Affiliation:
1. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine University of Pisa Pisa Italy
2. Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine University of Pisa Pisa Italy
3. Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Department Azienda Ospedaliero‐Universitaria Pisana Pisa Italy
4. Center for Translational and Experimental Cardiology (CTEC), Department of Cardiology University Hospital Zurich and University of Zurich Zurich Switzerland
Abstract
ABSTRACTAimsDegenerative aortic valve stenosis with preserved ejection fraction (ASpEF) and heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) display intriguing similarities. This study aimed to provide a non‐invasive, comparative analysis of ASpEF versus HFpEF at rest and during exercise.Methods and resultsWe prospectively enrolled 148 patients with HFpEF and 150 patients with degenerative moderate‐to‐severe ASpEF, together with 66 age‐ and sex‐matched healthy controls. All subjects received a comprehensive evaluation at rest and 351/364 (96%) performed a combined cardiopulmonary exercise stress echocardiography test. Patients with ASpEF eligible for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (n = 125) also performed cardiac computed tomography (CT). HFpEF and ASpEF patients showed similar demographic distribution and biohumoral profiles. Most patients with ASpEF (134/150, 89%) had severe high‐gradient aortic stenosis; 6/150 (4%) had normal‐flow, low‐gradient ASpEF, while 10/150 (7%) had low‐flow, low‐gradient ASpEF. Both patient groups displayed significantly lower peak oxygen consumption (VO2), peak cardiac output, and peak arteriovenous oxygen difference compared to controls (all p < 0.01). ASpEF patients showed several extravalvular abnormalities at rest and during exercise, similar to HFpEF (all p < 0.01 vs. controls). Epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) thickness was significantly greater in ASpEF than HFpEF and was inversely correlated with peak VO2 in all groups. In ASpEF, EAT was directly related to echocardiography‐derived disease severity and CT‐derived aortic valve calcium burden.ConclusionFunctional capacity is similarly impaired in ASpEF and HFpEF due to both peripheral and central components. Further investigation is warranted to determine whether extravalvular alterations may affect disease progression and prognosis in ASpEF even after valve intervention, which could support the concept of ASpEF as a specific sub‐phenotype of HFpEF.
Subject
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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