Abstract 11274: All-Cause Mortality Association of Right Ventricular Free Wall Longitudinal Strain and Strain Rate in Acute Pulmonary Embolism Patients

Introduction: Right ventricle (RV) dysfunction linked with acute Pulmonary embolism (PE) is associated with significant mortality. Several studies have documented use of RV free wall strain (RVS) for assessing mortality, but RV free wall systolic (RVSRs) and early diastolic strain rate (RVSRe) have not been explored. Hypothesis: The study aims to assess the RV function in longitudinal domain of contractility using 2 D speckle tracking echocardiography and evaluate if it was able to predict all-cause mortality at 30 days. Methods: This is a single center prospective study done between November 2012 to June 2020. 293 adult patients with acute PE having echocardiogram performed within 24 hours were enrolled and baseline comorbidities were recorded. 2 D Speckle tracking echocardiography was performed offline. Multiple logistic regression analyses and ROC were performed to evaluate if RV Strain (RVS) and strain rate (systolic-SRs, early diastolic-SRe) were able to predict all-cause mortality at 30 days. Results: Mean age was 65 ± 15 years, 60.7 % males and 41% had coronary artery disease, 29% had cancer and 11% had COPD. Mean free wall (FW) RVS was -19.7±7.7%, FW RV SRs was -0.9±0.4 s -1 , FW RV SRe was 0.8±0.3 s -1 . (Figure A) All-cause mortality was present in 11 patients (3.8%) at 30 days, 17 (5.8%) at 3 months and 29 (9.9%) at 6 months. In the Univariate analysis, FW RVS and FW RVSRs were significantly associated with 30 days all-cause, but after adjusting for age, cancer, and COPD, only FW RVSRs remains significant (p=0.02) with an AUC to predict 30-day all-cause mortality of 0.73 (95% CI 0.54-0.88) a cut-off value of -0.7 had a sensitivity of 73% and specificity of 64% (Figure B) Conclusions: The study demonstrated that RV Free wall SRs measured by 2 D STE is a good prognostic indicator for 30 days all-cause mortality in patients with acute PE. This novel modality could be used for risk stratification in the setting of acute PE.