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Sood MR, Abdelmoneim SS, Dontineni N, Ivanov A, Lee E, Rubin M, Vittoria M, Meykler M, Ramachandran V, Sacchi T, Brener S, Klem I, Heitner JF. Descending Aortic Distensibility and Cardiovascular Outcomes: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study. Vasc Health Risk Manag 2022; 18:653-665. [PMID: 36065283 PMCID: PMC9440722 DOI: 10.2147/vhrm.s359632] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2022] [Accepted: 06/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Aortic distensibility (AD) is an important determinant of cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. There is scant data on the association between AD measured within the descending thoracic aorta and CV outcomes. Objective We evaluated the association of AD at the descending thoracic aorta (AD desc) with the primary outcome of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction (MI), stroke or coronary revascularization in patients referred for a cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) study. Methods 928 consecutive patients [(mean age 60 ± 17; 33% with prior cardiovascular disease (CVD))] were evaluated. AD desc was measured at the cross-section of the descending thoracic aorta in the 4-chamber view (via steady-state free precession [SSFP] cine sequences) and was grouped into quintiles (with the 1st quintile corresponding to the least AD, i.e., the stiffest aorta). Cox proportional-hazards regression analysis were performed for the primary outcome. Results A total of 315 patients (34%) experienced the primary outcome during a median (25% IQR, 75% IQR) follow-up of 5.0 (0.56, 9.3) years. A decreased AD was significantly associated with hypertension, diabetes, renal disease, and dyslipidemia (p <0.0001). A primary outcome occurred in 43% of patients with AD desc ≤ median compared to 25% with AD desc > median, p <0.0001, and in 44% of patients with AD desc in the 1st quintile compared to 31% with AD desc in the other quintiles (p = 0.0004). Event free survival was incrementally reduced amongst quintiles (p <0.0001). However, AD desc ≤ median was not an independent predictor of the primary endpoint after multivariable adjustment in the overall population [adjusted HR 1.09 (95% CI:0.82–1.45), p = 0.518] or in the subgroup analysis of patients with or without prior CVD. Conclusion In this real-world cohort of 928 patients referred for CMR, AD desc is not an independent predictor of CV outcomes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Michael R Sood
- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai South Nassau, Oceanside, NY, USA
- Correspondence: Michael R Sood, Division of Cardiology, Mount Sinai South Nassau, Oceanside, NY, USA, Email
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- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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- Duke University, Raleigh Durham, NC, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, New York-Presbyterian Hospital, Brooklyn, NY, USA
- Division of Cardiology, New York University-Langone Health, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Sood M, Dontineni N, Lee E, Rubinson M, Vittoria M, Khullar G, Rubinfeld G, Elkomos-Botros G, Sacchi T, Brener S, Heitner J. THE PROGNOSTIC VALUE OF AORTIC DISTENSIBITY FOR CARDIOVASCULAR HOSPITALIZATIONS AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(12)61091-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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