Left Atrial Expansion Index Measured with Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Estimates Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure in Dilated Cardiomyopathy

Overview

Journal J Cardiovasc Magn Reson

Publisher Elsevier

Specialties Cardiology & Vascular Diseases
Radiology

Date 2023 Nov 29

PMID 38031092

Authors

Davide Genovese

Laura De Michieli

Giacomo Prete

Manuel De Lazzari

Marco Previtero

Donato Mele

Carlo Cernetti

Giuseppe Tarantini

Sabino Iliceto

Martina Perazzolo Marra

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Abstract

Background: Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PCWP) assessment is fundamental for managing dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) patients. Although cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has become the gold-standard imaging technique for evaluating cardiac chamber volume and function, PCWP is not routinely assessed with CMR. Therefore, this study aimed to validate the left atrial expansion index (LAEI), a LA reservoir function parameter able to estimate filling pressure with echocardiography, as a novel CMR-measured parameter for non-invasive PCWP estimation in DCM patients.

Methods: We performed a retrospective, single-center, cross-sectional study. We included electively admitted DCM patients referred to our tertiary center for further diagnostic evaluation that underwent a clinically indicated right heart catheterization (RHC) and CMR within 24 h. PCWP invasively measured during RHC was used as the reference. LAEI was calculated from CMR-measured LA maximal and minimal volumes as LAEI = ( (LAVmax-LAVmin)/LAVmin) × 100.

Results: We enrolled 126 patients (47 ± 14 years; 68% male; PCWP = 17 ± 9.3 mmHg) randomly divided into derivation (n = 92) and validation (n = 34) cohorts with comparable characteristics. In the derivation cohort, the log-transformed (ln) LAEI showed a strong linear correlation with PCWP (r = 0.81, p < 0.001) and remained a strong independent PCWP determinant over clinical and conventional CMR parameters. Moreover, lnLAEI accurately identified PCWP ≥ 15 mmHg (AUC = 0.939, p < 0.001), and the optimal cut-off identified (lnLAEI ≤ 3.85) in the derivation cohort discriminated PCWP ≥ 15 mmHg with 82.4% sensitivity, 88.2% specificity, and 85.3% accuracy in the validation cohort. Finally, the equation PCWP = 52.33- (9.17xlnLAEI) obtained from the derivation cohort predicted PCWP (-0.1 ± 5.7 mmHg) in the validation cohort.

Conclusions: In this cohort of DCM patients, CMR-measured LAEI resulted in a novel and useful parameter for non-invasive PCWP evaluation.

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