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Left ventricular longitudinal strain variations assessed by speckle-tracking echocardiography after a passive leg raising maneuver in patients with acute circulatory failure to predict fluid responsiveness: A prospective, observational study
Author(s) -
Clémence Roy,
Gary Duclos,
Cyril Nafati,
M. Gardette,
Ángeles López,
Bruno Pastène,
Eliott Gaudray,
Alain Boussuges,
François Antonini,
Marc Léone,
Laurent Zieleskiewicz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
plos one
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.99
H-Index - 332
ISSN - 1932-6203
DOI - 10.1371/journal.pone.0257737
Subject(s) - preload , cardiology , medicine , speckle tracking echocardiography , ventricular assist device , heart failure , circulatory system , population , intensive care unit , prospective cohort study , ejection fraction , hemodynamics , environmental health
Background An association was reported between the left ventricular longitudinal strain (LV-LS) and preload. LV-LS reflects the left cardiac function curve as it is the ratio of shortening over diastolic dimension. The aim of this study was to determine the sensitivity and specificity of LV-LS variations after a passive leg raising (PLR) maneuver to predict fluid responsiveness in intensive care unit (ICU) patients with acute circulatory failure (ACF). Methods Patients with ACF were prospectively included. Preload-dependency was defined as a velocity time integral (VTI) variation greater than 10% between baseline (T0) and PLR (T1), distinguishing the preload-dependent (PLD+) group and the preload-independent (PLD-) group. A 7-cycles, 4-chamber echocardiography loop was registered at T0 and T1, and strain analysis was performed off-line by a blind clinician. A general linear model for repeated measures was used to compare the LV-LS variation (T0 to T1) between the two groups. Results From June 2018 to August 2019, 60 patients (PLD+ = 33, PLD- = 27) were consecutively enrolled. The VTI variations after PLR were +21% (±8) in the PLD+ group and -1% (±7) in the PLD- group ( p <0.01). Mean baseline LV-LS was -11.3% (±4.2) in the PLD+ group and -13.0% (±4.2) in the PLD- group ( p = 0.12). LV-LS increased in the whole population after PLR +16.0% (±4.0) ( p = 0.04). The LV-LS variations after PLR were +19.0% (±31) ( p = 0.05) in the PLD+ group and +11.0% (±38) ( p = 0.25) in the PLD- group, with no significant difference between the two groups ( p = 0.08). The area under the curve for the LV-LS variations between T0 and T1 was 0.63 [0.48–0.77]. Conclusion Our study confirms that LV-LS is load-dependent; however, the variations in LV-LS after PLR is not a discriminating criterion to predict fluid responsiveness of ICU patients with ACF in this cohort.

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