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. 2024 Dec;46(2):2364766.
doi: 10.1080/0886022X.2024.2364766. Epub 2024 Jun 14.

Assessment of right ventricular dysfunction and its association with excess risk of cardiovascular events in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis

Chen Wang  1   2   3 , Li Meng  1   2   3 , Xu-Yang Cheng  1   2   3 , Yu-Qing Chen  1   2   3
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Assessment of right ventricular dysfunction and its association with excess risk of cardiovascular events in patients undergoing maintenance hemodialysis

Chen Wang et al. Ren Fail. 2024 Dec.

Abstract

Aims: Recent accumulating evidence has recently documented a significant prevalence of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) in end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients. Tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE)/pulmonary-artery systolic pressure (PASP) ratio assessed with echocardiography might be a useful clinical index of right ventricular (RV) -pulmonary arterial (PA) coupling. The current study aimed to investigate the value of the TAPSE/PASP ratios in patients on maintenance hemodialysis (MHD).

Methods: We studied 83 times echocardiographic tests from 68 patients with MHD. The associations of TAPSE/PASP ratios with echocardiography variables, clinical characteristics, and biochemical parameters were analyzed, as well as the associations of TAPSE/PASP ratios with odds of all-cause mortality, cardiovascular disease (CVD) events and frequent intermittent dialysis hypotension (IDH).

Results: Correlation analysis showed TAPSE/PASP ratios positively correlated with LVEF and negatively correlated with E/A and E/e' values. For clinical and biochemical parameters, TAPSE/PASP ratios negatively correlated with BNP, NT-proBNP, age, CRP, and average interdialysis weight gain (ΔBW) and positively correlated with albumin. Logistic regression analysis, which induced the TAPSE/PASP ratio as a continuous variable (per 0.1 mm/mmHg increase), identified that the TAPSE/PASP ratio was associated with decreased CVD events (OR 0.386 [95% CI 0.231-0.645], p < 0.001) and frequent IDH odds (OR 0.571 [95% CI 0.397-0.820], p = 0.002). Moreover, the TAPSE/PASP ratio independently predicted CVD events (adjusted HR 0.539 [95% CI 0.391-0.743], p < 0.001) during a follow-up period of 12 months.

Conclusions: RVD, assessed by echocardiography TAPSE/PASP ratio, was found to be associated with increased risks of CVD events and frequent IDH in patients with MHD.

Keywords: Right ventricular dysfunction; cardiovascular disease; echocardiography; hemodialysis.

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TAPSE/PASP ratios positively correlated with LVEF and negatively correlated with E/a and E/e’ values.
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Both TAPSE/PASP ratios and LVEF negatively correlated with BNP and NT-proBNP.
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TAPSE/PASP ratios positively correlated with albumin, and negatively correlated with age, CRP and average ΔBW.
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Kaplan–Meier Survival curves for CVD events and composite outcome including both CVD events and death based on median TAPSE/PASP value (0.65 mm/mmHg).
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