Septal curvature as a robust and reproducible marker for basal septal hypertrophy

Background: Basal septal hypertrophy (BSH) is an asymmetric, localized thickening of the upper interventricular septum and constitutes a marker of an early remodelling in patients with hypertension. This morphological trait has been extensively researched because of its prevalence in hypertension, y...

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Autores: Marciniak, Maciej, Gilbert, Andrew, Loncaric, Filip, Fernandes, João, 1964-, Bijnens, Bart, Sitges, Marta, King, Andrew, Crispi Brillas, Fàtima, Lamata, Pablo
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002813
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Palabra clave:Basic research
Curvature
Diastolic function
Hypertension
Hypertrophy
Systolic function
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spelling Septal curvature as a robust and reproducible marker for basal septal hypertrophyMarciniak, MaciejGilbert, AndrewLoncaric, FilipFernandes, João, 1964-Bijnens, BartSitges, MartaKing, AndrewCrispi Brillas, FàtimaLamata, PabloBasic researchCurvatureDiastolic functionHypertensionHypertrophySystolic functionBackground: Basal septal hypertrophy (BSH) is an asymmetric, localized thickening of the upper interventricular septum and constitutes a marker of an early remodelling in patients with hypertension. This morphological trait has been extensively researched because of its prevalence in hypertension, yet its clinical and prognostic value for individual patients remains undetermined. One of the reasons is the lack of a reliable and reproducible metric to quantify the presence and the extent of BSH. This article proposes the use of the curvature of the left ventricular endocardium as a robust feature for BSH characterization, and as an objective criterion to quantify current subjective ‘visual assessment’ of the presence of sigmoidal septum. The proposed marker, called average septal curvature, is defined as the inverse of the radius adjacent to each point of the endocardial contour along the basal and mid inferoseptal segments of the left ventricle. Method: Robustness and reproducibility were assessed on a cohort of 220 patients, including 161 hypertensive patients (32 with BSH) and 59 healthy controls. Results: The results show that compared with the conventionally used wall thickness metrics, the new marker is more reproducible (relative standard deviation of errors of 7 vs. 13%, and 8 vs. 38% for intra-observer and inter-observer variability, respectively) and better correlates to the functional parameters related to BSH, with main difference (absolute rank correlation 0.417 vs. 0.341) in local deformation changes assessed by longitudinal strain. Conclusion: Average septal curvature is a more precisely defined and reproducible metric than thickness ratios, it can be fully automated, and better infers the functional remodelling related to hypertension.This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement No 764738. P.L. holds a Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellowship (209450/Z/17/Z).Wolters Kluwer202520252021info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10230/71561http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002813http://hdl.handle.net/10230/71561reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésJournal of Hypertension. 2021 Jul;39(7):1421-8info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/764738This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CCBY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:10230/715612026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Septal curvature as a robust and reproducible marker for basal septal hypertrophy
title Septal curvature as a robust and reproducible marker for basal septal hypertrophy
spellingShingle Septal curvature as a robust and reproducible marker for basal septal hypertrophy
Marciniak, Maciej
Basic research
Curvature
Diastolic function
Hypertension
Hypertrophy
Systolic function
title_short Septal curvature as a robust and reproducible marker for basal septal hypertrophy
title_full Septal curvature as a robust and reproducible marker for basal septal hypertrophy
title_fullStr Septal curvature as a robust and reproducible marker for basal septal hypertrophy
title_full_unstemmed Septal curvature as a robust and reproducible marker for basal septal hypertrophy
title_sort Septal curvature as a robust and reproducible marker for basal septal hypertrophy
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Marciniak, Maciej
Gilbert, Andrew
Loncaric, Filip
Fernandes, João, 1964-
Bijnens, Bart
Sitges, Marta
King, Andrew
Crispi Brillas, Fàtima
Lamata, Pablo
author Marciniak, Maciej
author_facet Marciniak, Maciej
Gilbert, Andrew
Loncaric, Filip
Fernandes, João, 1964-
Bijnens, Bart
Sitges, Marta
King, Andrew
Crispi Brillas, Fàtima
Lamata, Pablo
author_role author
author2 Gilbert, Andrew
Loncaric, Filip
Fernandes, João, 1964-
Bijnens, Bart
Sitges, Marta
King, Andrew
Crispi Brillas, Fàtima
Lamata, Pablo
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Basic research
Curvature
Diastolic function
Hypertension
Hypertrophy
Systolic function
topic Basic research
Curvature
Diastolic function
Hypertension
Hypertrophy
Systolic function
description Background: Basal septal hypertrophy (BSH) is an asymmetric, localized thickening of the upper interventricular septum and constitutes a marker of an early remodelling in patients with hypertension. This morphological trait has been extensively researched because of its prevalence in hypertension, yet its clinical and prognostic value for individual patients remains undetermined. One of the reasons is the lack of a reliable and reproducible metric to quantify the presence and the extent of BSH. This article proposes the use of the curvature of the left ventricular endocardium as a robust feature for BSH characterization, and as an objective criterion to quantify current subjective ‘visual assessment’ of the presence of sigmoidal septum. The proposed marker, called average septal curvature, is defined as the inverse of the radius adjacent to each point of the endocardial contour along the basal and mid inferoseptal segments of the left ventricle. Method: Robustness and reproducibility were assessed on a cohort of 220 patients, including 161 hypertensive patients (32 with BSH) and 59 healthy controls. Results: The results show that compared with the conventionally used wall thickness metrics, the new marker is more reproducible (relative standard deviation of errors of 7 vs. 13%, and 8 vs. 38% for intra-observer and inter-observer variability, respectively) and better correlates to the functional parameters related to BSH, with main difference (absolute rank correlation 0.417 vs. 0.341) in local deformation changes assessed by longitudinal strain. Conclusion: Average septal curvature is a more precisely defined and reproducible metric than thickness ratios, it can be fully automated, and better infers the functional remodelling related to hypertension.
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