Age-Related Left Ventricular Remodeling and Associated Risk for Cardiovascular Outcomes

Author:

Cheng Susan1,Fernandes Verônica R.S.1,Bluemke David A.1,McClelland Robyn L.1,Kronmal Richard A.1,Lima João A.C.1

Affiliation:

1. From the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (S.C., V.R.S.F., D.A.B., J.A.C.L.), and the Department of Radiology (D.A.B., J.A.C.L.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md; the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine (S.C.), Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Mass; and the Department of Biostatistics (R.L.M., R.A.K.), University of Washington, Seattle, Wash.

Abstract

Background— Age-related alterations of left ventricular (LV) structure and function that may predispose to cardiovascular events are not well understood. Methods and Results— We used cardiac MRI to examine age-related differences in LV structure and function in 5004 participants without overt cardiovascular disease when enrolled in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis; 1099 participants received additional strain analyses by MRI tagging. We also assessed the relation of age-associated remodeling with cardiovascular outcomes using Cox proportional hazard models adjusting for cardiovascular risk factors. Although LV mass decreased with age (−0.3 g per year), the mass-to-volume ratio markedly increased (+5 mg/mL per year, P <0.0001), driven by a substantial reduction in end-diastolic volume (−0.8 mL per year, P <0.0001). Age was also associated with a significant fall in stroke volume (−0.4 mL per year, P <0.0001), along with strain patterns reflecting systolic ( P <0.0001) as well as diastolic ( P <0.01) myocardial dysfunction—despite a modestly enhanced ejection fraction (+0.1% per year, P <0.0001). Increased mass-to-volume ratio conferred a significant risk for total cardiovascular events; this trend was strongest among younger (<65 years; hazard ratio, 3.69 [CI, 1.34 to 10.10]) versus older (≥65 years; hazard ratio, 1.68 [CI 0.77 to 3.68]) individuals with the highest compared to lowest mass-to-volume ratio quintile (P interaction =0.013). Conclusions— Age is associated with a phenotype of LV remodeling marked by increased mass-to-volume ratio and accompanied by systolic as well as diastolic myocardial dysfunction that is not reflected by preserved ejection fraction. This pattern of ventricular remodeling confers significant cardiovascular risk, particularly when present earlier in life.

Publisher

Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health)

Subject

Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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