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Published on: January 17, 2025
Prognostic Implication of RV Coupling to Pulmonary Circulation for Successful Weaning From Extracorporeal Membrane
Darae Kim1, Yoonjee Park1, Ki Hong Choi1
1Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Objectives:
The aim of this study was to explore if right ventricular (RV) contractile function and its coupling to pulmonary circulation (PC) were associated with successful weaning from venoarterial-extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) at maintenance of pump flow.
Background:
Limited data are available on predictors of successful weaning from VA-ECMO.
Methods:
A total of 79 patients with cardiogenic shock underwent transthoracic echocardiography to evaluate weaning from ECMO and were prospectively enrolled between 2016 and 2019. The noninvasively measured RV-PC coupling index was acquired by indexing tricuspid annular S' velocity, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), fractional area change (FAC), and RV free-wall longitudinal strain (FWLS) to right ventricular systolic pressure (RVSP).
Results:
Transthoracic echocardiography was performed at a median 3.0 days (range 1 to 6 days) after ECMO initiation at a median ECMO flow of 3.2 l/min (range 3.0 to 3.6 l/min). The RV-PC coupling matrix, tricuspid annular S'/RVSP, TAPSE/RVSP, and RV FWLS/RVSP exhibited satisfactory predictive performances for predicting successful weaning from ECMO. Using the best cutoff values derived from the area under the receiver-operator characteristic curve, tricuspid annular S'/RVSP demonstrated a significantly better predictive performance than conventional echocardiographic parameters (left ventricular ejection fraction >20%, left ventricular outflow tract time-velocity integral ≥10 cm, and mitral annular S' ≥6 cm/s).
Conclusions:
Echocardiographic RV-PC coupling metrics exhibited a significantly better performance for predicting successful weaning from VA ECMO compared with conventional echocardiographic criteria at maintenance of pump flow.
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