Increased aortic pressures and pulsatile afterload components promote concentric left ventricular remodeling in adults with transposition of the great arteries and arterial switch operation

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BACKGROUND: Functional abnormalities of the ascending aorta (AA) have been mainly reported in young patients who underwent arterial switch operation (ASO) for transposition of the great arteries (TGA).

OBJECTIVES: To compare systolic, diastolic brachial and central blood pressures (bSBP, bDBP, cSBP, cDBP), aortic biomechanical parameters, and left ventricular (LV) afterload criteria in adult ASO patients with healthy controls and to assess their relationships with LV remodeling and aortic size.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-one prospectively enrolled patients (16.8 to 35.8 years) and 41 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers underwent cardiac MRI to assess LV remodeling with simultaneous brachial BP estimation. After MRI, carotid-femoral tonometry was performed to measure pulse wave velocity (cfPWV), cSBP and cDBP for further calculation of pulse pressure (cPP), AA distensibility (AAD), and AA and LV elastance (AAE, LVE).

RESULTS: bSBP, bDBP, cSBP,cDBP and cPP were all significantly higher in ASO group than in controls: cSBP (116.5 ± 13.8 vs 106.1 ± 12.0, p < 0.001), cDBP (72.5 ± 6.9 vs 67.1 ± 9.4, p = 0.002), cPP (44.0 ± 12.1 vs 39.1 ± 8.9, p = 0.003) and not related to aortic size. AAD were decreased in ASO patients vs controls (4.70 ± 2.72 vs 6.69 ± 2.16, p < 0.001). LV mass was correlated with bSBP, cSBP, cPP (ρ = 0.48; p < 0.001), while concentric LV remodeling was correlated with AAE (ρ = 0.60, p < 0.001) and LVE (ρ = 0.32, p = 0.04), but not with distensibility.

CONCLUSION: Even without reaching arterial hypertension, aortic sBP and PP are increased in the adult TGA population after ASO, altering the pulsatile components of afterload and contributing to LV concentric remodeling.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:405

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International journal of cardiology - 405(2024) vom: 15. Apr., Seite 131969

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Belhadjer, Zahra [VerfasserIn]
Ladouceur, Magalie [VerfasserIn]
Soulat, Gilles [VerfasserIn]
Legendre, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Gencer, Umit [VerfasserIn]
Dietenbeck, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Iserin, Laurence [VerfasserIn]
Houyel, Lucile [VerfasserIn]
Bonnet, Damien [VerfasserIn]
Mousseaux, Elie [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Arterial switch operation
Central blood pressure
Imaging
Journal Article
Left ventricular afterload
Left ventricular remodeling
Magnetic resonance
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Transposition of the great arteries

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Date Completed 26.04.2024

Date Revised 26.04.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ijcard.2024.131969

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NLM369799453