1722 JACC April 5, 2016 Volume 67, Issue 13
Non Invasive Imaging (Echocardiography, Nuclear, PET, MR and CT) PREDICTORS OF LONG-TERM CLINICAL OUTCOME IN PATIENTS WITH MILD DIASTOLIC DYSFUNCTION ON ECHO Poster Contributions Poster Area, South Hall A1 Sunday, April 03, 2016, 9:45 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Session Title: Emerging Applications of Echocardiography: Part I Abstract Category: 29. Non Invasive Imaging: Echo Presentation Number: 1183-266 Authors: Mikhail Narezkin, Kevin Shah, Anya Narezkina, Amin Sabet, Daniel Blanchard, Anthony DeMaria, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
Background: Uncertainty continues regarding factors that predict adverse clinical outcomes in asymptomatic patients with mild (Grade I) diastolic dysfunction (MDD) as impaired relaxation on echo.
Methods: We identified 535 consecutive asymptomatic MDD patients (by ASE criteria) in 2010 and followed them through August 2015. Exclusions were existing cardiovascular disease, LVEF<50%, or significant co-morbidities. Clinical outcomes were heart failure, stroke, supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, or all cause death. Variables examined were age, gender, hypertension (HTN), LVEF, mitral E and A, E/A ratio, E deceleration time, tissue Doppler annular septal (E’sep) and lateral velocity (E’lat), pulmonary vein S/D ratio, peak TR velocity (TRV), left atrial volume index, and LV wall thickness.
Results: The study population was mean age 67 years, 38% male, mean EF 67%, and 59% with HTN. During a mean follow-up of 5.2 years, 83 patients (16%) had events: CHF (n=36); atrial fibrillation (n=37); stroke (n=23); SVT (n=5); or death (n=7). In univariate analyses age, E’sep, E’lat, TRV were associated with the outcome (p<0.05). In multivariate analysis E’lat remained predictive for clinical progression (p=0.019) with a trend for E’sep. Clinical events occurred in 31% of patients with E’lat ≤ 5 cm/s but only 7% of those with E’lat ≥ 11 cm/s. Conclusions: Annular relaxation velocity is related to clinical outcomes in patients with MDD.