• Giovanni Spinella, Gian Antonio Boschetti, Matteo Bauckneht, Stefano Raffa, Cecilia Marini, Alice Finotello, Bianca Pane, Giovanni Pratesi, Domenico Palombo, and Gianmario Sambuceti.
• Vascular and Endovascular Surgery Clinic, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genoa, Italy.
• Eur. J. Clin. Invest. 2023 Sep 1; 53 (9): e14011e14011.

BackgroundThis study aimed to estimate if the altered sphygmic wave transmission may affect the left ventricular (LV) contractile function in patients undergoing endovascular aortic repair (EVAR).MethodsA prospective single-centre study was carried out on consecutive patients undergoing EVAR for abdominal aortic aneurysm. A preoperative and 6-month single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) with arterial stiffness measurement were performed to evaluate variations in pressure wave curve and myocardial perfusion parameters.ResultsFrom 2018 to 2020 a total of 16 patients were included in the study. Among the parameters evaluated, we found a measurable reduction of the reflected wave transit time from pre- to postoperative period, for both stress (115.13 ± 7.2 ms-111.1 ± 7.0 ms, p = .08) and rest SPECT acquisitions (115.3 ± 6.2 ms-112.2 ± 5.6 ms, p = .1). Unidirectional increase of both LV end-systolic volume (34 ± 9 mL-39 ± 8 mL, p = .02) and end-diastolic volume (85 ± 34 mL-89 ± 29 mL, p = .6) was also observed. Lastly, the ratio between the end-systolic pressure and the end-systolic volume (maximal systolic myocardial stiffness) decreased from 3.6 ± 1.5 mmHg/mL to 2.66 ± .74 mmHg/mL (p = .03).ConclusionsOur data showed that EVAR induced an altered transmission of the sphygmic wave associated with an early LV contractile impairment.© 2023 The Authors. European Journal of Clinical Investigation published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of Stichting European Society for Clinical Investigation Journal Foundation.

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