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01.12.2017 | Research | Ausgabe 1/2017 Open Access

Impact of left ventricular outflow tract ellipticity on the grading of aortic stenosis in patients with normal ejection fraction

Zeitschrift:: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance > Ausgabe 1/2017

Autoren:: Frédéric Maes, Sophie Pierard, Christophe de Meester, Jamila Boulif, Mihaela Amzulescu, David Vancraeynest, Anne-Catherine Pouleur, Agnès Pasquet, Bernhard Gerber, Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde

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Abstract

Background

The pathophysiology of paradoxical low-gradient (LG) severe aortic stenosis (SAS) remains controversial. As low transvalvular flow has been implicated, we sought to investigate the impact of left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) ellipticity on the estimation of the LV stroke volume, the calculation of the aortic valve area (AVA) by use of the continuity equation and on AS severity grading.

Methods

We studied 190 consecutive patients (mean age: 72 ± 13 years; male: 57%) with SAS (indexed AVA < 0.6 cm²/m²) and preserved LV ejection fraction, including 120 patients with severe high gradient (HG) AS and 70 with severe paradoxical LG-AS. AS severity, LV volumes and LVOT ellipticity were assessed by 2D-Doppler echocardiography and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).

Results

The LVOT exhibited an elliptical shape on CMR images, with a shorter anterior-posterior than median-lateral diameter (2.2 ± 0.2 vs 2.8 ± 0.3 cm, p < 0.01). Accordingly, the LVOT area measured by planimetry was larger than by 2D-echocardiography, assuming a circular orifice (4.9 ± 0.9 cm² vs 3.7 ± 0.8 cm², p < 0.01). Inputting the elliptical LVOT area into the continuity equation resulted in a 29% increase in the indexed AVA (from 0.41 ± 0.09 cm² to 0.54 ± 0.10 cm²). Accordingly, 30 (43%) patients with severe paradoxical LG-SAS were reclassified as having moderate AS. Similar results were obtained when considering 3D-echo for direct planimetry of the LVOT in a subset of 75 patients.

Conclusions

Our results confirm that the LVOT is elliptical in shape and that taking this parameter into account in the calculation of the AVA results in reclassification of 43% of patients with severe paradoxical LG-AS into moderate AS.

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Titel: Impact of left ventricular outflow tract ellipticity on the grading of aortic stenosis in patients with normal ejection fraction
Autoren:: Frédéric Maes
Sophie Pierard
Christophe de Meester
Jamila Boulif
Mihaela Amzulescu
David Vancraeynest
Anne-Catherine Pouleur
Agnès Pasquet
Bernhard Gerber
Jean-Louis Vanoverschelde
Publikationsdatum: 01.12.2017
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12968-017-0344-8
Verlag: BioMed Central
Zeitschrift: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Ausgabe 1/2017
Elektronische ISSN: 1532-429X

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