Right Ventricular-Vascular Uncoupling Predicts Pulmonary Hypertension in Clinically Diagnosed Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is highly prevalent in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF), and it is a strong predictor of adverse outcomes. We aimed to determine possible echocardiographic parameters to predict the presence of PH in patients with HFpEF.

METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 113 patients with HFpEF were prospectively enrolled from November 2017 to July 2022. The patients underwent invasive cardiac catheterization and simultaneous echocardiography at rest and during exercise. The parameters indicating right ventricle-pulmonary artery uncoupling, including tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE)/pulmonary artery systolic pressure (PASP) and tricuspid annular systolic velocity (TAS')/PASP were calculated. Receiver operating characteristic curve analysis was used to determine the optimal cut-off points of TAPSE/PASP and TAS'/PASP to differentiate patients with HFpEF with PH from those without PH. Sixty-eight patients with HFpEF with PH and 45 without PH were included. Those with PH had lower TAPSE/PASP and TAS'/PASP at rest and during exercise compared with those without PH. Both resting/stress TAPSE/PASP and TAS'/PASP were correlated with rest/exercise pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and mean pulmonary artery pressure. In multivariable regression analysis, TAPSE/PASP remained a significant predictor of exercise pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and mean pulmonary artery pressure. In receiver operating characteristic curve analysis, the optimal cut-off points of TAPSE/PASP and TAS'/PASP to differentiate patients with HFpEF with PH from those without PH were ≤0.62 and ≤0.47, respectively.

CONCLUSIONS: Right ventricle-pulmonary artery uncoupling is closely correlated with abnormal rest/exercise hemodynamics (pulmonary capillary wedge pressure and mean pulmonary artery pressure) in patients with HFpEF. TAPSE/PASP and TAS'/PASP can be useful parameters to detect PH in patients with HFpEF.

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CommentIn: J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jan 2;13(1):e032639. - PMID 38156461

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:13

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Journal of the American Heart Association - 13(2024), 1 vom: 02. Jan., Seite e030025

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chen, Zheng-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Chung, Yi-Wei [VerfasserIn]
Cheng, Jen-Fang [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Chen-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Ssu-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Lin, Lian-Yu [VerfasserIn]
Lai, Hung-Chun [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Cho-Kai [VerfasserIn]

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HFpEF
Hemodynamics
Journal Article
RV‐PA uncoupling

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Date Completed 04.01.2024

Date Revised 15.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: J Am Heart Assoc. 2024 Jan 2;13(1):e032639. - PMID 38156461

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1161/JAHA.123.030025

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NLM366471031