Effects of BPA on right ventricular mechanical dysfunction in patients with inoperable CTEPH - A cardiac magnetic resonance study

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to assess effects of balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) on right ventricular (RV) mechanical dysfunction in patients with inoperable chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) via MRI. METHOD: MRI at 1.5 Tesla and right heart catheterization were performed before and 6 months after BPA in 30 CTEPH patients (mean age 63.4 ± 10.6 years; 17 female). Feature-tracking strain analysis, including global longitudinal (GLS), circumferential (GCS), and radial (GRS) strain, was performed and compared with right ventricular function, myocardial remodelling (assessed by native T1 times), and pulmonary haemodynamics (mean pulmonary arterial pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance). RESULTS: RVEF (35.9% to 48.4%) increased and mPAP (42.1 mmHg to 33.1 mmHg) and PVR (551.8 to 377.7 dyn∙s/cm(5)) decreased after BPA (all p < 0.0001). Moreover, RV strain increased (GLS -19.9 to -24.0%, p = 0.0003; GCS -9.4 to -11.0%, p = 0.0022; GRS 38.2 to 50.7%, p = 0.001) and septal native area-adjusted T1 time (AA-T1) decreased (1019.4 to 988.7 ms, p < 0.0001). GLS revealed the best correlations with RVEF (before BPA r = -0.75; after BPA r = -0.54), mPAP (r = 0.36; r = 0.52), PVR (r = 0.49; r = 0.48), and AA-T1 (r = 0.44; 0.19). CONCLUSION: RV mechanical dysfunction, pulmonary haemodynamics, and myocardial remodelling are markedly improved by BPA. Moreover, RV strain values showed good correlations with RV function, pulmonary haemodynamics, and myocardial remodelling. Therefore, strain analysis might provide new insights regarding therapy outcome, monitoring, and prognosis.
  • Roller, F. C.
  • Schüssler, A.
  • Hasse, A.
  • Kriechbaum, S.
  • Richter, M.
  • Guth, S.
  • Tello, K.
  • Breithecker, A.
  • Liebetrau, C.
  • Hamm, C. W.
  • Mayer, E.
  • Seeger, W.
  • Krombach, G. A.
  • Wiedenroth, C. B.

Keywords

  • Aged
  • *Angioplasty, Balloon
  • Chronic Disease
  • Female
  • Humans
  • *Hypertension, Pulmonary/diagnostic imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Middle Aged
  • *Pulmonary Embolism
  • *Ventricular Dysfunction, Right/diagnostic imaging
  • Ventricular Function, Right
  • Hypertension
  • Pulmonary
  • Right
  • Ventricular Dysfunction,Right
  • Ventricular Function
  • Ventricular Remodelling
Publication details
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2021.110111
Journal: Eur J Radiol
Pages: 110111
Work Type: Original
Access number: 34952330
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