Relation of Left Ventricular Mass to Prognosis in Initially Asymptomatic Mild to Moderate Aortic Valve Stenosis | Zendy

Eva Gerdts | Zendy; Anne B. Rossebø | Zendy; Terje R. Pedersen | Zendy; Giovanni Cioffi | Zendy; Mai Tone Lønnebakken | Zendy; Dana Cramariuc | Zendy; Barbara P. Rogge | Zendy; Richard B. Devereux | Zendy

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Relation of Left Ventricular Mass to Prognosis in Initially Asymptomatic Mild to Moderate Aortic Valve Stenosis

Author(s) -

Eva Gerdts,

Anne B. Rossebø,

Terje R. Pedersen,

Giovanni Cioffi,

Mai Tone Lønnebakken,

Dana Cramariuc,

Barbara P. Rogge,

Richard B. Devereux

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1942-0080

pISSN - 1941-9651

DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.115.003644

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , asymptomatic , stenosis , body mass index , ejection fraction , aortic valve stenosis , proportional hazards model , hazard ratio , mass index , ezetimibe , heart failure , statin , confidence interval

Background—The prognostic importance of left ventricular (LV) mass in nonsevere asymptomatic aortic stenosis has not been documented in a large prospective study.

Methods and Results—Cox regression analysis was used to assess the impact of echocardiographic LV mass on rate of major cardiovascular events in 1656 patients (mean age, 67 years; 39.6% women) with mild-to-moderate asymptomatic aortic stenosis participating in the Simvastatin Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis (SEAS) study. Patients were followed during 4.3 years of randomized treatment with combined simvastatin 40 mg and ezetimibe 10 mg daily or placebo. At baseline, LV mass index was 45.9+14.9 g/m2.7, and peak aortic jet velocity was 3.09+0.54 m/s. During follow-up, 558 major cardiovascular events occurred. In Cox regression analyses, 1 SD (15 g/m2.7) higher baseline LV mass index predicted increases in hazards of 12% for major cardiovascular events, 28% for ischemic cardiovascular events, 34% for cardiovascular mortality, and 23% for combined total mortality and hospitalization for heart failure (all P<0.01), independent of confounders. In time-varying models, taking the progressive increase in LV mass index during follow-up into account, 1 SD higher in-study LV mass index was consistently associated with 13% to 61% higher hazard for cardiovascular events (all P<0.01), independent of age, sex, body mass index, valvuloarterial impedance, LV ejection fraction and concentricity, and the presence of concomitant hypertension.

Conclusions—Higher LV mass index is independently associated with increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality during progression of aortic stenosis.

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