Speckle-Tracking Echocardiographic Strain Analysis Reliably Estimates Degree of Acute LV Unloading During Mechanical LV Support by Impella

Journal of Cardiovascular Translational Research
Nadjib HammoudiKiyotake Ishikawa

Abstract

Non-invasive means of evaluating appropriate cardiac unloading remain to be established. We hypothesized that myocardial deformation assessed by echocardiographic speckle-tracking strain analysis can reliably estimate the degree of left ventricular (LV) unloading under mechanical circulatory support. A total of 24 Yorkshire pigs underwent Impella-mediated acute LV unloading 1-2 weeks after myocardial infarction (MI). Echocardiographic and invasive pressure-volume measurements were used to evaluate the degree of LV unloading. Pressure-volume analysis before and after LV unloading exhibited a significant decrease in stroke work (3399 ± 1440 to 1244 ± 659 mmHg ml, p < 0.001), suggesting reduced external cardiac work. Both longitudinal strain (- 14.6 ± 4.1% to - 10.6 ± 2.3%, p < 0.001) and circumferential strain (- 18.7 ± 6.1% to - 9.3 ± 3.5%, p < 0.001) decreased after LV unloading, and there were linear relationships between stroke work and echocardiographic longitudinal (r = - 0.61, p < 0.001) as well as circumferential strains (r = - 0.75, p < 0.001). Echocardiographic LV strain analysis offers a non-invasive assessment of LV unloading in subacute MI.

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Oct 10, 2020·American Journal of Physiology. Heart and Circulatory Physiology·Tadao AikawaKiyotake Ishikawa
Sep 3, 2020·JACC. Basic to Translational Science·Kleiton Augusto Santos Silva, Craig A Emter
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