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Invasive versus non-invasive assessment of valvuloarterial impedance in severe aortic stenosis

Authors :
Lisa Stanberry
Paul Sorajja
Mario Gössl
Aisha Ahmed
João L. Cavalcante
Source :
Open Heart, Open Heart, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2020)
Publication Year :
2020
Publisher :
BMJ Publishing Group, 2020.

Abstract

BackgroundAs a measure of the global left ventricular afterload, valvuloarterial impedance (ZVA) can be estimated using transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) and invasive measuring methods. The objective of this study was to compare the performance of TTE in measuring ZVA with invasive haemodynamics, direct Fick and thermodilution (TD), in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS).MethodsThis is a retrospective cohort study of 66 patients with severe AS who underwent TTE and bilateral heart catheterisation preaortic valve replacement. ZVA was calculated non-invasively from TTE and invasively using TD and Fick. The differences in measurements were estimated using a generalised estimating equation approach. The exchangeability of the measurements from different methods was evaluated under binary risk stratification rules.ResultsThe mean±SD ZVA by TTE was 4.6±1.4 vs 4.9±1.6 by TD vs 4.3±1.2 mm Hg m2/mL by Fick. From multivariate analyses, ZVA by TTE was 5.9% (95% CI −15.0 to 2.5) lower than by TD and 5.9% (95% CI −1.5 to 12.8) higher than by Fick. At the same time, ZVA by TD was 12.5% (3.0 to 22.9) higher than with Fick. Risk classifications for ZVA-based binary decision rules showed poor agreement between TTE and invasive methods (kappa ≤0.3).ConclusionsThe differences in ZVA estimates between TTE and invasive standards do not appear to exceed those between the standards. As such TTE-based estimates may be deemed acceptable as a clinical measure of global haemodynamic load. However, TTE-based and invasive measurements may not be interchangeable to identify patients at risk using binary classification rules based on ZVA.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20533624
Volume :
7
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Open Heart
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....4f0b7523686915f263e34e1d89665532