TY - JOUR
T1 - Assessment of aortic stiffness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis using cardiovascular magnetic resonance
AU - Biesbroek, P. Stefan
AU - Heslinga, Sjoerd C.
AU - van de Ven, Peter M.
AU - Peters, Mike J.L.
AU - Amier, Raquel P.
AU - Konings, Thelma C.
AU - Maroules, Christopher D.
AU - Ayers, Colby
AU - Joshi, Parag H.
AU - van der Horst-Bruinsma, Irene E.
AU - van Halm, Vokko P.
AU - van Rossum, Albert C.
AU - Nurmohamed, Michael T.
AU - Nijveldt, Robin
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge financial support by the Dutch Arthritis Foundation (Reumafonds), the Netherlands, and in part by grant UL1TR001105 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Center for Translational Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and its affiliated academic and health care centers, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, or the National Institutes of Health. The present study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki, was approved by the institutional review board (Ethics Committee of the Slotervaart Hospital and Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, NL44202.048.13), and all patients gave written informed consent.
Funding Information:
Acknowledgements We acknowledge financial support by the Dutch Arthritis Foundation (Reumafonds), the Netherlands, and in part by grant UL1TR001105 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Center for Translational Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and its affiliated academic and health care centers, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, or the National Institutes of Health.
Funding Information:
Funding This work was supported by the Dutch Arthritis Foundation (Reumafonds), the Netherlands, and in part by grant UL1TR001105 from the National Center for Advancing Translational Science, National Institutes of Health. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of the Center for Translational Medicine, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and its affiliated academic and health care centers, the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, or the National Institutes of Health. The funding source had no role in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in writing the report; and in the decision to submit the article for publication.
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PY - 2018/8/1
Y1 - 2018/8/1
N2 - To evaluate aortic stiffness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and to assess its association with AS characteristics and left ventricular (LV) remodeling. In this prospective study, 14 consecutive AS patients were each matched to two controls without cardiovascular symptoms or known cardiovascular disease who underwent CMR imaging for the assessment of aortic arch pulse wave velocity (PWV) at 1.5 Tesla. To enhance comparability of the samples, matching was done with replacement resulting in 20 unique controls. Only AS patients with abnormal findings on screening echocardiography were included in this exploratory study. Cine CMR was used to assess LV geometry and systolic function, and late gadolinium enhancement was performed to determine the presence of myocardial hyperenhancement (i.e., fibrosis). Aortic arch PWV was significantly higher in the AS group compared with the control group (median 9.7 m/s, interquartile range [IQR] 7.1 to 11.8 vs. 6.1 m/s, IQR 4.6 to 7.6 m/s; p < 0.001). PWV was positively associated with functional disability as measured by BASFI (R: 0.62; p = 0.018). Three patients (21%) with a non-ischemic pattern of hyperenhancement showed increased PWV (11.7, 12.3, and 16.5 m/s) as compared to the 11 patients without hyperenhancement (9.0 m/s, IQR 6.6 to 10.5 m/s; p = 0.022). PWV was inversely associated with LV ejection fraction (R: − 0.63; p = 0.015), but was not found to be statistically correlated to LV volumes or mass. Aortic arch PWV was increased in our cohort of patients with AS. Higher PWV in the aortic arch was associated with functional disability, the presence of non-ischemic hyperenhancement, and reduced LV systolic function.
AB - To evaluate aortic stiffness in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and to assess its association with AS characteristics and left ventricular (LV) remodeling. In this prospective study, 14 consecutive AS patients were each matched to two controls without cardiovascular symptoms or known cardiovascular disease who underwent CMR imaging for the assessment of aortic arch pulse wave velocity (PWV) at 1.5 Tesla. To enhance comparability of the samples, matching was done with replacement resulting in 20 unique controls. Only AS patients with abnormal findings on screening echocardiography were included in this exploratory study. Cine CMR was used to assess LV geometry and systolic function, and late gadolinium enhancement was performed to determine the presence of myocardial hyperenhancement (i.e., fibrosis). Aortic arch PWV was significantly higher in the AS group compared with the control group (median 9.7 m/s, interquartile range [IQR] 7.1 to 11.8 vs. 6.1 m/s, IQR 4.6 to 7.6 m/s; p < 0.001). PWV was positively associated with functional disability as measured by BASFI (R: 0.62; p = 0.018). Three patients (21%) with a non-ischemic pattern of hyperenhancement showed increased PWV (11.7, 12.3, and 16.5 m/s) as compared to the 11 patients without hyperenhancement (9.0 m/s, IQR 6.6 to 10.5 m/s; p = 0.022). PWV was inversely associated with LV ejection fraction (R: − 0.63; p = 0.015), but was not found to be statistically correlated to LV volumes or mass. Aortic arch PWV was increased in our cohort of patients with AS. Higher PWV in the aortic arch was associated with functional disability, the presence of non-ischemic hyperenhancement, and reduced LV systolic function.
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
KW - Pulse wave analysis
KW - Spondylitis, ankylosing
KW - Vascular stiffness
KW - Ventricular remodeling
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U2 - 10.1007/s10067-018-4135-x
DO - 10.1007/s10067-018-4135-x
M3 - Article
C2 - 29754182
AN - SCOPUS:85046820992
SN - 0770-3198
VL - 37
SP - 2151
EP - 2159
JO - Clinical Rheumatology
JF - Clinical Rheumatology
IS - 8
ER -