• J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Aug 2020

    Observational Study

    The Reduction in Right Ventricular Longitudinal Contraction Parameters Is Not Accompanied by a Reduction in General Right Ventricular Performance During Aortic Valve Replacement: An Explorative Study.

    • Inge T Bootsma, Scheeren Thomas W L TWL Department of Anaesthesiology, University of Groningen, University Medical Centre Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands., Fellery de Lange, Jayant S Jainandunsing, and E Christiaan Boerma.
    • Department of Intensive Care, Medical Centre Leeuwarden, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands. Electronic address: ingebootsma@gmail.com.
    • J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. 2020 Aug 1; 34 (8): 2140-2147.

    ObjectiveThe aim of the present study was to identify whether the decrease of longitudinal parameters after cardiothoracic surgery (ie, tricuspid annular systolic plane excursion [TAPSE] and systolic excursion velocity [S']) is accompanied by a reduction in global right ventricular (RV) performance.DesignProspective, observational study.SettingSingle-center explorative study in a tertiary teaching hospital.ParticipantsThe study comprised 20 patients who underwent aortic valve replacement with or without coronary artery bypass grafting.InterventionsDuring cardiac surgery, simultaneous measurements of RV function were performed with a pulmonary artery catheter and transesophageal echocardiography.Measurements And Main ResultsTAPSE and S' were reduced significantly directly after surgery compared with the time before surgery (TAPSE from 20.8 [16.6-23.4] mm to 9.1 [5.6-15.5] mm; p < 0.001 and S' from 8.7 [7.9-10.7] cm/s to 7.2 [5.7-8.6] cm/s; p = 0.041). However, the reduction in TAPSE and S' was not accompanied by a reduction in RV performance, as assessed with the TEE-derived myocardial performance index (MPI) and pulmonary artery catheter-derived RV ejection fraction (RVEF). Both remained statistically unaltered before and after the procedure (MPI from 0.52 [0.43-0.58] to 0.50 [0.42-0.88]; p = 0.278 and RVEF from 27% [22%-32%] to 26% [22%-28%]; p = 0.294).ConclusionsIn the direct postoperative phase, the reduction of echocardiographic parameters of longitudinal RV contractility (TAPSE and S') were not accompanied by a reduction in global RV performance, expressed as MPI and RVEF. Solely relying on a single RV parameter as a marker for global RV performance may not be adequate to assess the complex adaptation of the right ventricle to aortic valve replacement.Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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