JTCVS Open (Dec 2024)

Intraoperative right ventricular end-systolic pressure–volume loop analysis in patients undergoing cardiac surgery: A proof-of-concept methodologyCentral MessagePerspective

  • Vahid Kiarad, MD, MPH,
  • Feroze Mahmood, MD, FASE,
  • Mona Hedayat, MD,
  • Rayaan Yunus, MPH,
  • Alina Nicoara, MD,
  • David Liu, MD,
  • Louis Chu, MD,
  • Vankatachalam Senthilnathan, MD,
  • Masashi Kai, MD,
  • Kamal Khabbaz, MD

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 22
pp. 225 – 234

Abstract

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Background: Perioperative right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is associated with increased morbidity and mortality in cardiac surgery patients. This study aimed to demonstrate proof of concept in generating intraoperative RV pressure–volume (PV) loops and conducting an end-systolic PV relationship (ESPVR) analysis using data obtained from routinely used intraoperative monitors. Methods: Adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery with the placement of a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) between May 2023 and March 2024 were included prospectively. The PV loops were generated using 3-dimensional echocardiographic RV volume data and continuous RV pressure data obtained from a PAC. The volume–time and pressure–time curves were digitized using the semiautomatic WebPlotDigitizer program and synchronized to reconstruct an RV PV loop and analyze ESPVR using the previously validated single-beat method. Results: Intraoperative RV PV loops were generated for 25 patients, including 17 patients with preserved RV systolic function (group 1) and 8 patients with reduced systolic function (group 2). Mean Ees, Ea, and Ees/Ea ratio were 0.63 ± 0.25 mm Hg/mL, 0.60 ± 0.23 mm Hg/mL, and 1.0 8 ± 0.31 mm Hg/mL, respectively, by the Pmax method and 0.56 ± 0.32 mm Hg/mL, 0.60 ± 0.23 mm Hg/mL, and 0.91 ± 0.21 mm Hg/mL, respectively, by the V0 method. Group 1 had a significantly higher Ees compared to group 2 regardless of the calculation method and a larger Ees/Ea ratio calculated by the V0 method. Conclusions: It is clinically feasible to derive RV PV loops from routine hemodynamic and echocardiographic data. With further validation and technological support, this can be a potential real-time intraoperative RV function monitoring tool.

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