Predictors of right ventricular failure in patients after left ventricular assist device implantation
- Authors: Shahramanova J.A.1, Narusov O.Y.1, Makeev M.I.1, Smirnov S.M.1, Dzybinskaia E.V.1, Ganaev K.G.1, Shiryaev A.A.1, Merkulova I.A.1, Pevzner D.V.1, Saidova M.A.1, Tereshchenko S.N.1
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Affiliations:
- Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
- Issue: Vol 97, No 4 (2025): Вопросы диагностики
- Pages: 322-328
- Section: Original articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0040-3660/article/view/292176
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.26442/00403660.2025.04.203169
- ID: 292176
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Abstract
Background. To determine predictors of early and late right ventricular failure (RVF) according to transthoracic echocardiography (TTEchoCG) and right heart catheterisation (RHC) in patients with left ventricular assist device (LVAD).
Materials and methods. Twenty-three patients with LVAD were included in the study. Before implantation, all patients underwent TTEchoCG with comprehensive evaluation of the right ventricle (RV) using speckle-tracking echocardiography (STE) and 3D-echocardiography (3D-RVEF), as well as RHC with measurement of standard indices and calculation of pulmonary artery pulsatility index (PAPi).
Results. The highest area under the ROC curve was the RV ejection fraction determined by 3D-RVEF (0.841 with 95% CI 0.677–1.006, sensitivity 0.889, specificity 0.786; p<0.001) with a cut-off value ≤42% (OR 29.3 with 95% CI 2.6–336.4; p=0.007) and PAPi (area on ROC curve 0.869 with 95% CI 0.503–0.975, sensitivity 0.778, specificity 0.857; p<0.001,) with a threshold value ≤2.2 (OR 20 with 95% CI 1.2–333.3; p=0.035). The combination of these parameters was the most accurate prognostic model (sensitivity 0.778, specificity 1). The combination of echocardiographic parameters – 3D-RVEF and systolic velocity of the tricuspid valve fibrous ring according to tissue myocardial Doppler (TMD: S’ml) has similar sensitivity (0.778) and slightly lower specificity (0.929).
Conclusion. The optimal independent echocardiographic predictor of early RVF is 3D-RVEF. The combination of 3D-RVEF and PAPi proved to be the most accurate model, but the combination of 3D-RVEF and S’ml-TMD echocardiographic parameters alone is only slightly inferior in specificity, which allows preliminary assessment of the risk of RVF.
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Janna A. Shahramanova
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Author for correspondence.
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-9478-9530
аспирант отд. заболеваний миокарда и сердечной недостаточности
Russian Federation, MoscowOleg Yu. Narusov
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2960-0950
SPIN-code: 2972-2883
Scopus Author ID: 55409543900
кандидат медицинских наук, старший научный сотрудник отд. заболеваний миокарда и сердечной недостаточности
Russian Federation, MoscowMaksim I. Makeev
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4779-5088
SPIN-code: 3920-3674
врач ультразвуковой диагностики
Russian Federation, MoscowStanislav M. Smirnov
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3570-457X
врач ультразвуковой диагностики
Russian Federation, MoscowElena V. Dzybinskaia
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1849-442X
доктор медицинских наук, старший научный сотрудник лаб. анестезиологии и реанимации
Russian Federation, MoscowKamil G. Ganaev
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8438-2450
SPIN-code: 2902-5643
кандидат медицинских наук, младший научный сотрудник лаб. микрохирургии сердца и сосудов отд-ния сердечно-сосудистой хирургии
Russian Federation, MoscowAndrey A. Shiryaev
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3325-9743
SPIN-code: 8710-6679
член-кор. РАН, д-р мед. наук, профессор, рук. лаб. микрохирургии сердца и сосудов сердечно-сосудистой хирургии
Russian Federation, MoscowIrina A. Merkulova
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7461-3422
SPIN-code: 6169-1588
врач-кардиолог палаты реанимации и интенсивной терапии, младший научный сотрудник отд. неотложной кардиологии
Russian Federation, MoscowDmitry V. Pevzner
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-5290-0065
SPIN-code: 9982-5926
доктор медицинских наук, гл. науч. сотр. отд. неотложной кардиологии
Russian Federation, MoscowMarina A. Saidova
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3233-1862
доктор медицинских наук, профессор, рук. отд. ультразвуковых методов исследования
Russian Federation, MoscowSergey N. Tereshchenko
Chazov National Medical Research Center of Cardiology
Email: Jane-20498@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9234-6129
доктор медицинских наук, профессор, рук. отд. заболеваний миокарда и сердечной недостаточности
Russian Federation, MoscowReferences
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