1. Strong cardiovascular prognostic implication of quantitative left atrial contractile function assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with chronic hypertension.
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Kaminski M, Steel K, Jerosch-Herold M, Khin M, Tsang S, Hauser T, and Kwong RY
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- Adult, Aged, Boston, Chronic Disease, Diastole, Disease-Free Survival, Electrocardiography, Female, Humans, Hypertension mortality, Hypertension physiopathology, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Linear Models, Male, Middle Aged, Predictive Value of Tests, Prognosis, Proportional Hazards Models, Retrospective Studies, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Survival Rate, Time Factors, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left etiology, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left mortality, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left physiopathology, Atrial Function, Left, Hypertension complications, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine, Myocardial Contraction, Ventricular Dysfunction, Left diagnosis, Ventricular Function, Left
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Background: Progressive left ventricular (LV) diastolic dysfunction due to hypertension (HTN) alters left atrial (LA) contractile function in a predictable manner. While increased LA size is a marker of LV diastolic dysfunction and has been shown to be predictive of adverse cardiovascular outcomes, the prognostic significance of altered LA contractile function is unknown., Methods: A consecutive group of patients with chronic hypertension but without significant valvular disease or prior MI underwent clinically-indicated CMR for assessment of left ventricular (LV) function, myocardial ischemia, or viability. Calculation of LA volumes used in determining LA emptying functions was performed using the biplane area-length method., Results: Two-hundred and ten patients were included in this study. During a median follow-up of 19 months, 48 patients experienced major adverse cardiac events (MACE), including 24 deaths. Decreased LA contractile function (LAEF(Contractile)) demonstrated strong unadjusted associations with patient mortality, non-fatal events, and all MACE. For every 10% reduction of LAEF(Contractile), unadjusted hazards to MACE, all-cause mortality, and non-fatal events increased by 1.8, 1.5, and 1.4-folds, respectively. In addition, preservation of the proportional contribution from LA contraction to total diastolic filling (Contractile/Total ratio) was strongly associated with lower MACE and patient mortality. By multivariable analyses, LAEF(Contractile) was the strongest predictor in each of the best overall models of MACE, all-cause mortality, and non-fatal events. Even after adjustment for age, gender, left atrial volume, and LVEF, LAEF(Contractile) maintained strong independent associations with MACE (p < 0.0004), all-cause mortality (p < 0.0004), and non-fatal events (p < 0.0004)., Conclusions: In hypertensive patients at risk for left ventricular diastolic dysfunction, a decreased contribution of LA contractile function to ventricular filling during diastole is strongly predictive of adverse cardiac events and death.
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- 2011
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