IMR Press / RCM / Volume 24 / Issue 12 / DOI: 10.31083/j.rcm2412359
Open Access Systematic Review
Prognostic Value of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Chronic Aortic Regurgitation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Jin-Rong Ni1,2,3,4,5Wen-Long Xin3,4,5,6Yuan Hu2Shi-Dong Liu2Jin-Kui Li3,4,5,6Zun-Hui Wan2Jun-Qiang Lei1,3,4,5,6,*
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1 The First Hospital (First Clinical Medical School) of Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, Gansu, China
2 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, Gansu, China
3 Intelligent Imaging Medical Engineering Research Center of Gansu Province, 730000 Lanzhou, Gansu, China
4 Accurate Image and Collaborative Innovation International Scientific and Technological Cooperation Base of Gansu Province, 730000 Lanzhou, Gansu, China
5 Gansu Province Clinical Research Center for Radiology Imaging, 730000 Lanzhou, Gansu, China
6 Department of Radiology, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, 730000 Lanzhou, Gansu, China
*Correspondence: leijunqiangldyy@163.com (Jun-Qiang Lei)
Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2023, 24(12), 359; https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2412359
Submitted: 2 May 2023 | Revised: 13 July 2023 | Accepted: 27 July 2023 | Published: 25 December 2023
(This article belongs to the Section Cardiovascular Imaging)
Copyright: © 2023 The Author(s). Published by IMR Press.
This is an open access article under the CC BY 4.0 license.
Abstract

Background: Chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) is a common valvular disease characterized by an overload of left ventricular volume and pressure. Accurate assessment of the heart from all angles is crucial for effective clinical management and prognostic evaluation of AR patients. As an advanced imaging technique, cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) has become the gold standard for assessing cardiac volume and function. Accordingly, this study aimed to evaluate the prognostic value of CMR in chronic AR. Methods: EMBASE, Cochrane Library, PubMed, and Web of Science were searched for clinical studies published between inception and July 19, 2022. Only studies that used CMR to assess patients with chronic isolated AR and provided prognostic data were included. Results: For our analysis, 11 studies, which involved 1702 subjects and follow-up periods of 0.6–9.7 years, were eligible. We identified 13 CMR-related parameters associated with AR prognosis. With aortic valve surgery as the outcome, we estimated the pooled hazard ratios (HRs) for four of these parameters: aortic regurgitation fraction (ARF), aortic regurgitation volume (ARV), left ventricle end-diastolic volume (LVEDV), and LV end-systolic volume (LVESV). The pooled HR for ARF was found to be 4.31 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.12–16.59, p = 0.034), while that for ARV was 3.88 (95% CI: 0.71–21.04, p = 0.116). Additionally, the combined HRs of LVEDV and LVESV were estimated to be 2.20 (95% CI: 1.04–4.67, p = 0.039) and 3.14 (95% CI: 1.22–8.07, p = 0.018), respectively. Conclusions: The assessment of ARF, LVEDV, and LVESV via CMR has significant prognostic value in predicting the prognosis of AR patients with aortic valve surgery as an endpoint. It is recommended to consider using multi-parameter CMR in the clinical management of AR patients for timely interventions and effective prognostic evaluation.

Keywords
aortic valve insufficiency
magnetic resonance imaging
prognosis
heart
follow-up studies
Funding
LDYYYN-2020-063/Hospital Fund Project of the First Hospital of Lanzhou University
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