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Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: Foundation. Main funding source(s): Danish Heart Association. Background First-phase ejection fraction (EF1), the ejection fraction (EF) until the time of peak systolic flow may be a sensitive marker of subclinical left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. This study investigated the prognostic value of EF1 in asymptomatic and symptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS). Methods This study included 94 asymptomatic and 108 symptomatic patients with severe AS. The prognostic value of EF1 was compared with other echocardiographic markers and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) measured end-systolic wall stress and late gadolinium enhancement fibrosis (LGE). Asymptomatic patients were followed up for 3.0 years (primary outcome death or aortic valve replacement). Symptomatic patients were followed up for 4.3 years (primary outcome death). Results In multivariate regression analysis wall stress (p < 0.001) and LGE (p = 0.03) were associated with EF1. In the asymptomatic cohort EF1 was significantly associated with the end-point, especially among the subgroup of patients with a mean gradient < 40 mmHg (HR 0.91, p = 0.005), while global longitudinal strain was not. In the surgical cohort, EF1 was borderline associated with death (p = 0.08) which was significant after correction for LGE (HR 0.90, p = 0.02). Conclusion EF1 is a predictor of death or AVR in asymptomatic AS, especially among discordantly graded patients with low area and low gradient. Univariate β (95% CI) p-value Multivariate β (95% CI) p-value Age (years) .03 (-.09 to .16) 0.58 .03 (-.12 to .18) 0.69 Sex (male) -.12 (-2.26 to 2.03) 0.91 .24 (-2.31 to 2.80) 0.85 Hypertension -.08 (-2.22 to 2.07) 0.95 Aortic valve area (0.01 cm2) .09 (.04 to .14) 0.001 Aortic mean gradient (mmHg) -.02 (-.08 to .04) 0.56 LV end-diastolic volume (ml) -.07 (-.11 to -.03) <0.001 LV end-systolic volume (ml) -.17 (-.22 to -.12) <0.001 -.07 (-.15 to .02) 0.11 LV ejection fraction (%) .28 (.19 to .38) <0.001 LV peak ejection time (ms) -.07 (-.16 to .02) 0.13 LGE fibrosis -3.04 (-5.67 to -.42) 0.02 -2.64 (-4.99 to -.30) 0.03 Wall stress (kdynes/m3) -.10 (-.13 to -.08) <0.001 -.08 (-.12 to -.04) <0.001 Multivariate linear regression analysis for associations with first phase ejection fraction. LV is left ventricular, LGE late gadolinium enhancement Abstract Figure. AVR-free survival according to EF1
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