Department of Laboratory Medicine, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan; Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; Center of Metabolic Regulation of Healthy Aging, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan; Center of Metabolic Regulation of Healthy Aging, Faculty of Life Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan.
J Cardiol. 2022 Jul;80(1):56-63. doi: 10.1016/j.jjcc.2022.02.010. Epub 2022 Mar 10.
This study was performed to investigate whether right ventricular global longitudinal strain (RV-GLS) provides prognostic information in patients with wild-type transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTRwt-CM).
Among 129 patients who were diagnosed with ATTRwt-CM at Kumamoto University Hospital from December 2002 to December 2019, 111 patients who had enough information for two-dimensional speckle tracking imaging were retrospectively analyzed. During a median follow-up of 615 days, 26 cardiovascular deaths occurred. Compared with patients in the non-event group, those in the cardiovascular death group were significantly older (81.1 ± 7.4 years vs. 78.2 ± 6.2 years, p = 0.009) and had significantly higher interventricular septal thickness in diastole (16.6 ± 3.1 mm vs. 15.3 ± 2.4 mm, p = 0.048), lower RV-GLS (10.9 ± 2.7% vs. 12.8 ± 3.5%, p = 0.010), and lower right ventricular free wall longitudinal strain (RVFWLS) (13.1 ± 3.3% vs. 15.5 ± 3.8%, p = 0.004). In the univariate Cox proportional hazard analysis, age, left atrial volume index (LAVI), RV-GLS, and RVFWLS were significantly associated with cardiovascular death [age, hazard ratio (HR), 1.10; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.02-1.19, p = 0.010; LAVI, HR, 1.02; 95% CI, 1.00-1.03, p = 0.009; RV-GLS, HR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.75-0.97, p = 0.017; RVFWLS, HR 0.89; 95% CI, 0.79-1.00; p = 0.041]. Multivariable Cox proportional hazard analysis showed RV-GLS was significantly and independently associated with cardiovascular death in patients with ATTRwt-CM (HR, 0.86; 95% CI, 0.74-0.99; p = 0.038). Receiver operating characteristic analysis showed that the area under the curve of RV-GLS for cardiovascular death was 0.668 and that the best cut-off value of RV-GLS was 11.59% (sensitivity, 69.2%; specificity, 63.5%). In the Kaplan-Meier analysis, patients with ATTRwt-CM who had low RV-GLS (<11.59%) had a significantly higher probability of total cardiovascular death (p = 0.004) and heart failure-related hospitalization (p = 0.013).
RV-GLS has significant prognostic value in patients with ATTRwt-CM and provides greater prognostic power than conventional echocardiographic findings.
本研究旨在探讨右心室整体纵向应变(RV-GLS)能否为野生型转甲状腺素蛋白淀粉样变心肌病(ATTRwt-CM)患者提供预后信息。
在 2002 年 12 月至 2019 年 12 月期间,于熊本大学医院诊断为 ATTRwt-CM 的 129 例患者中,回顾性分析了 111 例有足够二维斑点追踪成像信息的患者。在中位随访 615 天期间,发生了 26 例心血管死亡。与非事件组相比,心血管死亡组患者年龄明显更大(81.1±7.4 岁 vs. 78.2±6.2 岁,p=0.009),舒张期室间隔厚度明显更高(16.6±3.1 毫米 vs. 15.3±2.4 毫米,p=0.048),RV-GLS 明显更低(10.9±2.7% vs. 12.8±3.5%,p=0.010),右心室游离壁纵向应变(RVFWLS)明显更低(13.1±3.3% vs. 15.5±3.8%,p=0.004)。单因素 Cox 比例风险分析显示,年龄、左心房容积指数(LAVI)、RV-GLS 和 RVFWLS 与心血管死亡显著相关[年龄,风险比(HR),1.10;95%置信区间(CI),1.02-1.19,p=0.010;LAVI,HR,1.02;95%CI,1.00-1.03,p=0.009;RV-GLS,HR,0.86;95%CI,0.75-0.97,p=0.017;RVFWLS,HR 0.89;95%CI,0.79-1.00;p=0.041]。多变量 Cox 比例风险分析显示,RV-GLS 与 ATTRwt-CM 患者的心血管死亡显著相关(HR,0.86;95%CI,0.74-0.99;p=0.038)。受试者工作特征曲线分析显示,RV-GLS 预测心血管死亡的曲线下面积为 0.668,最佳 RV-GLS 截断值为 11.59%(灵敏度,69.2%;特异性,63.5%)。在 Kaplan-Meier 分析中,RV-GLS 较低(<11.59%)的 ATTRwt-CM 患者总心血管死亡的概率显著更高(p=0.004)和心力衰竭相关住院的概率显著更高(p=0.013)。
RV-GLS 在 ATTRwt-CM 患者中有显著的预后价值,比传统超声心动图检查结果提供更大的预后能力。