Heart and Vascular Center, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina 29401, USA.
JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2012 Sep;5(9):984-94. doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2012.05.014.
This study sought to investigate pulsatile changes of the aortic annulus and their impact on prosthesis selection by computed tomography (CT).
Precise noninvasive prosthesis sizing is a prerequisite for transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
A total of 110 patients with severe aortic stenosis (mean age: 82.9 ± 8 years, mean aortic valve area: 0.69 ± 0.18 cm(2)) underwent electrocardiogram-gated CT. Aortic annulus dimensions were planimetrically quantified as area-derived diameter (D(A) = 2 ×✓(CSA/π), where CSA is the cross-sectional area) and perimeter-derived diameter (D(P) = P/π, where P is the length of the perimeter) in 5% increments of the RR interval. Hypothetical prosthesis sizing was based on D(A) and D(P) (23-mm prosthesis for <22 mm; 26 mm: 22 to 25 mm; 29 mm: >25 mm) and compared between maximum and traditional cardiac CT reconstruction phases at 35% and 75% of RR. Agreement for prosthesis selection was calculated by κ statistics.
D(A) and D(P) were increased and eccentricity was reduced during systole, with D(A-MAX) and D(P-MAX) most often observed at 20% of RR. D(P) was consistently larger than D(A). Average net differences were 2.0 ± 0.6 mm and 1.7 ± 0.5 mm by D(A-MIN) versus D(A-MAX) and D(P-MIN) versus D(P-MAX). Agreement for prosthesis sizing was found in 93 of 110 patients (κ = 0.75) by D(A-75%) and in 80 of 110 patients (κ = 0.53) by D(A-MAX) compared with D(A-35%); and in 94 of 110 patients (κ = 0.73) by D(P-75%) and in 93 of 110 patients (κ = 0.73) by D(P-MAX) compared with D(P-35%). With sizing by D(A-75%) or D(P-75%), nominal prosthesis diameter was smaller than D(A-MAX) or D(P-MAX) in 15 and 6 patients respectively.
Aortic annulus morphology exhibits conformational pulsatile changes throughout the cardiac cycle due to deformation and stretch. These changes affect prosthesis selection. Prosthesis selection by diastolic perimeter- or area-derived dimensions harbors the risk of undersizing.
本研究旨在通过计算机断层扫描(CT)探讨主动脉瓣环的搏动变化及其对假体选择的影响。
精确的无创假体尺寸是经导管主动脉瓣置换术的前提。
共对 110 例严重主动脉瓣狭窄患者(平均年龄:82.9±8 岁,平均主动脉瓣口面积:0.69±0.18cm²)进行了心电图门控 CT 检查。主动脉瓣环尺寸通过面积衍生直径(D(A) = 2 ×✓(CSA/π),其中 CSA 为横截面积)和周长衍生直径(D(P) = P/π,其中 P 为周长)以 RR 间隔的 5%递增进行平面量化。基于 D(A)和 D(P)(<22mm 用 23mm 假体;22 至 25mm 用 26mm;>25mm 用 29mm)进行假设假体尺寸选择,并在 35%和 75%RR 时比较最大和传统心脏 CT 重建相位之间的差异。通过 κ 统计计算假体选择的一致性。
在收缩期,D(A)和 D(P)增加,偏心度降低,D(A-MAX)和 D(P-MAX)最常在 RR 的 20%时观察到。D(P)始终大于 D(A)。通过 D(A-MIN)与 D(A-MAX)和 D(P-MIN)与 D(P-MAX)相比,平均净差异分别为 2.0±0.6mm 和 1.7±0.5mm。通过 D(A-75%)和 D(A-MAX),在 110 例患者中有 93 例(κ=0.75)和 80 例患者(κ=0.53)符合假体尺寸选择的一致性;通过 D(P-75%)和 D(P-MAX),在 110 例患者中有 94 例(κ=0.73)和 93 例患者(κ=0.73)符合一致性。使用 D(A-75%)或 D(P-75%)进行尺寸选择时,15 例和 6 例患者的名义假体直径小于 D(A-MAX)或 D(P-MAX)。
由于变形和拉伸,主动脉瓣环形态在整个心动周期中表现出搏动性变化。这些变化会影响假体的选择。基于舒张周长或面积衍生尺寸的假体选择有尺寸过小的风险。