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Estimating filling pressures in paediatric heart transplant recipients using echocardiographic parameters and B-type natriuretic peptide.
Document Type
Academic Journal
Author
Wisotzkey BL; Pediatric Cardiology, Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, AZ, USA.; Haileselassie B; Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, CA, USA.; Jorgensen N; Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.; Albers EL; Pediatric Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.; Kemna MS; Pediatric Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.; Soriano BD; Pediatric Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.; Bhat AH; Pediatric Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.; Kronmal RA; Department of Biostatistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.; Bouccek RJ; Research Affiliate, Seattle Children's Research Institute, Seattle, WA, USA.; Law YM; Pediatric Cardiology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA.
Source
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Country of Publication: England NLM ID: 9200019 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1467-1107 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 10479511 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Cardiol Young Subsets: MEDLINE
Subject
Language
English
Abstract
Background: Longitudinal evaluation of allograft diastolic function in paediatric heart transplant recipients is important for early detection of acute rejection, cardiac allograft vasculopathy, and graft dysfunction. Mean diastolic right atrial and pulmonary capillary wedge pressures obtained at catheterisation are the reference standards for assessment. Echocardiography is non-invasive and more suitable for serial surveillance, but individual parameters have lacked accuracy. This study aimed to identify covariates of post-transplant mean right atrial and pulmonary capillary wedge pressures, including B-type natriuretic peptide and certain echocardiographic parameters.
Methods: A retrospective review of 143 scheduled cardiac catheterisations and echocardiograms from 56 paediatric recipients transplanted from 2007 to 2011 was performed. Samples with rejection were excluded. Univariate and multivariate linear regression models using backward selection were applied to a database consisting of B-type natriuretic peptide, haemodynamic, and echocardiographic data.
Results: Ln B-type natriuretic peptide, heart rate z-score, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension z-score, mitral E/e', and percent interventricular septal thickening in systole were independently associated with mean right atrial pressure. Ln B-type natriuretic peptide, heart rate z-score, left ventricular end-diastolic dimension z-score, left ventricular mass (observed/predicted), and mitral E/e' were independently associated with mean pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. Covariates of B-type natriuretic peptide included mean pulmonary artery and pulmonary capillary wedge pressures, height, haemoglobin, fractional shortening, percent interventricular septal thickening in systole, and pulmonary vascular resistance index.
Conclusions: B-type natriuretic peptide and echocardiographic indices of diastolic function were independently related to post-transplant mean right atrial and pulmonary capillary wedge pressures in paediatric heart transplant recipients without rejection.