Association between Left Atrial Late Gadolinium Enhancement and Atrial Fibrillation: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).
Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging
; 5(4): e220047, 2023 Aug.
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ABSTRACT
Purpose:
To determine the prevalence and correlates of left atrial (LA) late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) at cardiac MRI and its association with atrial fibrillation (AF) in a population-based sample from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Materials andMethods:
In this secondary post hoc analysis of the MESA cohort (ClinicalTrials.gov no. NCT00005487), participants without AF underwent LGE cardiac MRI at the fifth examination (2010-2012). LA LGE burden was quantified using the image intensity ratio technique on biplane long-axis two-dimensional (2D) LGE images without fat saturation. Survival analysis was performed with log-rank testing and Cox regression.Results:
Of 1697 participants (mean age, 67 years ± 9 [SD]; 872 men), 1035 (61%) had LA LGE, and 75 (4.4%) developed AF during follow-up (median, 3.95 years). At univariable analysis, LA LGE was associated with age (ß = .010 [95% CI .005, .015], P < .001), diastolic blood pressure (ß = .005 [95% CI .001, .009], P = .02), HbA1c level (ß = .06 [95% CI .02, .11], P = .009), heart failure (ß = .60 [95% CI .11, 1.08], P = .02), LA volume (ß = .008 [95% CI .004, .012], P < .001), and LA function (emptying fraction, LA global longitudinal strain, LA early diastolic peak longitudinal strain rate, and LA late diastolic peak strain rate; all P < .05). After adjusting for the variables in the Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) AF score, LA LGE independently helped predict incident AF (hazard ratio = 1.46 [95% CI 1.13, 1.88], P = .003). The highest tertile (LGE > 2%) was twice as likely to develop AF.Conclusion:
Although limited by the 2D LGE technique employed, LA LGE was associated with adverse atrial remodeling and helped predict AF in a multiethnic population-based sample.Clinical trial registration no. NCT00005487Keywords MR Imaging, Cardiac, Epidemiology Supplemental material is available for this article. © RSNA, 2023.
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Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging
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2023
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