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Higher Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Derived from Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Is Associated with a Worse Clinical Outcome in Systemic Sclerosis
Primary myocardial involvement is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Ventricular-arterial coupling (VAC) reflecting the interplay between ventricular performance and arterial load, is a key determinant of cardiovascular (CV) performance. We aimed to investigate VAC, VAC-derived indices, and the pot...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308671/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34358072 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph14070646 |
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author | Tona, Francesco Zanatta, Elisabetta Montisci, Roberta Muraru, Denisa Beccegato, Elena De Zorzi, Elena Benvenuti, Francesco Civieri, Giovanni Cozzi, Franco Iliceto, Sabino Doria, Andrea |
author_facet | Tona, Francesco Zanatta, Elisabetta Montisci, Roberta Muraru, Denisa Beccegato, Elena De Zorzi, Elena Benvenuti, Francesco Civieri, Giovanni Cozzi, Franco Iliceto, Sabino Doria, Andrea |
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description | Primary myocardial involvement is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Ventricular-arterial coupling (VAC) reflecting the interplay between ventricular performance and arterial load, is a key determinant of cardiovascular (CV) performance. We aimed to investigate VAC, VAC-derived indices, and the potential association between altered VAC and survival free from death/hospitalization for major adverse CV events (MACE) in scleroderma. Only SSc patients without any anamnestic and echocardiographic evidence of primary myocardial involvement who underwent three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) were included in this cross-sectional study and compared with healthy matched controls. 3DE was used for noninvasive measurements of end-systolic elastance (Ees), arterial elastance (Ea), VAC (Ea/Ees) and end-diastolic elastance (Eed); the occurrence of death/hospitalization for MACE was recorded during follow-up. Sixty-five SSc patients (54 female; aged 56 ± 14 years) were included. Ees (p = 0.04), Ea (p = 0.04) and Eed (p = 0.01) were higher in patients vs. controls. Thus, VAC was similar in both groups. Ees was lower and VAC was higher in patients with diffuse cutaneous form (dcSSc) vs. patients with limited form (lcSSc) (p = 0.001 and p = 0.02, respectively). Over a median follow-up of 4 years, four patients died for heart failure and 34 were hospitalized for CV events. In patients with VAC > 0.63 the risk of MACE was higher (HR 2.5; 95% CI 1.13–5.7; p = 0.01) and survival free from death/hospitalization was lower (p = 0.005) than in those with VAC < 0.63. Our study suggests that VAC may be impaired in SSc patients without signs and symptoms of primary myocardial involvement. Moreover, VAC appears to have a prognostic role in SSc. |
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spelling | pubmed-83086712021-07-25 Higher Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Derived from Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Is Associated with a Worse Clinical Outcome in Systemic Sclerosis Tona, Francesco Zanatta, Elisabetta Montisci, Roberta Muraru, Denisa Beccegato, Elena De Zorzi, Elena Benvenuti, Francesco Civieri, Giovanni Cozzi, Franco Iliceto, Sabino Doria, Andrea Pharmaceuticals (Basel) Article Primary myocardial involvement is common in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Ventricular-arterial coupling (VAC) reflecting the interplay between ventricular performance and arterial load, is a key determinant of cardiovascular (CV) performance. We aimed to investigate VAC, VAC-derived indices, and the potential association between altered VAC and survival free from death/hospitalization for major adverse CV events (MACE) in scleroderma. Only SSc patients without any anamnestic and echocardiographic evidence of primary myocardial involvement who underwent three-dimensional echocardiography (3DE) were included in this cross-sectional study and compared with healthy matched controls. 3DE was used for noninvasive measurements of end-systolic elastance (Ees), arterial elastance (Ea), VAC (Ea/Ees) and end-diastolic elastance (Eed); the occurrence of death/hospitalization for MACE was recorded during follow-up. Sixty-five SSc patients (54 female; aged 56 ± 14 years) were included. Ees (p = 0.04), Ea (p = 0.04) and Eed (p = 0.01) were higher in patients vs. controls. Thus, VAC was similar in both groups. Ees was lower and VAC was higher in patients with diffuse cutaneous form (dcSSc) vs. patients with limited form (lcSSc) (p = 0.001 and p = 0.02, respectively). Over a median follow-up of 4 years, four patients died for heart failure and 34 were hospitalized for CV events. In patients with VAC > 0.63 the risk of MACE was higher (HR 2.5; 95% CI 1.13–5.7; p = 0.01) and survival free from death/hospitalization was lower (p = 0.005) than in those with VAC < 0.63. Our study suggests that VAC may be impaired in SSc patients without signs and symptoms of primary myocardial involvement. Moreover, VAC appears to have a prognostic role in SSc. MDPI 2021-07-05 /pmc/articles/PMC8308671/ /pubmed/34358072 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph14070646 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Tona, Francesco Zanatta, Elisabetta Montisci, Roberta Muraru, Denisa Beccegato, Elena De Zorzi, Elena Benvenuti, Francesco Civieri, Giovanni Cozzi, Franco Iliceto, Sabino Doria, Andrea Higher Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Derived from Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Is Associated with a Worse Clinical Outcome in Systemic Sclerosis |
title | Higher Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Derived from Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Is Associated with a Worse Clinical Outcome in Systemic Sclerosis |
title_full | Higher Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Derived from Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Is Associated with a Worse Clinical Outcome in Systemic Sclerosis |
title_fullStr | Higher Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Derived from Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Is Associated with a Worse Clinical Outcome in Systemic Sclerosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Higher Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Derived from Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Is Associated with a Worse Clinical Outcome in Systemic Sclerosis |
title_short | Higher Ventricular-Arterial Coupling Derived from Three-Dimensional Echocardiography Is Associated with a Worse Clinical Outcome in Systemic Sclerosis |
title_sort | higher ventricular-arterial coupling derived from three-dimensional echocardiography is associated with a worse clinical outcome in systemic sclerosis |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8308671/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34358072 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ph14070646 |
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