Peak oxygen uptake, ventilatory efficiency and QRS-duration predict event free survival in patients late after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot

Abstract Objective Patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) have an increased long-term risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Risk stratification in this population is difficult. Initial evidence suggests that cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) may be helpful to risk-stratify...

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Veröffentlicht in:International journal of cardiology 2015-10, Vol.196, p.158-164
Hauptverfasser: Müller, Jan, Hager, Alfred, Diller, Gerhard-Paul, Derrick, Graham, Buys, Roselien, Dubowy, Karl-Otto, Takken, Tim, Orwat, Stefan, Inuzuka, Ryo, Vanhees, Luc, Gatzoulis, Michael, Giardini, Alessandro
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Objective Patients with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) have an increased long-term risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Risk stratification in this population is difficult. Initial evidence suggests that cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) may be helpful to risk-stratify patients with repaired ToF. Methods and results We studied 875 patients after surgical repair for ToF (358 females, age 25.5 ± 11.7 year, range 7–75 years) who underwent CPET between 1999 and 2009. During a mean follow-up of 4.1 ± 2.6 years after CPET, 30 patients (3.4%) died or had sustained ventricular tachycardia (VT). 225 patients (25.7%) had other cardiac related events (emergency admission, surgery, or catheter interventions). On multivariable Cox regression-analysis, %predicted peak oxygen uptake ( V ˙ O 2 %) (p = 0.001), resting QRS duration (p = 0.030) and age (p < 0.001) emerged as independent predictors of mortality or sustained VT. Patients with a peak V ˙ O 2 ≤ 65% of predicted and a resting QRS duration ≥ 170 ms had a 11.4-fold risk of death or sustained VT. Ventilatory efficiency expressed as V ˙ E / V ˙ C O 2 slope (p < 0.001), peak V ˙ O 2 % (p = .001), QRS duration (p = .001) and age (p = 0.046) independently predicted event free survival. V ˙ E / V ˙ C O 2 slope ≥ 31.0, peak V ˙ O 2 % ≤ 65% and QRS duration ≥ 170 ms were the cut-off points with best sensitivity and specificity to detect an unfavorable outcome. Conclusions CPET is an important predictive tool that may assist in the risk stratification of patients with ToF. Subjects with a poor exercise capacity in addition to a prolonged QRS duration have a substantially increased risk for death or sustained ventricular tachycardia, as well as for cardiac-related hospitalizations.
ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.174