Pulmonary Hypertension Phenotype Can Be Identified in Heart Failure With Reduced Ejection Fraction Using Echocardiographic Assessment of Pulmonary Artery Pressure With Supportive Use of Pressure Reflection Variables
(2023) In Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography 36(6). p.604-614- Abstract
Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is frequent in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) with 2 different phenotypes: isolated postcapillary PH (IpcPH) and, with the worst prognosis, combined pre- and postcapillary PH (CpcPH). The aims of the present echocardiography study were to investigate (1) the ability to identify PH phenotype in patients with HFrEF using the newly adopted definition of PH (mean pulmonary artery pressure >20 mm Hg) and (2) the relationship between PH phenotype and right ventricular (RV) function. Methods: One hundred twenty-four patients with HFrEF consecutively referred for heart transplant or heart failure workup were included with echocardiography and right heart... (More)
Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is frequent in patients with heart failure and reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) with 2 different phenotypes: isolated postcapillary PH (IpcPH) and, with the worst prognosis, combined pre- and postcapillary PH (CpcPH). The aims of the present echocardiography study were to investigate (1) the ability to identify PH phenotype in patients with HFrEF using the newly adopted definition of PH (mean pulmonary artery pressure >20 mm Hg) and (2) the relationship between PH phenotype and right ventricular (RV) function. Methods: One hundred twenty-four patients with HFrEF consecutively referred for heart transplant or heart failure workup were included with echocardiography and right heart catheterization within 48 hours. We estimated systolic pulmonary artery pressure (sPAPDoppler) and used a method to detect increased pulmonary vascular resistance (>3 Wood units) based on predefined thresholds of 3 pressure reflection (PRefl) variables (the acceleration time in the RV outflow tract [RVOT], the interval between peak RVOT and peak tricuspid regurgitant velocity, and the RV pressure augmentation following peak RVOT velocity). Results: Using receiver operator characteristic analysis in a derivation group (n = 62), we identified sPAPDoppler ≥35 mm Hg as a cutoff that in a test group (n = 62) increased the likelihood of PH 6.6-fold. The presence of sPAPDoppler >40 mm Hg and 2 or 3 positive PRefl variables increased the probability of CpcPH 6- to 8-fold. A 2-step approach with primarily assessment of sPAPDoppler and the supportive use of PRefl variables in patients with mild/moderate PH (sPAPDoppler 41-59 mm Hg) showed 76% observer agreement and a weighted kappa of 0.63. The steady-state (pulmonary vascular resistance) and pulsatile (compliance, elastance) vascular loading are increased in both IpcPH and CpcPH with a comparable degree of RV dysfunction. Conclusions: The PH phenotype can be identified in HFrEF using standard echocardiographic assessment of pulmonary artery pressure with supportive use of PRefl variables in patients with mild to moderate PH.
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- Bech-Hanssen, Odd ; Smith, J. Gustav LU ; Astengo, Marco ; Bollano, Entela ; Bobbio, Emanuele ; Polte, Christian Lars ; Bergh, Niklas and Karason, Kristjan
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- 2023
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- Echocardiography, Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction, Left heart disease, Pulmonary hypertension phenotype
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- Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
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- 36
- issue
- 6
- pages
- 604 - 614
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- pmid:36681129
- scopus:85148751433
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- 0894-7317
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.echo.2023.01.011
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- English
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