Prediction of cardiac events with non-contrast magnetic resonance feature tracking in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy.
ESC Heart Fail
; 9(1): 574-584, 2022 02.
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ABSTRACT
AIMS:
The aim of this study was to evaluate the prognostic value of feature tracking (FT) derived cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) strain parameters of the left ventricle (LV)/right ventricle (RV) in ischaemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients treated with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD). Current guidelines suggest a LV-ejection fraction ≤35% as major criterion for ICD implantation in ICM, but this is a poor predictor for arrhythmic events. Supplementary parameters are missing. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
Ischaemic cardiomyopathy patients (n = 242), who underwent CMR imaging prior to primary and secondary implantation of ICD, were classified depending on EF ≤ 35% (n = 188) or >35% (n = 54). FT parameters were derived from steady-state free precession cine views using dedicated software. The primary endpoint was a composite of cardiovascular mortality (CVM) and/or appropriate ICD therapy. There were no significant differences in FT-function or LV-/RV-function parameters in patients with an EF ≤ 35% correlating to the primary endpoint. In patients with EF > 35%, standard CMR functional parameters, such as LV-EF, did not reveal significant differences. However, significant differences in most FT parameters correlating to the primary endpoint were observed in this subgroup. LV-GLS (left ventricular-global longitudinal strain) and RV-GRS (right ventricular-global radial strain) revealed the best diagnostic performance in ROC curve analysis. The combination of LV-GLS and RV-GRS showed a sensitivity of 85% and a specificity of 76% for the prediction of future events.CONCLUSIONS:
The impact of FT derived measurements in the risk stratification of patients with ICM depends on LV function. The combination of LV-GLS/RV-GRS seems to be a predictor of cardiovascular mortality and/or appropriate ICD therapy in patients with EF > 35%.Key words
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Main subject:
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
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Cardiomyopathies
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Year:
2022
Type:
Article