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Relationship of left ventricular global longitudinal strain with cardiac autonomic denervation as assessed by 123I-mIBG scintigraphy in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction submitted to cardiac resynchronization therapy

Assessment of cardiac autonomic denervation by GLS in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction submitted to CRT

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Abstract

Background

Heart failure (HF) is associated with cardiac autonomic denervation (AD), which can be non-invasively assessed by 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-mIBG) scintigraphy and has prognostic implications. We aimed to study the relationship between myocardial contractility assessed by global longitudinal strain (GLS) and AD assessed by 123I-mIBG scintigraphy in advanced HF.

Methods/Results

BETTER-HF is a prospective randomized clinical trial including HF patients (pts) submitted to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) who are submitted to a clinical, echocardiographic, and scintigraphic assessment before and 6 months after CRT. 81 pts were included. An echocardiographic response (absolute increase in left ventricular ejection fraction ≥ 10%) was observed in 73.7% of pts. A higher baseline late heart-to-mediastinum ratio (HMR) was associated with a better echocardiographic response. There was a significant association between late HMR and GLS at baseline and 6 months. At baseline, GLS had an AUC of 0.715 for discrimination for a late HMR < 1.6. A GLS cut-off of − 9% maximized the likelihood of correctly classifying a pt as having severe AD (HMR < 1.6).

Conclusion

Myocardial contractility as assessed by GLS is moderately correlated with AD as assessed by 123I-mIBG scintigraphy and has a good discrimination for the identification of severe cardiac denervation. GLS may allow for a more readily accessible estimation of the degree of AD in advanced HF pts.

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Abbreviations

123I-mIBG:

123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine

CRT:

Cardiac resynchronization therapy

GLS:

Global longitudinal strain

HMR:

Heart-to-mediastinum ratio

HFrEF:

Heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

ICC:

Intraclass correlation coefficient

LVEF:

Left ventricular ejection fraction

WR:

Washout rate

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    Madalena Coutinho Cruz MD, Ana Abreu MD, PhD, Guilherme Portugal MD, Pedro S. Cunha MD, Mario M. Oliveira MD, PhD, Pedro Rio MD, Inês Rodrigues MD, Luís A. Morais MD, Rui C. Ferreira MD & Miguel M. Carmo MD, PhD

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Cruz, M.C., Abreu, A., Portugal, G. et al. Relationship of left ventricular global longitudinal strain with cardiac autonomic denervation as assessed by 123I-mIBG scintigraphy in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction submitted to cardiac resynchronization therapy. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 26, 869–879 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-017-1148-9

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