Impact of Age and Sex on Left Ventricular Function Determined by Coronary Computed Tomographic Angiography: Results From the Prospective Multicentre CONFIRM Study

• Autor(a) principal: Gebhard, C
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Buechel, RR, Stähli, BE, Gransar, H, Achenbach, S, Berman, DS, Budoff, MJ, Callister, TQ, Chow, B, Dunning, A, Al-Mallah, MH, Cademartiri, F, Chinnaiyan, K, Rubinshtein, R, Pinto Marques, H, DeLago, A, Villines, TC, Hadamitzky, M, Hausleiter, J, Shaw, LJ, Cury, RC, Feuchtner, G, Kim, YJ, Maffei, E, Raff, G, Pontone, G, Andreini, D, Chang, HJ, Leipsic, J, Min, JK, Kaufmann, PA
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.17/3180
• topic: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Analysis of Variance; Cohort Studies; Computed Tomography Angiography; Coronary Angiography; Coronary Artery Disease; Female; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Prognosis; Prospective Studies; Registries; Risk Assessment; Severity of Illness Index; Sex Factors; Statistics, Nonparametric; Survival Rate; Ventricular Dysfunction, Left; HCC CIR

BACKGROUND: Left ventricular (LV) volumetric and functional parameters measured with cardiac computed tomography (cardiac CT) augment risk prediction and discrimination for future mortality. Gender- and age-specific standard values for LV dimensions and systolic function obtained by 64-slice cardiac CT are lacking. METHODS AND RESULTS: 1155 patients from the Coronary CT Angiography EvaluatioN For Clinical Outcomes: An InteRnational Multicenter registry (54.5% males, mean age 53.1 ± 12.4 years, range: 18-92 years) without known coronary artery disease (CAD), structural heart disease, diabetes, or hypertension who underwent cardiac CT for various indications were categorized according to age and sex. A cardiac CT data acquisition protocol was used that allowed volumetric measuring of LV function. Image interpretation was performed at each site. Patients with significant CAD (>50% stenosis) on cardiac CT were excluded from the analysis. Overall, mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was higher in women when compared with men (66.6 ± 7.7% vs. 64.6 ± 8.1%, P < 0.001). This gender-difference in overall LVEF was caused by a significantly higher LVEF in women ≥70 years when compared with men ≥70 years (69.95 ± 8.89% vs. 65.50 ± 9.42%, P = 0.004). Accordingly, a significant increase in LVEF was observed with age (P = 0.005 for males and P < 0.001 for females), which was more pronounced in females (5.21%) than in males (2.6%). LV end-diastolic volume decreased in females from 122.48 ± 27.87 (<40 years) to 95.56 ± 23.17 (>70 years; P < 0.001) and in males from 155.22 ± 35.07 (<40 years) to 130.26 ± 27.18 (>70 years; P < 0.001). CONCLUSION: Our findings indicate that the LV undergoes a lifelong remodelling and highlight the need for age and gender adjusted reference values.