Key result
Newly diagnosed acute leukemia patients exhibited significant baseline myocardial damage compared to controls, and reduced ejection fraction was an independent predictor of poor survival (HR 1.636).
Why the study?
The relationship between newly diagnosed acute leukemia and heart-related lesions remains unclear.
Observational (n=408)
No
Hazard Ratio: 1.636 (95% CI 1.039–2.575)
p-value: p=0.033
Newly diagnosed acute leukemia patients exhibit subclinical myocardial damage prior to chemotherapy, with left ventricular internal diameter serving as a predictor of heart damage and ejection fraction as an independent prognostic factor.
LV diameter may flag subclinical damage in acute leukemia; leaves open whether pre-chemotherapy echo improves outcomes.
The relationship between newly diagnosed acute leukemia (AL) and heart-related lesions remains unclear. This study aimed to investigate baseline cardiac function and risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in patients with new-onset AL, and provide data on cardiac management strategies for patients with AL. We retrospectively collected data on baseline characteristics, echocardiography, and biochemical blood indicators (e.g., myocardial enzymes) from 408 patients, 200 with newly diagnosed AL, 103 with coronary artery disease (CAD), and 105 controls from January 1, 2015 to August 31, 2019. The creatine kinase isoenzyme myocardial band, lactate dehydrogenase, highly sensitive troponin-I, and B-type natriuretic peptide levels and left ventricular internal diameter (LVID) were significantly higher in patients with newly diagnosed AL than in the control group. The degree of cardiac damage was lower in newly diagnosed AL patients than in CAD patients. The best predictor of heart damage was LVID (AUC [area under the curve] = 0.709; 95% CI [confidence interval]: 0.637–0.781; p < 0.001), and independent prognostic risk factors were age and ejection fraction (HR [hazard ratio] = 1.636; 95% CI: 1.039–2.575; p = 0.033). The ratio of leukemia blasts among patients with AL was positively correlated with cardiac damage. Our data indicated that newly diagnosed AL patients had certain myocardial damage before treatment. Clinicians need to pay attention to these manifestations, which may be related to the prognosis.
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Xiao et al. (2022) conducted an observational in Newly diagnosed acute leukemia (n=408). Newly diagnosed acute leukemia vs. Healthy controls and patients with coronary artery disease was evaluated on Overall survival (prognostic impact of ejection fraction in AL patients) (HR 1.636, 95% CI 1.039-2.575, p=0.033). Newly diagnosed acute leukemia patients exhibited significant baseline myocardial damage compared to controls, and reduced ejection fraction was an independent predictor of poor survival (HR 1.636).
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