Impact of transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement on biventricular strain and synchrony assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking

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Background-Transcatheter pulmonary valve (TPV) replacement is an emerging therapy intended to restore pulmonary valve function in patients with right ventricular outflow tract conduit dysfunction; the impact of this technique on ventricular strain and synchrony is not known. Methods and Results-Cardiac magnetic resonance and ECG data acquired at 1 center as part of the US Melody TPV trial were analyzed. Biventricular strain and mechanical synchrony measurements were made based on short-axis and 4-chamber steady-state free precession images using feature tracking software. Post- versus pre-TPV replacement findings were compared for all patients (n=31) and subgroups with predominant pulmonary regurgitation (n=13) or stenosis (n=18). Most patients had tetralogy of Fallot (18/31). After TPV replacement, left ventricular (LV) circumferential strain increased for the whole cohort (P<0.001) and both subgroups (pulmonary regurgitation P=0.01; pulmonary stenosis P=0.02). LV longitudinal strain increased for the whole cohort (P=0.02) and pulmonary regurgitation subgroup (P=0.05); circumferential right ventricular strain increased for the pulmonary stenosis group only (P=0.05). LV longitudinal synchrony improved significantly in the pulmonary regurgitation group (maximum wall delay P=0.03; cross-correlation delay P=0.01). Electric measures of synchrony did not improve. Conclusions-In patients with right ventricular outflow tract conduit dysfunction, TPV replacement is associated with improved global LV strain, as well as improved right ventricular strain and LV synchrony in subgroups. Given the associations between strain and synchrony and clinical outcomes, these findings support potential long-term benefits of TPV replacement. © 2013 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Harrild, D. M., Marcus, E., Hasan, B., Alexander, M. E., Powell, A. J., Geva, T., & McElhinney, D. B. (2013). Impact of transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement on biventricular strain and synchrony assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking. Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, 6(6), 680–687. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.113.000690

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