Right Ventricular Functional Abnormalities in Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: Association With Life-Threatening Ventricular Arrhythmias |
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| Authors: | Feddo P. Kirkels Øyvind H. Lie Maarten J. Cramer Monica Chivulescu Christine Rootwelt-Norberg Folkert W. Asselbergs Arco J. Teske Kristina H. Haugaa |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Cardiology, Division Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands;2. Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway;3. Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway;4. Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands;5. Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Institute of Health Informatics, Faculty of Population Health Sciences, University College London, London, United Kingdom |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesThis study aimed to perform an external validation of the value of right ventricular (RV) deformation patterns and RV mechanical dispersion in patients with arrhythmogenic cardiomyopathy (AC). Secondly, this study assessed the association of these parameters with life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia (VA).BackgroundSubtle RV dysfunction assessed by echocardiographic deformation imaging is valuable in AC diagnosis and risk prediction. Two different methods have emerged, the RV deformation pattern recognition and RV mechanical dispersion, but these have neither been externally validated nor compared.MethodsWe analyzed AC probands and mutation-positive family members, matched from 2 large European referral centers. We performed speckle tracking echocardiography, whereby we classified the subtricuspid deformation patterns from normal to abnormal and assessed RV mechanical dispersion from 6 segments. We defined VA as sustained ventricular tachycardia, appropriate implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy, or aborted cardiac arrest.ResultsWe included 160 subjects, 80 from each center (43% proband, 55% women, age 41 ± 17 years). VA had occurred in 47 (29%) subjects. In both cohorts, patients with a history of VA showed abnormal deformation patterns (96% and 100%) and had greater RV mechanical dispersion (53 ± 30 ms vs. 30 ± 21 ms; p < 0.001 for the total cohort). Both parameters were independently associated to VA (adjusted odds ratio: 2.71 [95% confidence interval: 1.47 to 5.00] per class step-up, and 1.26 [95% confidence interval: 1.07 to 1.49]/10 ms, respectively). The association with VA significantly improved when adding RV mechanical dispersion to pattern recognition (net reclassification improvement 0.42; p = 0.02 and integrated diagnostic improvement 0.06; p = 0.01).ConclusionsWe externally validated 2 RV dysfunction parameters in AC. Adding RV mechanical dispersion to RV deformation patterns significantly improved the association with life-threatening VA, indicating incremental value. |
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