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

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

doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.174

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Document type:: Journal Article
Author(s):: 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
Title:: Peak oxygen uptake, ventilatory efficiency and QRS-duration predict event free survival in patients late after surgical repair of tetralogy of Fallot.
Abstract:: 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.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?O2 %) (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?O2 <= 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?CO2 slope (p<0.001), peak V?O2 % (p=.001), QRS duration (p=.001) and age (p=0.046) independently predicted event free survival. V?E/V?CO2 slope >= 31.0, peak V?O2 % <= 65% and QRS duration >= 170 ms were the cut-off points with best sensitivity and specificity to detect an unfavorable outcome.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.
Journal title abbreviation:: Int J Cardiol
Year:: 2015
Journal volume:: 196
Pages contribution:: 158-64
Language:: eng
Fulltext / DOI:: doi:10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.174
Pubmed ID:: http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26114442
Print-ISSN:: 0167-5273
TUM Institution:: Klinik für Kinderkardiologie und angeborene Herzfehler (Prof. Hess)
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