Cardiac magnetic resonance identifies raised left ventricular filling pressure: Prognostic implications

Garg, Pankaj, Gosling, Rebecca, Swoboda, Peter, Jones, Rachel, Rothman, Alexander, Wild, Jim M., Kiely, David G., Condliffe, Robin, Alabed, Samer and Swift, Andrew J. (2022) Cardiac magnetic resonance identifies raised left ventricular filling pressure: Prognostic implications. European Heart Journal, 43 (26). pp. 2511-2522. ISSN 0195-668X

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Abstract

Aims: Non-invasive imaging is routinely used to estimate left ventricular (LV) filling pressure (LVFP) in heart failure (HF). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is emerging as an important imaging tool for sub-phenotyping HF. However, currently, LVFP cannot be estimated from CMR. This study sought to investigate (i) if CMR can estimate LVFP in patients with suspected HF and (ii) if CMR-modelled LVFP has prognostic power. Methods and results: Suspected HF patients underwent right heart catheterization (RHC), CMR and transthoracic echocardiography (TTE) (validation cohort only) within 24 h of each other. Right heart catheterization measured pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) was used as a reference for LVFP. At follow-up, death was considered as the primary endpoint. We enrolled 835 patients (mean age: 65 ± 13 years, 40% male). In the derivation cohort (n = 708, 85%), two CMR metrics were associated with RHC PCWP:LV mass and left atrial volume. When applied to the validation cohort (n = 127, 15%), the correlation coefficient between RHC PCWP and CMR-modelled PCWP was 0.55 (95% confidence interval: 0.41-0.66, P < 0.0001). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance-modelled PCWP was superior to TTE in classifying patients as normal or raised filling pressures (76 vs. 25%). Cardiovascular magnetic resonance-modelled PCWP was associated with an increased risk of death (hazard ratio: 1.77, P < 0.001). At Kaplan-Meier analysis, CMR-modelled PCWP was comparable to RHC PCWP (≥15 mmHg) to predict survival at 7-year follow-up (35 vs. 37%, χ2 = 0.41, P = 0.52). Conclusion: A physiological CMR model can estimate LVFP in patients with suspected HF. In addition, CMR-modelled LVFP has a prognostic role.

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Additional Information: Funding: This work was supported by the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR-RP-R3-12-027) and The Wellcome Trust, (220703/Z/20/Z [https://doi.org/10.35802/220703] and 215799/Z/19/Z).
Uncontrolled Keywords: cardiovascular magnetic resonance,left ventricular filling pressure,right heart catheterization,cardiology and cardiovascular medicine ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2705
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School
UEA Research Groups: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health
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Depositing User: LivePure Connector
Date Deposited: 07 Sep 2022 14:30
Last Modified: 06 Feb 2025 10:51
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/87844
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac207

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