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Prognostic value of left ventricular apical four-chamber longitudinal strain after heart valve surgery in real-world practice

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular longitudinal strain is an emerging marker of ventricular systolic function. However, the prognostic value of apical four-chamber longitudinal strain after heart valve surgery in real-world clinical practice is uncertain. The authors investigated whether left ventricular...

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Autores principales: Nam, Jae-Sik, Chin, Ji-Hyun, Kang, Hyun-Uk, Kim, Juyoun, Joung, Kyoung-Woon, Choi, In-Cheol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Anesthesiologists 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9539422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35700980
http://dx.doi.org/10.4097/kja.22201
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Sumario:BACKGROUND: Left ventricular longitudinal strain is an emerging marker of ventricular systolic function. However, the prognostic value of apical four-chamber longitudinal strain after heart valve surgery in real-world clinical practice is uncertain. The authors investigated whether left ventricular apical four-chamber longitudinal strain measured in real-world practice is helpful for predicting postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing heart valve surgery. METHODS: This observational cohort study was conducted in patients who underwent heart valve surgery between January 2014 and December 2018 at a tertiary hospital in South Korea. The exposure of interest was preoperative left ventricular apical four-chamber longitudinal strain. The primary outcome was postoperative all-cause mortality. RESULTS: Among 1,773 study patients (median age, 63 years; female, 45.9%), 132 (7.4%) died during a median follow-up of 27.2 months. Preoperative left ventricular apical four-chamber longitudinal strain was significantly associated with all-cause mortality (adjusted hazard ratio, 0.94 per 1% increment in absolute value; 95% CI [0.90, 0.99], P = 0.022), whereas left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was not significantly associated with all-cause mortality (adjusted hazard ratio: 1.01, 95% CI [0.99, 1.03], P = 0.222). Moreover, combining left ventricular apical four-chamber longitudinal strain to the LVEF and conventional prognostic factors enhance the prognostic model for all-cause mortality (P = 0.022). CONCLUSIONS: In patients undergoing heart valve surgery without coronary artery disease, left ventricular apical four-chamber longitudinal strain measured in real-world clinical practice was independently associated with postoperative survival. Left ventricular longitudinal strain measurement may be helpful for outcome prediction after valve surgery.