Assessment of LV/RV S and SR Before and After Percutaneous Closure of ASDs

Ayman khairy Mohamed

Status: Completed

Conditions: Atrial Septal Defect, Secundum Type

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: 2D- Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04091919

LV/RV S and SR with ASD device

Details and patient eligibility

About

The effect of Atrial Septal Defect (ASD) closure by using larger devices on the improvement in biventricular function remains an area of active research. Therefore, the aim of the current study is to assess the degree of improvement in biventricular dimensions and function by using 2-Dimensional echocardiography derived Strain and Strain Rate and Tissue Doppler. Moreover, to identify the relationship between the left and right ventricular systolic and diastolic function and device size.

Full description

In most echocardiographic studies, left ventricle (LV) systolic function was normal in the patients with ASD and only a few cases had a reduced LV ejection fraction with severe right ventricle (RV) volume overload. The device closure of ASD increases immediately the blood flow to the left ventricle and may unmask subtle abnormalities in systolic and diastolic function. Currently, clinical research in cardiac mechanics is moving from short- and long-axis LV and RV function and ejection fraction to two and three- dimensional (2D, 3D) ventricular deformation studies (Strain and Strain Rate quantification). These methods are independent of ventricular geometry and allow quantification of myocardial motion and deformation in different directions (longitudinal, radial, and circumferential), while conventional methods mainly rely on the assessment of radial function. Strain imaging has also been used to demonstrate that patients who underwent device closure of an ASD had better LV and RV longitudinal deformation than patients who underwent surgical closure of an ASD. However, the effect of device size on the LV systolic and diastolic function is still under investigations. For all these reasons the researchers intend to measure RV and LV haemodynamic changes by 2-D Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE) derived Tissue Doppler and Strain quantification in ASD before and after transcatheter closure with special emphasis on the assessment of the relationship between device size and biventricular systolic and LV diastolic function.

Enrollment: 50 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 11+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All ASD patients who have been already selected and suitable for intervention before the starting time of the study. The criteria for ASD intervention are either haemodynamically significant shunt fraction (Qp/Qs > 1.5) or echocardiographic signs of right heart dilation or RV volume overload and pulmonary hypertension related symptoms.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients with a large stretched Secundum ASD ≥ 36 mm, those with insufficient ASD rims (except the aortic rim), sinus venosus or primum type ASD, irreversible pulmonary hypertension, other associated structural heart diseases, coronary artery disease, LV systolic dysfunction, atrial fibrillation, or hypertension.

Trial design

50 participants in 2 patient groups

ASD group

Description:

Isolated ostium Secundum ASD patients who are involving in this study have been already selected for intervention before the starting time of the study. The ASD patients who will be scheduled for transcatheter closure have either haemodynamically significant shunt fraction (Qp/Qs \> 1.5) or echocardiographic signs of right heart dilation or RV volume overload and pulmonary hypertension related symptoms. 2-D TTE derived Tissue Doppler and Strain Imaging will be done for all patients at baseline, 24 hours and 1-3 month post-procedure. Correlation between the device size and echocardiographic variables will be performed. Comparison between the results of the 2D-TTE derived Strain Imaging procedures will be done between baseline data and those obtained one day after the procedure and at one month follow up.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: 2D- Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)

Controlled group

Description:

Age matched controlled subjects without ASD

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: 2D- Transthoracic Echocardiography (TTE)