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左束支区域起搏改善了依赖起搏器患者的左心房结局:一项使用斑点追踪和三维超声心动图的前瞻性队列研究

 

Authors Mei Y, Han R, Cheng L, Wang Z, He Y, Liu W, Wu Y

Received 7 September 2024

Accepted for publication 14 January 2025

Published 13 September 2025 Volume 2025:21 Pages 1343—1358

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/TCRM.S481237

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Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 2

Editor who approved publication: Professor De Yun Wang

Yingchen Mei,1 Rui Han,1,2 Liting Cheng,3 Zefeng Wang,2 Yihua He,4 Wei Liu,1 Yongquan Wu2 

1Department of Cardiology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Cardiac Pacing and CIED Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3School of Medicine, Nankai University, Tianjin, People’s Republic of China; 4Echocardiography Medical Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Correspondence: Wei Liu, Department of Cardiology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, 100035, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 18910938225, Email liuwei525@hotmail.com Yongquan Wu, Cardiac Pacing and CIED Center, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Chaoyang District, Beijing, 100029, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 13810751596, Email wuyongquan67@163.com

Purpose: Evidence that left bundle branch area pacing (LBBAP) is more effective than conventional right ventricular (RV) pacing in enhancing left atrial (LA) outcomes is lacking. The aim of this study was to investigate LA outcomes using 2-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (2D-STE) and real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE) at 6-months of follow-up in patients that received LBBAP, RV septal pacing (RVSP), or RV apical pacing (RVAP).
Methods: A total of 90 patients with normal left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) underwent dual-chamber pacemaker implantation for bradycardia at Beijing Anzhen Hospital between January 2021 and July 2021. Patients were divided into three groups based on the pacing site: LBBAP, RVSP, or RVAP.
Results: There were no significant differences in baseline characteristics and echocardiographic findings among patients that received LBBAP, RVSP, or RVAP. At 6-months of follow-up, left atrial volume index (LAVI), LA reservoir strain (LASr), LA contractile strain (LASct), global longitudinal strain (GLS), global circumferential strain (GCS), and synchronization parameters (Tmsv-16SD, Tmsv-12SD, Tmsv-6SD, longitudinal Tϵ-dif, circumferential Tϵ-dif) were significantly improved in patients that received LBBAP, while they had significantly worsened with RVSP and RVAP. Compared to baseline, at 6-months of follow-up, patients that received LBBAP had significantly improved LASr (28.17± 10.12% vs 35.4± 17.17%, P=0.024), LASct (− 12.03± 2.15% vs − 17.53± 7.37%, P=0.045), E/e’ ratio(12.61± 3.8 vs 10.85± 3.75,P=0.014) and LVEF (65.74± 7.90% vs 68.81± 5.92%, P=0.023). The 6-minute walking distance significantly increased at 6-months of follow-up compared to baseline in all patients, but the increase was most prominent for LBBAP (403.00± 98.46 m vs. 469.34± 59.32m, P=0.015). LBBAP was associated with a lower risk of new-onset atrial fibrillation.
Conclusion: In pacemaker-dependent patients, LBBAP achieved better LA strain, LV strain, and LV synchronization than RVSP or RVAP at 6-months of follow-up.
Plain Language Summary: This registered prospective study (ChiCTR2100048503) used two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography (STE) and real-time 3D echocardiography (RT-3DE) to comprehensively evaluate LA and LV function and mechanical synchrony in LBBAP. This study demonstrates that LBBAP can achieve better LA strain, LV strain and LV synchronization than RVSP or RVAP at 6-months of follow-up.

Keywords: left atrial, left ventricular, mechanical synchrony, left bundle branch area pacing, real-time 3-dimensional echocardiography, speckle tracking echocardiography