Clement Alexandra, Muraru Denisa, Fisicaro Samantha, Penso Marco, Tomaselli Michele, Radu Noela, Delcea Caterina, Buta Alexandra S, Rella Valeria, Sascau Radu, Badano Luigi P
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Internal Medicine Department, "Grigore T. Popa," University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Iasi, Romania.
Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy; Department of Cardiology, Istituto Auxologico Italiano, IRCCS, Milan, Italy.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2025 Mar;38(3):212-223. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2024.11.012. Epub 2024 Dec 11.
In the multiparametric framework for diagnosing atrial secondary tricuspid regurgitation (A-STR), an end-systolic (ES) right atrial (RA)-to-right ventricular (RV) volume or area ratio ≥1.5 supports the diagnosis of A-STR over the ventricular secondary tricuspid regurgitation phenotype (V-STR). However, this threshold value has never been tested.
A single-center study was conducted, prospectively enrolling consecutive patients with secondary tricuspid regurgitation who underwent two- and three-dimensional echocardiography.
A total of 350 patients were enrolled (mean age, 75 ± 13 years; 65% women). Although patients with A-STR and V-STR presented similar degrees of secondary tricuspid regurgitation and comparable RA size, the ES RA/RV volume ratio was significantly larger in A-STR than in V-STR (1.75 [interquartile range, 1.35-2.45] vs 1.18 [interquartile range, 0.81-1.66], respectively; P < .001). On receiver operating characteristic analysis, the ES RA/RV volume ratio showed a significantly higher predictive power for A-STR (area under the curve [AUC], 0.73; 95% CI, 0.68-0.78) compared with RA maximum volume (AUC, 0.6; 95% CI, 0.54-0.66; P = .01), RA minimum volume (AUC, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.53-0.65; P = .007), and ratio of RA minimum volume to RV end-diastolic volume (AUC, 0.57; 95% CI, 0.51-0.63; P < .001). However, the predictive power of the ES RA/RV volume ratio (AUC, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.68-0.78) and the ES RA/RV area ratio (AUC, 0.76; 95% CI, 0.71-0.81) for the diagnosis of A-STR was similar (P = .58). The threshold value for ES RA/RV volume ratio that best distinguished between A-STR and V-STR was 1.40 (AUC, 0.68; 95% CI, 0.63-0.73), whereas for ES RA/RV area ratio, it was 1.6 (AUC, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.59-0.69). A multivariable model that included either ES RA/RV volume ratio or ES RA/RV area ratio, along with LV ejection fraction, RV ejection fraction, RV ES volume, and pulmonary artery systolic pressure, resulted in an AUC of 0.97 for differentiating between A-STR and V-STR.
ES RA/RV volume ratio ≥ 1.4 and ES RA/RV area ratio ≥ 1.6 support the diagnosis of A-STR over V-STR.
在诊断心房性继发性三尖瓣反流(A-STR)的多参数框架中,收缩末期(ES)右心房(RA)与右心室(RV)的容积或面积比≥1.5支持A-STR的诊断,而非心室性继发性三尖瓣反流表型(V-STR)。然而,这一阈值从未经过验证。
进行了一项单中心研究,前瞻性纳入连续的继发性三尖瓣反流患者,这些患者均接受了二维和三维超声心动图检查。
共纳入350例患者(平均年龄75±13岁;65%为女性)。尽管A-STR和V-STR患者的继发性三尖瓣反流程度相似,RA大小相当,但A-STR患者的ES RA/RV容积比显著大于V-STR患者(分别为1.75[四分位间距,1.35 - 2.45]和1.18[四分位间距,0.81 - 1.66];P <.001)。在接受者操作特征分析中,ES RA/RV容积比对A-STR的预测能力显著高于RA最大容积(曲线下面积[AUC],0.6;95%可信区间,0.54 - 0.66;P =.01)、RA最小容积(AUC,0.59;95%可信区间,0.53 - 0.65;P =.007)以及RA最小容积与RV舒张末期容积之比(AUC,0.57;95%可信区间,0.51 - 0.63;P <.001)。然而,ES RA/RV容积比(AUC,0.73;95%可信区间,0.68 - 0.78)和ES RA/RV面积比(AUC,0.76;95%可信区间,0.71 - 0.81)对A-STR诊断的预测能力相似(P =.58)。最能区分A-STR和V-STR的ES RA/RV容积比阈值为1.40(AUC,0.68;95%可信区间,0.63 - 0.73),而ES RA/RV面积比的阈值为1.6(AUC,0.64;95%可信区间,0.59 - 0.69)。一个包含ES RA/RV容积比或ES RA/RV面积比,以及左心室射血分数、右心室射血分数、RV ES容积和肺动脉收缩压的多变量模型,区分A-STR和V-STR的AUC为0.97。
ES RA/RV容积比≥1.4且ES RA/RV面积比≥1.6支持A-STR优于V-STR的诊断。