Right ventricular-arterial uncoupling independently predicts survival in COVID-19 ARDS

AIM: To investigate the prevalence and prognostic impact of right heart failure and right ventricular-arterial uncoupling in Corona Virus Infectious Disease 2019 (COVID-19) complicated by an Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

METHODS: Ninety-four consecutive patients (mean age 64 years) admitted for acute respiratory failure on COVID-19 were enrolled. Coupling of right ventricular function to the pulmonary circulation was evaluated by a comprehensive trans-thoracic echocardiography with focus on the tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE) to systolic pulmonary artery pressure (PASP) ratio RESULTS: The majority of patients needed ventilatory support, which was noninvasive in 22 and invasive in 37. There were 25 deaths, all in the invasively ventilated patients. Survivors were younger (62 ± 13 vs. 68 ± 12 years, p = 0.033), less often overweight or usual smokers, had lower NT-proBNP and interleukin-6, and higher arterial partial pressure of oxygen (PaO2)/fraction of inspired O2 (FIO2) ratio (270 ± 104 vs. 117 ± 57 mmHg, p < 0.001). In the non-survivors, PASP was increased (42 ± 12 vs. 30 ± 7 mmHg, p < 0.001), while TAPSE was decreased (19 ± 4 vs. 25 ± 4 mm, p < 0.001). Accordingly, the TAPSE/PASP ratio was lower than in the survivors (0.51 ± 0.22 vs. 0.89 ± 0.29 mm/mmHg, p < 0.001). At univariate/multivariable analysis, the TAPSE/PASP (HR: 0.026; 95%CI 0.01-0.579; p: 0.019) and PaO2/FIO2 (HR: 0.988; 95%CI 0.988-0.998; p: 0.018) ratios were the only independent predictors of mortality, with ROC-determined cutoff values of 159 mmHg and 0.635 mm/mmHg, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: COVID-19 ARDS is associated with clinically relevant uncoupling of right ventricular function from the pulmonary circulation; bedside echocardiography of TAPSE/PASP adds to the prognostic relevance of PaO2/FIO2 in ARDS on COVID-19.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Critical care (London, England) - 24(2020), 1 vom: 30. Nov., Seite 670

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

D'Alto, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Marra, Alberto M [VerfasserIn]
Severino, Sergio [VerfasserIn]
Salzano, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Romeo, Emanuele [VerfasserIn]
De Rosa, Rosanna [VerfasserIn]
Stagnaro, Francesca Maria [VerfasserIn]
Pagnano, Gianpiero [VerfasserIn]
Verde, Raffaele [VerfasserIn]
Murino, Patrizia [VerfasserIn]
Farro, Andrea [VerfasserIn]
Ciccarelli, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Vargas, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Fiorentino, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Servillo, Giuseppe [VerfasserIn]
Gentile, Ivan [VerfasserIn]
Corcione, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Cittadini, Antonio [VerfasserIn]
Naeije, Robert [VerfasserIn]
Golino, Paolo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ARDS
COVID-19
Echocardiography
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Prognosis
Right ventricular-arterial uncoupling

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Date Completed 11.12.2020

Date Revised 30.03.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1186/s13054-020-03385-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318231719