• Maria Pereira Nunes, Enrico Antônio Colosimo, Rodrigo Citton Padilha Reis, Marcia M Barbosa, José Luiz Padilha da Silva, Felipe Barbosa, Fernando Antônio Botoni, Antônio Luiz Ribeiro, and Manoel Otávio Rocha.
• School of Medicine, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
• J. Heart Lung Transplant. 2012 Jun 1;31(6):634-41.

BackgroundRisk assessment of Chagas cardiomyopathy patients is essential for clinical decision making. The ratio of the ratio of early transmitral velocity to tissue Doppler mitral annular early diastolic velocity (E/e') is a powerful predictor of adverse outcome in patients with heart failure. However, its prognostic value remains to be established in the setting of Chagas cardiomyopathy. This study investigated the effect of E/e' on mortality according to different degrees of left ventricular (LV) systolic function in patients with Chagas cardiomyopathy.MethodsThe study prospectively enrolled 232 patients (143 men) with Chagas cardiomyopathy (mean age, 48 ± 12 years). End points were death or cardiac transplantation.ResultsDuring a mean follow-up of 3.4 years, 107 patients had an adverse cardiac event, with an overall events rate of 13.2/year. Cox proportional hazards model was used with New York Heart Association functional class, LV ejection fraction, right ventricular function, indexed left atrial volume, E/e' ratio, and the statistical interaction term between E/e' ratio and LV ejection fraction. The effect of E/e' ratio on mortality depended on the degree of LV systolic dysfunction. An increasing E/e' ratio was a strong predictor of outcome in patients with mild to moderate LV dysfunction but was inversely associated with mortality in patients with severe systolic dysfunction.ConclusionThis study demonstrated the role of the interaction between LV ejection fraction and E/e' ratio in predicting prognosis in Chagas cardiomyopathy patients. The E/e' ratio had a stronger prognostic value in patients with mild and moderate LV dysfunction and was inversely associated with mortality in patients with advanced systolic heart failure.Copyright © 2012 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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