' ratio in pediatric HT recipients. We analyzed 751 echocardiograms performed within 24 hours of a heart catheterization in 122 pediatric HT recipients (median age at HT 13 years, median 6 studies per patient). The primary end-point was PCWP, assessed both as a continuous and a binary variable. Associations with LV E/E' ratios and z-scores were assessed using generalized estimating equations models. PCWP, LV E/E' ratios (using E' from LV free wall, septum, and their average), and LV E/E' ratio Z-scores, all declined over time after HT. LV E/E' ratios and their Z-scores were significantly associated with PCWP assessed as a continuous variable (P < 0.001 for all); however, the relationship was weak (R2 range, 0.083 to 0.121). LV E/E' ratios and their Z-scores were also significantly associated with PCWP as a binary variable (P < 0.001 for all) but with only modest ability to discriminate PCWP ≥15 mm Hg (c-statistic range, 0.660 to 0.695). The association between LV E/E' ratio and PCWP in pediatric HT recipients is modest. Using a LV E/E' ratio Z-score did not result in significantly improved association with PCWP. Current Doppler echocardiographic methods are unreliable for estimating LV filling pressures in pediatric HT recipients.
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- Fatima I Lunze
- Department of Congenital Heart Disease, Pediatric Cardiology, German Heart Institute, Berlin, Germany.,Departments of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Departments of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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Comprehensive MR Analysis of Cardiac Function, Aortic Hemodynamics and Left Ventricular Strain in Pediatric Cohort with Isolated Bicuspid Aortic Valve. Pediatr Cardiol 2019; 40:1450-1459. [PMID: 31342116 PMCID: PMC6786923 DOI: 10.1007/s00246-019-02157-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2019] [Accepted: 07/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) disease demonstrates a range of clinical presentations and complications. We aim to use cardiac MRI (CMR) to evaluate left ventricular (LV) parameters, myocardial strain and aortic hemodynamics in pediatric BAV patients with and without aortic stenosis (AS) or regurgitation (AR) compared to tricuspid aortic valve (TAV) controls. We identified 58 pediatric BAV patients without additional cardiovascular pathology and 25 healthy TAV controls (15.3 ± 2.2 years) who underwent CMR with 4D flow. BAV cohort included subgroups with no valvulopathy (n = 13, 14.3 ± 4.7 years), isolated AS (n = 19, 14.5 ± 4.0 years), mixed valve disease (AS + AR) (n = 13, 17.1 ± 3.2 years), and prior valvotomy/valvuloplasty (n = 13, 13.9 ± 3.2 years). CMR data included LV volumetric and mass indices, myocardial strain and aortic hemodynamics. BAV patients with no valvulopathy or isolated AS had similar LV parameters to controls excepting cardiac output (p < 0.05). AS + AR and post-surgical patients had abnormal LV volumetric and mass indices (p < 0.01). Post-surgical patients had decreased global longitudinal strain (p = 0.02); other subgroups had comparable strain to controls. Patients with valvulopathy demonstrated elevated velocity and wall shear stress (WSS) in the ascending aorta (AAo) and arch (p < 0.01), while those without valve dysfunction had only elevated AAo velocity (p = 0.03). Across the cohort, elevated AAo velocity and WSS correlated to higher LV mass (p < 0.01), and abnormal hemodynamics correlated to decreased strain rates (p < 0.045). Pediatric BAV patients demonstrate abnormalities in LV parameters as a function of valvular dysfunction, most significantly in children with AS + AR or prior valvotomy/valvuloplasty. Correlations between aortic hemodynamics, LV mass and strain suggest valvular dysfunction could drive LV remodeling. Multiparametric CMR assessment in pediatric BAV may help stratify risk for cardiac remodeling and dysfunction.
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Kuebler JD, Shivapour J, Yaroglu Kazanci S, Gauvreau K, Colan SD, McElhinney DB, Brown DW. Longitudinal Assessment of the Doppler-Estimated Maximum Gradient in Patients With Congenital Valvar Aortic Stenosis Pre- and Post-Balloon Valvuloplasty. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2018; 11:e006708. [PMID: 29555832 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.117.006708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/23/2017] [Accepted: 01/25/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Aortic stenosis has been reported to manifest a slow rate of progression in mild disease, with a greater likelihood of progression in patients with moderate-severe disease. The natural history of the Doppler-estimated maximum gradient (DEMG) in patients after balloon aortic valvuloplasty (BAVP) has not previously been studied on a large scale. METHODS AND RESULTS A retrospective review was performed of 360 patients from 1984 to 2012 with aortic stenosis, providing a total of 2059 echocardiograms both before and after BAVP. Patients were excluded if they had an intervention within the first 30 days of life. The relationships between the aortic stenosis DEMG and several predictors (age at initial study, body surface area, valve morphology, and initial DEMG) were explored using linear mixed effect models. Patients with a unicommissural aortic valve had a significantly higher rate of progression compared with those with a bicommissural aortic valve (0.81 and 0.45 mm Hg/year; P<0.001). The median rate of progression in the post-BAVP group was significantly lower than the median pre-BAVP rate of progression (n=34; pre-BAVP 3.97 [1.69-8.7] mm Hg/year; post-BAVP 0.40 [-1.80 to 3.88] mm Hg/year; P<0.008). When adjusted for body surface area, there was no significant increase in the DEMG (-0.03 mm Hg/m2 per year; P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS There is a statistically significant increase in the DEMG over time in patients with aortic stenosis. After balloon dilation, the DEMG rate of change is reduced compared with that pre-dilation. Given the effect of body surface area on DEMG progression, more frequent observation should be made during periods of rapid somatic growth.
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- Joseph D Kuebler
- From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (J.D.K., J.S., S.Y.K., K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.); and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.).
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (J.D.K., J.S., S.Y.K., K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.); and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (J.D.K., J.S., S.Y.K., K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.); and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (J.D.K., J.S., S.Y.K., K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.); and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (J.D.K., J.S., S.Y.K., K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.); and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (J.D.K., J.S., S.Y.K., K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.); and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, MA (J.D.K., J.S., S.Y.K., K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.); and Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (K.G., S.D.C., D.B.M., D.W.B.)
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