Relevance of subclinical right ventricular dysfunction measured by feature-tracking cardiac magnetic resonance in non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy.

BACKGROUND: Right ventricular (RV) dysfunction in patients with non-ischemic dilated cardiomyopathy (NICM) is associated with cardiovascular events. To analyze the feasibility of assessing RV myocardial deformation by feature tracking (FT)-cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), and its usefulness as a prognostic marker. METHODS: Retrospective study of NICM patients undergoing CMR. Longitudinal FT-RV free wall (LFT-RVFW) and fractional area change (FAC) were obtained. Correlation with standard RV parameters was studied. An association with combined event (heart failure (HF), ICD implantation or cardiovascular death) was assessed using a logistic regression model. RESULTS: 98 patients (64 ± 13 years) were included. Left ventricular (LV) systolic function (LVEF 29.5 ± 9.6%, 47% with LVEF ≥ 30%) and RV (RVEF 52.2 ± 14.6%, 72% with RVEF ≥ 45%). Follow-up of 38 ± 17 months, 26.5% presented at least one admission for HF. An excellent correlation of LFT-RVFW (r = 0.82) and FAC (r = 0.83) with RVEF was evident. No association of RV-FT parameters with prognosis entire study population was found. However, in patients with LVEF ≥ 30%, admissions for HF were associated with lower LFT-RVFW (-21.6 ± 6.6% vs -31.3 ± 10%; p = 0.006) and FAC (36.6 ± 9.6% vs 50.5 ± 13.4%; p < 0.001) values. Similar differences were observed when only patients with RVEF ≥ 45% were considered. An LFT-RVFW cut-off point of -19.5% and FAC of 36.5% showed good prognostic performance. Decreased LFT-RVFW or FAC represented an independent predictor of combined event in patients with LVEF ≥ 30%. CONCLUSIONS: In NICM patients without severe LV dysfunction, decreased values of LFT-RVFW and/or FAC were associated with HF admissions, independently of RVEF.

Left ventricular pseudothrombus: multimodality imaging rules out a "ghost image" of a thrombus seen on cardiac computed tomography. / Pseudotrombo en ventrículo izquierdo. "Imagen fantasma" en tomografía axial computarizada. Diagnóstico multimodalidad.

Cardiac computed tomography showed a hypodense area in the apex of the left ventricle in a 57-year-old man with a history of anterior myocardial infarction three years earlier. To confirm or rule out a suspected thrombus, he underwent gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, contrast-enhanced two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography, and three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. Multimodality imaging ruled out the presence of a thrombus.

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels: evaluation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after double-switch repair. / Transposición congénitamente corregida de grandes arterias: valoración por resonancia magnética cardíaca tras corrección anatómica tipo "doble switch".

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels implies double discordance: atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial. We present cardiac magnetic resonance images from a 9-year-old girl with congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels, interventricular communication, and coarctation of the aorta who was treated with pulmonary artery banding, correction of coarctation, and posterior double switch. We also review the disease and the complications that should be evaluated after the surgical intervention.

Fibrosis endomiocárdica. Enfermedad de Davies multimodalidad en la imagen cardíaca / Endomyocardial fibrosis. Davies disease. Multimodality imaging

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Pseudotrombo en ventrículo izquierdo. "Imagen fantasma" en tomografía axial computarizada. Diagnóstico multimodalidad / Left ventricular pseudothrombus: multimodality imaging rules out a "ghost image" of a thrombus seen on cardiac computed tomography

Varón de 57 años con antecedente de infarto de miocardio anterior. En una tomografía axial computarizada (TAC) cardíaca realizada 3 años más tarde, se objetiva una imagen hipodensa en el ápex del ventrículo izquierdo. Ante la sospecha de trombo, se completa el estudio mediante resonancia magnética cardíaca (RMC) con gadolinio, ecocardiografía transtorácica (ETT) 2D con ecopotenciador y ETT tridimensional. A través de la imagen multimodalidad se comprueba la ausencia de trombo

Cardiac computed tomography showed a hypodense area in the apex of the left ventricle in a 57-year-old man with a history of anterior myocardial infarction three years earlier. To confirm or rule out a suspected thrombus, he underwent gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, contrast-enhanced two-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography, and three-dimensional transthoracic echocardiography. Multimodality imaging ruled out the presence of a thrombus

Transposición congénitamente corregida de grandes arterias: valoración por resonancia magnética cardíaca tras corrección anatómica tipo "doble switch" / Congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels: evaluation with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after double-switch repair

La transposición congénitamente corregida de grandes arterias (TGAcc) implica una doble discordancia: atrio-ventricular y ventriculo-arterial. Presentamos las imágenes de resonancia magnética cardíaca de una paciente de 9 años con TGAcc, comunicación interventricular y coartación de aorta, a quien se le realizó cerclaje pulmonar, corrección de la coartación y posterior "doble switch". Se realiza una revisión de la patología y de las complicaciones a evaluar tras la intervención quirúrgica

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels implies double discordance: atrioventricular and ventriculoarterial. We present cardiac magnetic resonance images from a 9-year-old girl with congenitally corrected transposition of the great vessels, interventricular communication, and coarctation of the aorta who was treated with pulmonary artery banding, correction of coarctation, and posterior double switch. We also review the disease and the complications that should be evaluated after the surgical intervention

Embolismo de trombo ventricular izquierdo gigante hacia aorta abdominal / Giant left ventricular thrombus embolism into the abdominal aorta

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