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- Title
Left Atrial Strain in Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children and Associations with Systemic Inflammation and Cardiac Injury.
- Authors
Jepson, Bryan M.; Beaver, Matthew; Colquitt, John L.; Truong, Dongngan T.; Crandall, Hillary; McFarland, Carol; Williams, Richard; Ou, Zhining; Jensen, Devri; Minich, L. LuAnn; Binka, Edem
- Abstract
Multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C) commonly involves cardiac injury with both systolic and diastolic dysfunction. Left atrial strain (LAS) detects subclinical diastolic dysfunction in adults but is infrequently used in children. We evaluated LAS in MIS-C and the associations with systemic inflammation and cardiac injury. In this retrospective cohort study, LAS parameters [reservoir (LAS-r), conduit (LAS-cd), and contractile (LAS-ct)] obtained from admission echocardiograms of MIS-C patients were compared to healthy controls and between MIS-C patients with and without cardiac injury (BNP > 500 pg/ml or troponin-I > 0.04 ng/ml). Correlation and logistic regression analyses were performed to assess LAS associations with admission inflammatory and cardiac biomarkers. Reliability testing was performed. We identified 118 patients with MIS-C and 20 healthy controls. Median LAS parameters were reduced in MIS-C patients compared to controls (LAS-r: 31.8 vs. 43.1%, p < 0.001; LAS-cd: − 28.8 vs. − 34.5%, p = 0.006; LAS-ct: − 5.2 vs. − 9.3%, p < 0.001) and reduced in MIS-C patients with cardiac injury (n = 59) compared to no injury (n = 59) (LAS-r: 29.6 vs. 35.8%, p = 0.001; LAS-cd: − 26.5 vs. − 30.4%, p = 0.036; LAS-ct: − 4.6 vs. − 9.3%, p = 0.008). A discrete LAS-ct peak was absent in 65 (55%) MIS-C patients but present in all controls (p < 0.001). Procalcitonin correlated strongly with averaged E/e' (r = 0.55, p = 0.001). Moderate correlations were found for ESR and LAS-ct (r = − 0.41, p = 0.007) as well as BNP and LAS-r (r = − 0.39, p < 0.001) and LAS-ct (r = 0.31, p = 0.023). Troponin-I had only weak correlations. Intra-rater reliability was good for all LAS parameters, and inter-rater reliability was good to excellent for LAS-r, and fair for LAS-cd and LAS-ct. LAS analysis, particularly the absence of a LAS-ct peak, was reproducible and may be superior to conventional echocardiographic parameters for detecting diastolic dysfunction in MIS-C. No strain parameters on admission were independently associated with cardiac injury.
- Subjects
MULTISYSTEM inflammatory syndrome in children; HEART injuries; LEFT heart atrium; LOGISTIC regression analysis
- Publication
Pediatric Cardiology, 2024, Vol 45, Issue 4, p729
- ISSN
0172-0643
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00246-024-03417-9