Aldosterone-Related Myocardial Extracellular Matrix Expansion in Hypertension in Humans: A Proof-of-Concept Study by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance.

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging

Department of Radiology, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Department of Hypertension, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Department of Biological & Statistic, Hôpital Européen Georges-Pompidou, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France; Université de Paris, Paris, France; Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, French Institute of Health and Medical Research, Paris, France. Electronic address:

Published: October 2020

Objectives: This study sought to assess the respective effects of aldosterone and blood pressure (BP) levels on myocardial fibrosis in humans.

Background: Experimentally, aldosterone promotes left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy, and interstitial myocardial fibrosis in the presence of high salt intake.

Methods: The study included 20 patients with primary aldosteronism (PA) (high aldosterone and high BP), 20 patients with essential hypertension (HTN) (average aldosterone and high BP), 20 patients with secondary aldosteronism due to Bartter/Gitelman (BG) syndrome (high aldosterone and normal BP), and 20 healthy subjects (HS) (normal aldosterone and normal BP). Participants in each group were of similar age and sex distributions, and asymptomatic. Cardiac magnetic resonance including cine and T1 mapping was performed blind to the study group to quantify global LV mass index, as well as intracellular mass index and extracellular mass index considered as a measure of myocardial fibrosis in vivo.

Results: Median plasma aldosterone concentration was as follows: PA = 709 pmol/l (interquartile range [IQR]: 430 to 918 pmol/l); HTN = 197 pmol/l (IQR: 121 to 345 pmol/l); BG = 297 pmol/l (IQR: 180 to 428 pmol/l); and HS = 105 pmol/l (IQR: 85 to 227 pmol/l). Systolic BP was as follows: PA = 147 ± 15 mm Hg; HTN = 133 ± 19 mm Hg; BG = 116 ± 9 mm Hg; and HS = 117 ± 12 mm Hg. LV end-diastolic volume showed underloading in BG and overloading in patients with PA (63 ± 13 ml/m vs. 82 ± 15 ml/m; p < 0.0001). Intracellular mass index increased with BP across groups (BG: 36 [IQR: 29 to 41]; HS: 40 [IQR: 36 to 46]; HTN: 51 [IQR: 42 to 54]; PA: 50 [IQR: 46 to 67]; p < 0.0001). Extracellular mass index was similar in BG, HS, and HTN (16 [IQR: 12 to 20]; 15 [IQR: 11 to 18]; and 14 [IQR: 12 to 17], respectively) but 30% higher in PA (21 [IQR: 18 to 29]; p < 0.0001) remaining significant after adjustment for mean BP.

Conclusions: Only primary pathological aldosterone excess combined with high BP increased both extracellular myocardial matrix and intracellular mass. Secondary aldosterone excess with normal BP did not affect extracellular myocardial matrix. (Study of Myocardial Interstitial Fibrosis in Hyperaldosteronism; NCT02938910).

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