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Chen Q, Zhang Z, Chen L, Zhou Z, Lu Y, Zhang C, Li C, Zhang Z, Chen W. Association between cardiac magnetic resonance ventricular strain and left ventricular thrombus in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING 2024:10.1007/s10554-024-03163-2. [PMID: 38884697 DOI: 10.1007/s10554-024-03163-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/08/2023] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/18/2024]
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BACKGROUND Myocardial strain can analyze early myocardial dysfunction after myocardial infarction (MI). However, the correlation between left ventricular (LV) strain (including regional and global strain) obtained by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging and left ventricular thrombus (LVT) after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is unclear. METHODS The retrospective clinical observation study included patients with LVT (n = 20) and non-LVT (n = 195) who underwent CMR within two weeks after STEMI. CMR images were analyzed using CVI 42 (Circle Cardiovascular Imaging, Canada) to obtain LV strain values. Logistic regression analysis identified risk factors for LVT among baseline characteristics, CMR ventricular strain, and left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF). Considering potential correlations between strains, the ability of LV strain to identify LVT was evaluated using 9 distinct models. Receiver operating characteristic curves were generated with GraphPad Prism, and the area under the curve (AUC) of LVEF, apical longitudinal strain (LS), and circumferential strain (CS) was calculated to determine their capacity to distinguish LVT. RESULTS Among 215 patients, 9.3% developed LVT, with a 14.5% incidence in those with anterior MI. Univariate regression indicated associations of LAD infarct-related artery, lower NT-proBNP, lower LVEF, and reduced global, midventricular, and apical strain with LVT. Further multivariable regression analysis showed that apical LS, LVEF and NT-proBNP were still independently related to LVT (Apical LS: OR = 1.14, 95%CI (1.01, 1.30), P = 0.042; LVEF: OR = 0.91, 95%CI (0.85, 0.97), P = 0.005; NT-proBNP: OR = 2.35, 95%CI (1.04, 5.31) ). CONCLUSION Reduced apical LS on CMR is independently associated with LVT after STEMI.
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- Qing Chen
- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99#, Huaihai West Road, Xuzhou, 221002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99#, Huaihai West Road, Xuzhou, 221002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- School of Medical Information and Engineering, Xuzhou Medical University, Xuzhou, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99#, Huaihai West Road, Xuzhou, 221002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99#, Huaihai West Road, Xuzhou, 221002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99#, Huaihai West Road, Xuzhou, 221002, China
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99#, Huaihai West Road, Xuzhou, 221002, China.
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- Department of Cardiology, The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical University, 99#, Huaihai West Road, Xuzhou, 221002, China.
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Kuprytė M, Lesauskaitė V, Keturakis V, Bunevičienė V, Utkienė L, Jusienė L, Pangonytė D. Remodeling of Cardiomyocytes: Study of Morphological Cellular Changes Preceding Symptomatic Ischemic Heart Failure. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:14557. [PMID: 37834000 PMCID: PMC10572236 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241914557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2023] [Revised: 09/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/22/2023] [Indexed: 10/15/2023] Open
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Although major pathogenesis mechanisms of heart failure (HF) are well established, the significance of early (mal)adaptive structural changes of cardiomyocytes preceding symptomatic ischemic HF remains ambiguous. The aim of this study is to present the morphological characterization of changes in cardiomyocytes and their reorganization of intermediate filaments during remodeling preceding symptomatic ischemic HF in an adult human heart. A total of 84 myocardial tissue samples from middle-left heart ventricular segments were analyzed histomorphometrically and immunohistochemically, observing the cardiomyocyte's size, shape, and desmin expression changes in the remodeling process: Stage A of HF, Stage B of HF, and Stages C/D of HF groups (ACC/AHA classification). Values p < 0.05 were considered significant. The cellular length, diameter, and volume of Stage A of HF increased predominantly by the diameter vs. the control group (p < 0.001) and continued to increase in Stage B of HF in a similar pattern (p < 0.001), increasing even more in the C/D Stages of HF predominantly by length (p < 0.001). Desmin expression was increased in Stage A of HF vs. the control group (p < 0.001), whereas it was similar in Stages A and B of HF (p > 0.05), and most intense in Stages C/D of HF (p < 0.001). Significant morphological changes of cardiomyocytes and their cytoskeletal reorganization were observed during the earliest remodeling events preceding symptomatic ischemic HF.
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- Milda Kuprytė
- Laboratory of Cardiac Pathology, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania; (M.K.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Molecular Cardiology, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania;
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Pathology, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania; (M.K.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Pathology, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania; (M.K.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Pathology, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania; (M.K.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Pathology, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania; (M.K.); (V.K.)
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- Laboratory of Cardiac Pathology, Institute of Cardiology, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, LT-44307 Kaunas, Lithuania; (M.K.); (V.K.)
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Spilias N, Howard TM, Anthony CM, Laczay B, Soltesz EG, Starling RC, Sievert H, Estep JD, Kapadia SR, Puri R. Transcatheter left ventriculoplasty. EUROINTERVENTION 2023; 18:1399-1407. [PMID: 37092265 PMCID: PMC10113960 DOI: 10.4244/eij-d-22-00544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/19/2022] [Accepted: 09/07/2022] [Indexed: 04/25/2023]
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Despite significant advances in pharmacological, electrophysiological and valve therapies for heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF), the associated morbidity, mortality and healthcare costs remain high. With a constantly growing heart failure population, the existing treatment gap between current and advanced heart failure therapies (e.g., left ventricular [LV] assist devices, heart transplantation) reflects a large unmet need, calling for novel therapeutic approaches. Left ventricular remodelling and dilatation, with or without scar formation, is the hallmark of cardiomyopathy and is associated with poor prognosis. In the era of exciting advances in structural heart interventions, the advent of minimally invasive, device-based therapies directly targeting the LV geometry and promoting physical reverse remodelling has created a new frontier in the battle against heart failure. Interventional heart failure therapy is a rapidly emerging field, encompassing structural heart and minimally invasive hybrid procedures, with two left ventriculoplasty devices currently under investigation in pivotal clinical trials in the US. This review addresses the rationale for left ventriculoplasty, presents the prior surgical and percutaneous attempts in the field, provides an overview of the novel transcatheter left ventriculoplasty devices and their respective trials, and highlights potential challenges associated with establishing such device-based therapies in our armamentarium against heart failure.
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- Nikolaos Spilias
- Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- CardioVascular Center Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
- CardioVascular Center Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
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Chen BH, An DA, Wu CW, Yue T, Bautista M, Ouchi E, Xu JR, Hu J, Zhou Y, Pu J, Wu LM. Prognostic significance of non-infarcted myocardium correlated with microvascular impairment evaluated dynamically by native T1 mapping. Insights Imaging 2023; 14:50. [PMID: 36941401 PMCID: PMC10027971 DOI: 10.1186/s13244-022-01360-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/19/2022] [Indexed: 03/22/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES This study aimed to investigate the influence of microvascular impairment on myocardial characteristic alterations in remote myocardium at multiple time points, and its prognostic significance after acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS Patients were enrolled prospectively and performed CMR at baseline, 30 days, and 6 months. The primary endpoint was major adverse cardiac events (MACE): death, myocardial reinfarction, malignant arrhythmia, and hospitalization for heart failure. Cox proportional hazards regression modeling was analyzed to estimate the correlation between T1 mapping of remote myocardium and MACE in patients with and without microvascular obstruction (MVO). RESULTS A total of 135 patients (mean age 60.72 years; 12.70% female, median follow-up 510 days) were included, of whom 86 (63.70%) had MVO and 26 (19.26%) with MACE occurred in patients. Native T1 values of remote myocardium changed dynamically. At 1 week and 30 days, T1 values of remote myocardium in the group with MVO were higher than those without MVO (p = 0.030 and p = 0.001, respectively). In multivariable cox regression analysis of 135 patients, native1w T1 (HR 1.03, 95%CI 1.01-1.04, p = 0.002), native30D T1 (HR 1.05, 95%CI 1.03-1.07, p < 0.001) and LGE (HR 1.10, 95%CI 1.05-1.15, p < 0.001) were joint independent predictors of MACE. In multivariable cox regression analysis of 86 patients with MVO, native30D T1 (HR 1.05, 95%CI 1.04-1.07, p < 0.001) and LGE (HR 1.10, 95%CI 1.05-1.15, p < 0.001) were joint independent predictors of MACE. CONCLUSIONS The evolution of native T1 in remote myocardium was associated with the extent of microvascular impairment after reperfusion injury. In patients with MVO, native30D T1 and LGE were joint independent predictors of MACE.
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- Bing-Hua Chen
- Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No.160 PuJian Road, Shanghai, 200127, P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No.160 PuJian Road, Shanghai, 200127, P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No.160 PuJian Road, Shanghai, 200127, P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No.160 PuJian Road, Shanghai, 200127, P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No.160 PuJian Road, Shanghai, 200127, P. R. China
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- Department of Radiology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 48201, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No.160 PuJian Road, Shanghai, 200127, P. R. China.
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- Department of Cardiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No.160 PuJian Road, Shanghai, 200127, P. R. China.
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- Department of Radiology, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, No.160 PuJian Road, Shanghai, 200127, P. R. China.
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Calvieri C, Riva A, Sturla F, Dominici L, Conia L, Gaudio C, Miraldi F, Secchi F, Galea N. Left Ventricular Adverse Remodeling in Ischemic Heart Disease: Emerging Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging Biomarkers. J Clin Med 2023; 12:jcm12010334. [PMID: 36615133 PMCID: PMC9820966 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12010334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 12/10/2022] [Accepted: 12/29/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023] Open
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Post-ischemic left ventricular (LV) remodeling is a biologically complex process involving myocardial structure, LV shape, and function, beginning early after myocardial infarction (MI) and lasting until 1 year. Adverse remodeling is a post-MI maladaptive process that has been associated with long-term poor clinical outcomes. Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) is the best tool to define adverse remodeling because of its ability to accurately measure LV end-diastolic and end-systolic volumes and their variation over time and to characterize the underlying myocardial changes. Therefore, CMR is the gold standard method to assess in vivo myocardial infarction extension and to detect the presence of microvascular obstruction and intramyocardial hemorrhage, both associated with adverse remodeling. In recent times, new CMR quantitative biomarkers emerged as predictive of post-ischemic adverse remodeling, such as T1 mapping, myocardial strain, and 4D flow. Additionally, CMR T1 mapping imaging may depict infarcted tissue and assess diffuse myocardial fibrosis by using surrogate markers such as extracellular volume fraction, which may predict functional recovery or risk stratification of remodeling. Finally, there is emerging evidence supporting the utility of intracavitary blood flow kinetic energy and hemodynamic features assessed by the 4D flow CMR technique as early predictors of remodeling.
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- Camilla Calvieri
- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00100 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20129 Milan, Italy
- 3D and Computer Simulation Laboratory, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Electronics, Information and Bioengineering, Politecnico di Milano, 20129 Milan, Italy
- 3D and Computer Simulation Laboratory, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00100 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00100 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00100 Rome, Italy
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- Department of Clinical, Internal, Anesthesiologic and Cardiovascular Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00100 Rome, Italy
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- Unit of Radiology, IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, 20097 Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università Degli Studi di Milano, 20129 Milan, Italy
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- Department of Radiological, Oncological and Pathological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, 00100 Rome, Italy
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Left Ventricular Remodeling and Heart Failure Predictors in Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients with Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction after Successful Percutaneous Intervention in Western Romania. Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12101636. [PMID: 36295071 PMCID: PMC9604641 DOI: 10.3390/life12101636] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/17/2022] [Revised: 10/08/2022] [Accepted: 10/17/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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(1) Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients are at risk of left ventricular (LV) remodeling and heart failure (HF), even after successful revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). We wanted to assess the independent predictors of these outcomes in AMI patients. (2) Methods: The study enrolled patients with a LVEF ≥50% after a successful PCI for their first AMI. After 24 months, patients were separated into two groups based on whether their LVEF remained ≥50% (group I), or decreased to <50% (group II). (3) Outcomes: 26% of the patients experienced a decrease in LVEF below 50%, 41% showed LV remodeling, and 8% had experienced HF hospitalizations. HF hospitalizations were significantly more frequent in group II patients (p < 0.0001). The Killip class at admission >2, infarct-related longitudinal strain ≤−12.5%, and the presence of LV remodeling were identified as independent predictors of HF hospitalizations. (4) Conclusions: About 26% of AMI patients with normal LV function after a successful PCI developed HF. More sensitive techniques are required that allow for a more efficient risk-stratification and preventive therapy to reduce LV remodeling and HF in AMI patients with LVEF ≥50% after a successful PCI. The detection of abnormal ventricular deformation patterns after PCI by speckle-tracking echocardiography might be a valuable method in this approach.
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Wang Q, Wang J, Ma Y, Wang P, Li Y, Tian J, Yue X, Su G, Li B. Predictive value of myocardial strain on myocardial infarction size by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction. Front Pharmacol 2022; 13:1015390. [PMID: 36313364 PMCID: PMC9613930 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2022.1015390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 10/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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Background: The correlation between myocardial strain and infraction size by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is not clear. Objective: To investigate the correlation between myocardial strain and myocardial infarction size in patients of acute STEMI with preserved LVEF. Materials and Methods: A retrospective study was conducted to assess 31 patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI)after primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) who received cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging during hospitalization at the Central Hospital of Shandong First Medical University from 2019 to 2022 and whose echocardiography indicated preserved LVEF (LVEF≥50%). The control group consisted of 21 healthy adults who underwent CMR during the same period. We compared the CMR characteristics, global and segmental strain between the two groups. Furthermore, the correlation between the global strain and the segmental strain of the left ventricle and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) were evaluated. Results: Compared with healthy controls, the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of STEMI patients with preserved LVEF was significantly decreased (p < 0.05). Moreover, the global radial strain (GRS) (24.09% [IQR:17.88–29.60%] vs. 39.56% [IQR:29.19–42.20%], p < 0.05), global circumferential strain (GCS) [−14.66% (IQR: 17.91–11.56%) vs. −19.26% (IQR: 21.03–17.73%), p < 0.05], and global longitudinal strains (GLS) (−8.88 ± 2.25% vs. −13.46 ± 2.63%, p < 0.05) were damaged in patients. Furthermore, GCS and GLS were associated with LGE size (%left ventricle) (GCS: r = 0.58, p < 0.05; GLS: r = 0.37, p < 0.05). In the multivariate model, we found that LGE size was significantly associated with GCS (β coefficient = 2.110, p = 0.016) but was not associated with GLS (β coefficient = −0.102, p = 0.900) and LVEF (β coefficient = 0.227, p = 0.354). The receiver operating characteristic (ROC) results showed that GCS emerged as the strongest LGE size (LGE >25%) prognosticator among strain parameters (AUC: 0.836 [95% CI, 0.692—0.981], sensitivity: 91%, specificity: 80%) and was significantly better (p = 0.001) than GLS [AUC: 0.761 (95% CI, 0.583—0.939), sensitivity: 64%, specificity: 85%] and LVEF [AUC: 0.673 (95% CI, 0.469—0.877), sensitivity: 73%, specificity: 70%]. Conclusion: Among STEMI patients with preserved LVEF after PCI, CMR-FT-derived GCS had superior diagnostic accuracy than GLS and LVEF in predicting myocardial infarction size.
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- Qiang Wang
- Department of Cardiology, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
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- Department of Cardiology, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- Research Center of Translational Medicine, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- *Correspondence: Guohai Su, ; Bin Li,
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- Department of Cardiology, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- Research Center of Translational Medicine, Central Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Jinan, China
- *Correspondence: Guohai Su, ; Bin Li,
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Purpose of Review Ischemic cardiomyopathy refers to systolic left ventricular dysfunction in the setting of obstructive coronary artery disease and represents the most common cause of heart failure worldwide. It is often the combination of an irreversible loss of viable mass following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with a dysfunctional, but still viable, myocardium in the context of a chronically reduced myocardial blood flow and reduced coronary reserve. Medical treatments aiming at modulating neurohumoral response and restoring blood flow to the ischemic cardiomyocytes were shown to dramatically abate the occurrence of ventricular dysfunction and adverse remodeling in ischemic cardiomyopathy. Recent Findings Novel therapeutic approaches, such as mechanical unloading and modulation of the inflammatory response, appear to be promising. Furthermore, the understanding of the mechanisms by which, despite optimal treatment, heart failure ensues after AMI, with or without adverse remodeling and systolic dysfunction, is a critical step in the search for novel ways to tackle heart failure risk beyond preservation of left ventricular volumes and systolic function. Summary In this review article, we explore the principal pathophysiological mechanisms and pathways of heart failure in ischemic cardiomyopathy, therapeutic opportunities, and knowledge gaps in this area.
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Wang W, Zhao H, Wan F, Shen XD, Ding S, Pu J. Inhomogeneous Distribution of Regional Myocardial Work Efficiency Predicts Early Left Ventricular Remodeling After Acute Anterior Myocardial Infarction Treated With Primary Percutaneous Intervention. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:922567. [PMID: 35966524 PMCID: PMC9363585 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.922567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2022] [Accepted: 06/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background This study aimed to investigate the hypothesis that specific pattern of myocardial work (MW) distribution in patients with acute anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) could provide prognostic value for predicting left ventricular (LV) remodeling. Methods A total of 98 first anterior wall STEMI patients treated with primary percutaneous coronary intervention [85 men (86.7%), mean age: 58 ± 12 years] were enrolled. Transthoracic echocardiography was performed 24–72 h after angioplasty and during 3-month follow-up. MW was estimated from the left ventricular pressure–strain loop derived from speckle tracking echocardiography and simultaneous noninvasive brachial artery cuff pressure. The primary endpoint was early LV remodeling, defined as an increase in LV end-diastolic volume ≥20% compared with baseline at 3 months after STEMI. Major adverse cardiac events and combined clinical outcomes were recorded. Results LV remodeling was present in 32 patients (33%), who exhibited lower global and culprit-regional work index (WI), constructive work (CW), work efficiency (WE), and specifically, greater differences of WE (delta-WE) and CW (delta-CW) between the culprit and non-culprit region than those without LV remodeling both at the acute phase and follow-up (all P < 0.0125). During follow-up, all global and regional WI, CW, and WE were improved (P < 0.0125 compared with baseline), with less improvement in patients with LV remodeling. In multivariate analysis, baseline delta-WE (odds ratio: 2.304; 95% CI: 1.093–4.856, P = 0.028) and peak troponin I level (odds ratio: 1.035; 95%CI: 1.008–1.063, P = 0.010) were independently associated with early LV remodeling. Patients with greater delta-WE at baseline were associated with a higher incidence of heart failure and combined clinical outcomes during follow-up. Conclusion After reperfused acute anterior STEMI, patients with LV remodeling presented with more inhomogeneous MW distribution. The absolute difference of WE between culprit and non-culprit territory at the acute phase is an independent predictor for early LV remodeling. Clinical Trial Registration www.ClinicalTrials.gov, identifier: NCT05107102.
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Heart Failure After ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Beyond Left Ventricular Adverse Remodeling. Curr Probl Cardiol 2022:101215. [PMID: 35460680 DOI: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2022.101215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/13/2022] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) remains a significant source of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Despite advances in treatment leading to a significant reduction in the early complications and in-hospital mortality, a significant proportion of STEMI survivors develop heart failure (HF) at follow-up. The classic paradigm of HF after STEMI is one characterized by left ventricular adverse remodeling (LVAR) and encompasses the process of regional and global structural and functional changes that occur in the heart as a consequence of loss of viable myocardium, increased wall stress and neurohormonal activation, and results in HF with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). More recently, however, with further improvements in the treatment of STEMI the incidence and entity of LVAR appear to be largely reduced, yet the risk for HF following STEMI is not abolished and remains substantial, identifying a new paradigm by which patients with STEMI present with HF and preserved EF (HFpEF) characterized by reduction of diastolic or systolic reserve independent of LVAR.
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Wen XL, Gao Y, Guo YK, Zhang Y, Yang MX, Li Y, Yang ZG. Effect of Mitral Regurgitation on Left Ventricular Deformation in Myocardial Infarction Patients: Evaluation by Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging. J Magn Reson Imaging 2022; 56:790-800. [PMID: 35130580 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.28101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2021] [Revised: 01/25/2022] [Accepted: 01/25/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Mitral regurgitation (MR) is a comorbidity of myocardial infarction (MI), which may promote the incidence of adverse cardiovascular clinical events. However, it is not yet completely understood how MR in MI patients is associated with impaired myocardial deformation. PURPOSE To determine the damaging myocardium effects of MR in MI patients in terms of the global peak strain (PS) and left ventricular (LV) function, and evaluate the independent risk factors impacting LV deformation after MI. STUDY TYPE Retrospective. POPULATION One hundred eighty-six MI patients (17.7% female) and 84 normal control subjects (27.4% female). FIELD STRENGTH/SEQUENCE 3.0T; late gadolinium enhancement sequence, balanced steady-state free precession. ASSESSMENT LV function and LV global PS (global radial peak strain [GRPS]; global circumferential peak strain [GCPS]; and global longitudinal peak strain [GLPS]) were compared among normal controls, MI without MR (MR-) and MI with MR (MR+, mild, moderate, severe) patients. STATISTICAL TESTS One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, and multiple linear regressions were used. A P value <0.05 indicated statistically significant difference (two-tailed). RESULTS The MI (MR+) patients showed significantly lower LV global PS than both MI (MR-) and control groups in three directions (GRPS 16.66 ± 7.43%; GCPS -11.27 ± 4.27%; GLPS -7.75 ± 3.44%), and significantly higher LV end-systolic (128.85 [87.91, 188.01] mL) and end-diastolic volumes (210.29 [164.07, 264.00] mL) and significantly lower LV ejection fraction (38.23 ± 13.02%). Multiple regression analysis demonstrated that MR was independently associated with LV GCPS (β = -0.268) and GLPS (β = -0.320). LV infarct size was an independent indicator of LV GRPS (β = -0.215) and GCPS (β = -0.222). LV end-diastolic volume was an independent indicator of LV GRPS (β = -0.518), GCPS (β = -0.503), and GLPS (β = -0.331). DATA CONCLUSION MR may further exacerbate the reduction of LV global peak strains and function. The MR, infarct size, and LV end-diastolic volume can be used as independent association indicators for LV global PS in MI (MR+) patients. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE 4 Technical Efficacy Stage: 2 TOC Category: Chest.
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- Xiao-Ling Wen
- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.,Department of Radiology, West China School of Public Health and West China Fourth Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Second University Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiology, Sichuan Cancer Hospital and Institute, Sichuan Cancer Center, School of Medicine, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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- Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China
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Ibrahim ESH, Dennison J, Frank L, Stojanovska J. Diastolic Cardiac Function by MRI-Imaging Capabilities and Clinical Applications. Tomography 2021; 7:893-914. [PMID: 34941647 PMCID: PMC8706325 DOI: 10.3390/tomography7040075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2021] [Revised: 12/01/2021] [Accepted: 12/04/2021] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
Abstract
Most cardiac studies focus on evaluating left ventricular (LV) systolic function. However, the assessment of diastolic cardiac function is becoming more appreciated, especially with the increasing prevalence of pathologies associated with diastolic dysfunction like heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF). Diastolic dysfunction is an indication of abnormal mechanical properties of the myocardium, characterized by slow or delayed myocardial relaxation, abnormal LV distensibility, and/or impaired LV filling. Diastolic dysfunction has been shown to be associated with age and other cardiovascular risk factors such as hypertension and diabetes mellitus. In this context, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has the capability for differentiating between normal and abnormal myocardial relaxation patterns, and therefore offers the prospect of early detection of diastolic dysfunction. Although diastolic cardiac function can be assessed from the ratio between early and atrial filling peaks (E/A ratio), measuring different parameters of heart contractility during diastole allows for evaluating spatial and temporal patterns of cardiac function with the potential for illustrating subtle changes related to age, gender, or other differences among different patient populations. In this article, we review different MRI techniques for evaluating diastolic function along with clinical applications and findings in different heart diseases.
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- El-Sayed H. Ibrahim
- Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA;
- Correspondence:
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- Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Wausau, WI 54401, USA;
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- Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA;
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Masci PG, Bogaert J. Editorial for "Inflammation in Remote Myocardium and Left Ventricular Remodeling After Acute Myocardial Infarction: A Pilot Study Using T2 Mapping". J Magn Reson Imaging 2021; 55:565-566. [PMID: 34309118 DOI: 10.1002/jmri.27861] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 07/15/2021] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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- Pier Giorgio Masci
- School of Biomedical Engineering and Imaging Sciences, King's College London, St Thomas Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven and Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Lee S, Lee M, Hor KN. The role of imaging in characterizing the cardiac natural history of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Pediatr Pulmonol 2021; 56:766-781. [PMID: 33651923 DOI: 10.1002/ppul.25227] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2020] [Revised: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 11/12/2020] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
Abstract
Duchene muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a rare but devastating disease resulting in progressive loss of ambulation, respiratory failure, DMD-associated cardiomyopathy (DMD-CM), and premature death. The use of corticosteroids and supportive respiratory care has improved outcomes, such that DMD-CM is now the leading cause of death. Historically, most programs have focused on skeletal myopathy with less attention to the cardiac phenotype. This omission is rather astonishing since patients with DMD possess an absolute genetic risk of developing cardiomyopathy. Unfortunately, heart failure signs and symptoms are vague due to skeletal muscle myopathy leading to limited ambulation. Traditional assessment of cardiac symptoms by the New York Heart Association American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Staging (ACC/AHA) classification is of limited utility, even in advanced stages. Echocardiographic assessment can detect cardiac dysfunction late in the disease course, but this has proven to be a poor surrogate marker of early cardiovascular disease and an inadequate predictor of DMD-CM. Indeed, one explanation for the paucity of cardiac therapeutic trials for DMD-CM has been the lack of a suitable end-point. Improved outcomes require a better proactive treatment strategy; however, the barrier to treatment is the lack of a sensitive and specific tool to assess the efficacy of treatment. The use of cardiac imaging has evolved from echocardiography to cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to assess cardiac performance. The purpose of this article is to review the role of cardiac imaging in characterizing the cardiac natural history of DMD-CM, highlighting the prognostic implications and an outlook on how this field might evolve in the future.
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- Simon Lee
- Department of Pediatrics, The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Heart Center, Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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Shah H, Hacker A, Langburt D, Dewar M, McFadden MJ, Zhang H, Kuzmanov U, Zhou YQ, Hussain B, Ehsan F, Hinz B, Gramolini AO, Heximer SP. Myocardial Infarction Induces Cardiac Fibroblast Transformation within Injured and Noninjured Regions of the Mouse Heart. J Proteome Res 2021; 20:2867-2881. [PMID: 33789425 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jproteome.1c00098] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
Heart failure (HF) is associated with pathological remodeling of the myocardium, including the initiation of fibrosis and scar formation by activated cardiac fibroblasts (CFs). Although early CF-dependent scar formation helps prevent cardiac rupture by maintaining the heart's structural integrity, ongoing deposition of the extracellular matrix in the remote and infarct regions can reduce tissue compliance, impair cardiac function, and accelerate progression to HF. In our study, we conducted mass spectrometry (MS) analysis to identify differentially altered proteins and signaling pathways between CFs isolated from 7 day sham and infarcted murine hearts. Surprisingly, CFs from both the remote and infarct regions of injured hearts had a wide number of similarly altered proteins and signaling pathways that were consistent with fibrosis and activation into pathological myofibroblasts. Specifically, proteins enriched in CFs isolated from MI hearts were involved in pathways pertaining to cell-cell and cell-matrix adhesion, chaperone-mediated protein folding, and collagen fibril organization. These results, together with principal component analyses, provided evidence of global CF activation postinjury. Interestingly, however, direct comparisons between CFs from the remote and infarct regions of injured hearts identified 15 differentially expressed proteins between MI remote and MI infarct CFs. Eleven of these proteins (Gpc1, Cthrc1, Vmac, Nexn, Znf185, Sprr1a, Specc1, Emb, Limd2, Pawr, and Mcam) were higher in MI infarct CFs, whereas four proteins (Gstt1, Gstm1, Tceal3, and Inmt) were higher in MI remote CFs. Collectively, our study shows that MI injury induced global changes to the CF proteome, with the magnitude of change reflecting their relative proximity to the site of injury.
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- Haisam Shah
- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Laboratory of Tissue Repair and Regeneration, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1G6
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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- Translational Biology and Engineering Program, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, 661 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1M1.,Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, 1 King's College Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A8
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Perotti LE, Verzhbinsky IA, Moulin K, Cork TE, Loecher M, Balzani D, Ennis DB. Estimating cardiomyofiber strain in vivo by solving a computational model. Med Image Anal 2021; 68:101932. [PMID: 33383331 PMCID: PMC7956226 DOI: 10.1016/j.media.2020.101932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2020] [Revised: 11/22/2020] [Accepted: 11/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
Since heart contraction results from the electrically activated contraction of millions of cardiomyocytes, a measure of cardiomyocyte shortening mechanistically underlies cardiac contraction. In this work we aim to measure preferential aggregate cardiomyocyte ("myofiber") strains based on Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) data acquired to measure both voxel-wise displacements through systole and myofiber orientation. In order to reduce the effect of experimental noise on the computed myofiber strains, we recast the strains calculation as the solution of a boundary value problem (BVP). This approach does not require a calibrated material model, and consequently is independent of specific myocardial material properties. The solution to this auxiliary BVP is the displacement field corresponding to assigned values of myofiber strains. The actual myofiber strains are then determined by minimizing the difference between computed and measured displacements. The approach is validated using an analytical phantom, for which the ground-truth solution is known. The method is applied to compute myofiber strains using in vivo displacement and myofiber MRI data acquired in a mid-ventricular left ventricle section in N=8 swine subjects. The proposed method shows a more physiological distribution of myofiber strains compared to standard approaches that directly differentiate the displacement field.
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- Luigi E Perotti
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA.
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Medical Scientist Training Program, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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- Chair of Continuum Mechanics, Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA
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Gao F, Huo J, She J, Bai L, He H, Lyu J, Qiang H. Different associations between left atrial size and 2.5-year clinical outcomes in patients with anterior versus non-anterior wall ST-elevation myocardial infarction. J Int Med Res 2021; 48:300060520912073. [PMID: 32252575 PMCID: PMC7140218 DOI: 10.1177/0300060520912073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
Abstract
Objective To investigate associations between left atrial diameter (LAD) and long-term
outcomes in patients with anterior or non-anterior wall ST-elevation
myocardial infarction (STEMI). Methods Patients with STEMI were included in this secondary analysis of data from a
prospective cohort study in which the primary outcome was major adverse
cardiovascular event (MACE) occurrence during a 2.5-year follow-up. A LAD
cut-off value was obtained through receiver operating characteristic curve
analysis. Kaplan-Meier curve and Cox regression analyses were applied.
Subgroup Cox regression analysis was also performed, with patients
stratified based on left ventricular diastolic diameter (LVEDD, > 55 mm
and ≤55 mm). The relationship between LAD and outcomes in patients with
anterior or non-anterior wall STEMI was explored using restricted cubic
spline functions. Results Out of 464 patients, adjusted Cox regression showed that dichotomous (>40
mm) LAD was significantly associated with MACE (hazard ratio 2.978, 95%
confidence interval 1.763, 5.030) in patients with anterior wall but not
non-anterior wall STEMI. The association was not different between normal
and enlarged LVEDD groups. Conclusions A left atrium > 40 mm may indicate higher risk of MACE in patients with
anterior wall STEMI, even in patients with normal left ventricular
structure. This relationship was not observed in patients with non-anterior
wall STEMI.
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- Fan Gao
- Clinical Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Clinical Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Clinical Research Centre, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, China
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Li S, Zhao L, Lu A, Tian J, Gong L, Ma X. Comparison of Left Ventricular Global Strain in Anterior and Non-anterior Wall Myocardial Infarction With CMR Tissue Tracking. Front Physiol 2020; 11:530108. [PMID: 33362570 PMCID: PMC7758347 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2020.530108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2020] [Accepted: 11/19/2020] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
Abstract
Left ventricular (LV) myocardial dysfunction occurs after myocardial infarction (MI) is associated with the location, infarct size, and transmurality degrees of MI. The myocardial strain is a sensitive index used for the quantification of myocardium dysfunction. This study used Tissue-Tracking to evaluate whether the different location of MI would result in different myocardial dysfunction. One hundred patients diagnosed with MI who underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance examination were included. The tissue-tracking indices, LV global radial strain (GRS), global circumferential strain (GCS), global longitudinal strain (GLS), and the infarct size (IS,% of LV mass) were quantified. There were 42 cases of anterior wall MI (AWMI) and 58 cases of non-anterior wall MI (NAWMI). The GCS of AWMI was significantly lower than that of NAWMI (P = 0.036). In the same level of infarct size, the myocardial strain of AWMI was not significantly different from NAWMI group (P > 0.05). The GRS and GCS were significantly different between transmurality > 50% group with transmurality ≤ 50% group (P < 0.05). The present study demonstrated that LV MI is associated with reduced myocardial strain, and the infarct size and degrees of transmurality were both related to the decline of myocardial strain in patients with MI.
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- Shuhao Li
- Department of Radiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Department of Medical Imaging Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Department of Interventional Therapy, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China.,Department of Interventional Therapy, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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- Department of Medical Imaging Center, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, Nanchang, China
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- Department of Interventional Therapy, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
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Li W. Biomechanics of infarcted left Ventricle-A review of experiments. J Mech Behav Biomed Mater 2020; 103:103591. [PMID: 32090920 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2019.103591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2019] [Revised: 12/06/2019] [Accepted: 12/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
Abstract
Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of leading diseases to contribute to annual death rate of 5% in the world. In the past decades, significant work has been devoted to this subject. Biomechanics of infarcted left ventricle (LV) is associated with MI diagnosis, understanding of remodelling, MI micro-structure and biomechanical property characterizations as well as MI therapy design and optimization, but the subject has not been reviewed presently. In the article, biomechanics of infarcted LV was reviewed in terms of experiments achieved in the subject so far. The concerned content includes experimental remodelling, kinematics and kinetics of infarcted LVs. A few important issues were discussed and several essential topics that need to be investigated further were summarized. Microstructure of MI tissue should be observed even carefully and compared between different methods for producing MI scar in the same animal model, and eventually correlated to passive biomechanical property by establishing innovative constitutive laws. More uniaxial or biaxial tensile tests are desirable on MI, border and remote tissues, and viscoelastic property identification should be performed in various time scales. Active contraction experiments on LV wall with MI should be conducted to clarify impaired LV pumping function and supply necessary data to the function modelling. Pressure-volume curves of LV with MI during diastole and systole for the human are also desirable to propose and validate constitutive laws for LV walls with MI.
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- Wenguang Li
- School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, G12 8QQ, UK.
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Karthikeyan B, Sonkawade SD, Pokharel S, Preda M, Schweser F, Zivadinov R, Kim M, Sharma UC. Tagged cine magnetic resonance imaging to quantify regional mechanical changes after acute myocardial infarction. Magn Reson Imaging 2019; 66:208-218. [PMID: 31668928 DOI: 10.1016/j.mri.2019.09.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2019] [Revised: 08/16/2019] [Accepted: 09/15/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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PURPOSE The conventional volumetric approaches of measuring cardiac function are load-dependent, and are not able to discriminate functional changes in the infarct, transition and remote myocardium. We examined phase-dependent regional mechanical changes in the infarct, transition and remote regions after acute myocardial infarction (MI) in a preclinical mouse model using cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). METHODS We induced acute MI in six mice with left anterior descending coronary artery ligation. We then examined cardiac (infarct, transition and remote-zone) morphology and function utilizing 9.4 T high field CMR before and 2 weeks after the induction of acute MI. Myocardial scar tissue was evaluated by using CMR with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). After determining global function through volumetric analysis, regional wall motion was evaluated by measuring wall thickening and radial velocities. Strain rate imaging was performed to assess circumferential contraction and relaxation at the myocardium, endocardium, and epicardium. RESULTS There was abnormal LGE in the anterior walls after acute MI suggesting a successful MI procedure. The transition zone consisted of a mixed signal intensity, while the remote zone contained viable myocardium. As expected, the infarct zone had demonstrated severely decreased myocardial velocities and strain rates, suggesting reduced contraction and relaxation function. Compared to pre-infarct baseline, systolic and diastolic velocities (vS and vD) were significantly reduced at the transition zone (vS: -1.86 ± 0.16 cm/s vs -0.68 ± 0.13 cm/s, P < 0.001; vD: 1.86 ± 0.17 cm/s vs 0.53 ± 0.06 cm/s, P < 0.001) and remote zone (vS: -1.86 ± 0.16 cm/s vs -0.65 ± 0.12 cm/s, P < 0.001; vD: 1.86 ± 0.16 cm/s vs 0.51 ± 0.04 cm/s, P < 0.001). Myocardial peak systolic and diastolic strain rates (SRS and SRD) were significantly lower in the transition zone (SRS: -4.2 ± 0.3 s-1 vs -1.3 ± 0.2 s-1, P < 0.001; SRD: 3.9 ± 0.3 s-1 vs 1.3 ± 0.2 s-1, P < 0.001) and remote zone (SRS: -3.8 ± 0.3 s-1 vs -1.4 ± 0.3 s-1, P < 0.001; SRD: 3.5 ± 0.2 s-1 vs 1.5 ± 0.4 s-1, P = 0.006). Endocardial and epicardial SRS and SRD were similarly reduced in the transition and remote zones compared to baseline. CONCLUSIONS This study, for the first time, utilized state-of-the art high-field CMR algorithms in a preclinical mouse model for a comprehensive and controlled evaluation of the regional mechanical changes in the transition and remote zones, after acute MI. Our data demonstrate that CMR can quantitatively monitor dynamic post-MI remodeling in the transition and remote zones, thereby serving as a gold standard tool for therapeutic surveillance.
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- Badri Karthikeyan
- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Jacob's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Jacob's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- Center for Biomedical Imaging at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Surgical Oncology, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, Buffalo, NY, United States of America
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- Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Jacob's School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Buffalo, NY, United States of America.
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Regional Myocardial Strain and Function: From Novel Techniques to Clinical Applications. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4939-8841-9_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/19/2023]
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Is there an effect of ischemic conditioning on myocardial contractile function following acute myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury? Biochim Biophys Acta Mol Basis Dis 2019; 1865:822-830. [PMID: 30660684 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbadis.2018.12.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2018] [Revised: 12/18/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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Ischemic conditioning induces cardioprotection; the final infarct size following a myocardial ischemic event is reduced. However, whether ischemic conditioning has long-term beneficial effects on myocardial contractile function following such an ischemic event needs further elucidation. To date, ex vivo studies have shown that ischemic conditioning improves the contractile recovery of isolated ventricular papillary muscle or atrial trabeculae following simulated ischemia. However, in vivo animal studies and studies in patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery show conflicting results. At the subcellular level, it is known that ischemic conditioning improved energy metabolism, preserved mitochondrial respiration, ATP production, and Ca2+ homeostasis in isolated mitochondria from the myocardium. Ischemic conditioning also presents with post-translational modifications of proteins in the contractile machinery of the myocardium. The beneficial effects on myocardial contractile function need further elucidation. This article is part of a Special Issue entitled: The power of metabolism: Linking energy supply and demand to contractile function edited by Torsten Doenst, Michael Schwarzer and Christine Des Rosiers.
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Hristova K. Recovery of left ventricular twist and left ventricular untwist rate in patients with ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction. JOURNAL OF THE INDIAN ACADEMY OF ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY & CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING 2019. [DOI: 10.4103/jiae.jiae_34_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Feldmann KJ, Goldstein JA, Marinescu V, Dixon SR, Raff GL. Disparate Impact of Ischemic Injury on Regional Wall Dysfunction in Acute Anterior vs Inferior Myocardial Infarction. CARDIOVASCULAR REVASCULARIZATION MEDICINE 2018; 20:965-972. [PMID: 30611651 DOI: 10.1016/j.carrev.2018.12.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/26/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Acute transmural ischemia should induce similar magnitude of wall motion abnormality (WMA) in both anterior myocardial infarction (AMI) and inferior (IMI). However, patients with AMI generally suffer more severe hemodynamic compromise. METHODS This retrospective study compared WMA's in ST segment elevation MI patients undergoing primary reperfusion and subsequent cardiac MRI. Regional systolic wall motion and thickening were assessed in all segments throughout the left ventricle (LV). RESULTS We analyzed 37 patients (AMI = 24 vs IMI = 13). Reperfusion success was achieved in all and there were no differences between groups in door-to-balloon time (AMI median 77 vs IMI 119 min, p = 0.085). Compared to IMI, in AMI LV ejection fraction was more depressed (37 ± 7.6% vs 51 ± 10.3%, P = 0.0006) and regional WMA more severe (total regional WMA score = 2.63 ± 0.53 vs IMI = 2.1 ± 0.52, P = 0.007). Regional dyskinesis was commonly observed in AMI patients but was rare in IMI (79% vs 7% of cases). Similarly, AMI manifested systolic thinning, whereas thickening was depressed but still present in IMI patients. Strikingly, WMA severity differed downstream relative to the origin of the infarct artery: In all AMI cases, WMA worsened from proximal anterior toward the distal apical zone; in IMI the pattern was reverse, with WMA consistently most severe in the basal segment of the inferior-posterior wall with preservation toward the apical distribution of the infarct vessel. CONCLUSION These results demonstrate a disparate impact of ischemic injury on mechanical performance of the anterior vs inferior-posterior walls. These findings may be attributable to differences between the walls in architecture, mechanics and coronary blood flow. These observations may have implications for myocardial salvage, remodeling and prognosis.
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- Kyle J Feldmann
- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, MI, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, MI, USA.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, MI, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, MI, USA
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- Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Beaumont Hospital Royal Oak, MI, USA
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Jung M, Dodsworth M, Thum T. Inflammatory cells and their non-coding RNAs as targets for treating myocardial infarction. Basic Res Cardiol 2018; 114:4. [PMID: 30523422 PMCID: PMC6290728 DOI: 10.1007/s00395-018-0712-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/29/2018] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Myocardial infarction triggers infiltration of several types of immune cells that coordinate both innate and adaptive immune responses. These play a dual role in post-infarction cardiac remodeling by initiating and resolving inflammatory processes, which needs to occur in a timely and well-orchestrated way to ensure a reestablishment of normalized cardiac functions. Thus, therapeutic modulation of immune responses might have benefits for infarct patients. While such strategies have shown great potential in treating cancer, applications in the post-infarction context have been disappointing. One challenge has been the complexity and plasticity of immune cells and their functions in cardiac regulation and healing. The types appear in patterns that are temporally and spatially distinct, while influencing each other and the surrounding tissue. A comprehensive understanding of the immune cell repertoire and their regulatory functions following infarction is sorely needed. Processes of cardiac remodeling trigger additional genetic changes that may also play critical roles in the aftermath of cardiovascular disease. Some of these changes involve non-coding RNAs that play crucial roles in the regulation of immune cells and may, therefore, be of therapeutic interest. This review summarizes what is currently known about the functions of immune cells and non-coding RNAs during post-infarction wound healing. We address some of the challenges that remain and describe novel therapeutic approaches under development that are based on regulating immune responses through non-coding RNAs in the aftermath of the disease.
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- Mira Jung
- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany
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- Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625, Hannover, Germany.
- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, UK.
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Mangion K, Carrick D, Carberry J, Mahrous A, McComb C, Oldroyd KG, Eteiba H, Lindsay M, McEntegart M, Hood S, Petrie MC, Watkins S, Davie A, Zhong X, Epstein FH, Haig CE, Berry C. Circumferential Strain Predicts Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events Following an Acute ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Radiology 2018; 290:329-337. [PMID: 30457480 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2018181253] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Purpose To investigate the prognostic value of circumferential left ventricular (LV) strain measured by using cardiac MRI for prediction of major adverse cardiac events (MACE) following an acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Materials and Methods Participants with acute STEMI were prospectively enrolled from May 11, 2011, to November 22, 2012. Cardiac MRI was performed at 1.5 T during the index hospitalization. Displacement encoding with stimulated echoes (DENSE) and feature tracking of cine cardiac MRI was used to assess circumferential LV strain. MACE that occurred after discharge were independently assessed by cardiologists blinded to the baseline observations. Results A total of 259 participants (mean age, 58 years ± 11 [standard deviation]; 198 men [mean age, 58 years ± 11] and 61 women [mean age, 58 years ± 12]) underwent cardiac MRI 2.2 days ± 1.9 after STEMI. Average infarct size was 18% ± 13 of LV mass and circumferential strain was -13% ± 3 (DENSE method) and -24% ± 7 (feature- tracking method). Fifty-one percent (131 of 259 participants) had presence of microvascular obstruction. During a median follow-up period of 4 years, 8% (21 of 259) experienced MACE. Area under the curve (AUC) for DENSE was different from that of feature tracking (AUC, 0.76 vs 0.62; P = .03). AUC for DENSE was similar to that of initial infarct size (P = .06) and extent of microvascular obstruction (P = .08). DENSE-derived strain provided incremental prognostic benefit over infarct size for prediction of MACE (hazard ratio, 1.3; P < .01). Conclusion Circumferential strain has independent prognostic importance in study participants with acute ST-segment-elevation myocardial infarction. Published under a CC BY 4.0 license. Online supplemental material is available for this article. See also the editorial by Kramer in this issue.
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- Kenneth Mangion
- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, Institute of Cardiovascular and Medical Sciences (K.M., D.C., J.C., C.M., M.C.P., C.B.), and Robertson Centre for Biostatistics (C.E.H.), University of Glasgow, 126 University Place, Glasgow G12 8TA, Scotland; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, Scotland (K.M., D.C., A.M., K.G.O., H.E., M.L., M.M., S.H., M.C.P., S.W., A.D., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, Scotland (C.M.); Department of MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Atlanta, Ga (X.Z.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va (F.H.E.)
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Nucifora G, Muser D, Tioni C, Shah R, Selvanayagam JB. Prognostic value of myocardial deformation imaging by cardiac magnetic resonance feature-tracking in patients with a first ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Int J Cardiol 2018; 271:387-391. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2018.05.082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2018] [Revised: 04/26/2018] [Accepted: 05/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Kung GL, Vaseghi M, Gahm JK, Shevtsov J, Garfinkel A, Shivkumar K, Ennis DB. Microstructural Infarct Border Zone Remodeling in the Post-infarct Swine Heart Measured by Diffusion Tensor MRI. Front Physiol 2018; 9:826. [PMID: 30246802 PMCID: PMC6113632 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2017] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Introduction: Computational models of the heart increasingly require detailed microstructural information to capture the impact of tissue remodeling on cardiac electromechanics in, for example, hearts with myocardial infarctions. Myocardial infarctions are surrounded by the infarct border zone (BZ), which is a site of electromechanical property transition. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an emerging method for characterizing microstructural remodeling and focal myocardial infarcts and the BZ can be identified with late gadolinium enhanced (LGE) MRI. Microstructural remodeling within the BZ, however, remains poorly characterized by MRI due, in part, to the fact that LGE and DT-MRI are not always available for the same heart. Diffusion tensor MRI (DT-MRI) can evaluate microstructural remodeling by quantifying the DT apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC, increased with decreased cellularity), fractional anisotropy (FA, decreased with increased fibrosis), and tissue mode (decreased with increased fiber disarray). The purpose of this work was to use LGE MRI in post-infarct porcine hearts (N = 7) to segment remote, BZ, and infarcted myocardium, thereby providing a basis to quantify microstructural remodeling in the BZ and infarcted regions using co-registered DT-MRI. Methods: Chronic porcine infarcts were created by balloon occlusion of the LCx. 6-8 weeks post-infarction, MRI contrast was administered, and the heart was potassium arrested, excised, and imaged with LGE MRI (0.33 × 0.33 × 0.33 mm) and co-registered DT-MRI (1 × 1 × 3 mm). Myocardium was segmented as remote, BZ, or infarct by LGE signal intensity thresholds. DT invariants were used to evaluate microstructural remodeling by quantifying ADC, FA, and tissue mode. Results: The BZ significantly remodeled compared to both infarct and remote myocardium. BZ demonstrated a significant decrease in cellularity (increased ADC), significant decrease in tissue organization (decreased FA), and a significant increase in fiber disarray (decreased tissue mode) relative to remote myocardium (all p < 0.05). Microstructural remodeling in the infarct was similar, but significantly larger in magnitude (all p < 0.05). Conclusion: DT-MRI can identify regions of significant microstructural remodeling in the BZ that are distinct from both remote and infarcted myocardium.
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- Geoffrey L Kung
- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Department of Medicine (Cardiology), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Department of Computer Science, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiology), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiology), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Cardiac Arrhythmia Center, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Department of Medicine (Cardiology), David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States.,Biomedical Physics Interdepartmental Program, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Sack KL, Aliotta E, Ennis DB, Choy JS, Kassab GS, Guccione JM, Franz T. Construction and Validation of Subject-Specific Biventricular Finite-Element Models of Healthy and Failing Swine Hearts From High-Resolution DT-MRI. Front Physiol 2018; 9:539. [PMID: 29896107 PMCID: PMC5986944 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2018.00539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/10/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Predictive computational modeling has revolutionized classical engineering disciplines and is in the process of transforming cardiovascular research. This is particularly relevant for investigating emergent therapies for heart failure, which remains a leading cause of death globally. The creation of subject-specific biventricular computational cardiac models has been a long-term endeavor within the biomedical engineering community. Using high resolution (0.3 × 0.3 × 0.8 mm) ex vivo data, we constructed a precise fully subject-specific biventricular finite-element model of healthy and failing swine hearts. Each model includes fully subject-specific geometries, myofiber architecture and, in the case of the failing heart, fibrotic tissue distribution. Passive and active material properties are prescribed using hyperelastic strain energy functions that define a nearly incompressible, orthotropic material capable of contractile function. These materials were calibrated using a sophisticated multistep approach to match orthotropic tri-axial shear data as well as subject-specific hemodynamic ventricular targets for pressure and volume to ensure realistic cardiac function. Each mechanically beating heart is coupled with a lumped-parameter representation of the circulatory system, allowing for a closed-loop definition of cardiovascular flow. The circulatory model incorporates unidirectional fluid exchanges driven by pressure gradients of the model, which in turn are driven by the mechanically beating heart. This creates a computationally meaningful representation of the dynamic beating of the heart coupled with the circulatory system. Each model was calibrated using subject-specific experimental data and compared with independent in vivo strain data obtained from echocardiography. Our methods produced highly detailed representations of swine hearts that function mechanically in a remarkably similar manner to the in vivo subject-specific strains on a global and regional comparison. The degree of subject-specificity included in the models represents a milestone for modeling efforts that captures realism of the whole heart. This study establishes a foundation for future computational studies that can apply these validated methods to advance cardiac mechanics research.
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- Kevin L. Sack
- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, United States
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- California Medical Innovations Institute, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
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- California Medical Innovations Institute, Inc., San Diego, CA, United States
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- Department of Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, United States
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering, Department of Human Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
- Bioengineering Science Research Group, Engineering Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and the Environment, University of Southampton, Southampton, United Kingdom
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Presence of reduced regional left ventricular function even in the absence of left ventricular wall scar tissue in the long term after repair of an anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Cardiol Young 2018; 28:200-207. [PMID: 29091021 DOI: 10.1017/s1047951117001421] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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BACKGROUND We sought to assess left ventricular regional function in patients with and without left ventricular wall scar tissue in the long term after repair of an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. METHODS A total of 20 patients aged 12.8±7.4 years were assessed 10 (0.5-17) years after the repair of an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery; of them, 10 (50%) patients showed left ventricular wall scar tissue on current cardiac MRI. Left ventricular regional function was assessed by two-dimensional speckle-tracking echocardiography in 10 patients with scar tissue and 10 patients without scar tissue and in 10 age-matched controls. RESULTS In patients with scar tissue, MRI-derived left ventricular ejection fraction was significantly reduced compared with that in patients without scar tissue (51 versus 61%, p<0.05), and echocardiography-derived longitudinal strain was significantly reduced in five of six left ventricular areas compared with that in healthy controls (average relative reduction, 46%; p<0.05). In patients without scar tissue, longitudinal strain was significantly reduced in two of six left ventricular areas (average relative reduction, 23%; p<0.05) and circumferential strain was reduced in one of six left ventricular areas (relative reduction, 56%; p<0.05) compared with that in healthy controls. CONCLUSIONS Regional left ventricular function is reduced even in patients without left ventricular wall scar tissue late after successful repair of an anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. This highlights the need for meticulous lifelong follow-up in all patients with a repaired anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery.
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Holmes AA, Romero J, Levsky JM, Haramati LB, Phuong N, Rezai-Gharai L, Cohen S, Restrepo L, Ruiz-Guerrero L, Fisher JD, Taub CC, Di Biase L, Garcia MJ. Circumferential strain acquired by CMR early after acute myocardial infarction adds incremental predictive value to late gadolinium enhancement imaging to predict late myocardial remodeling and subsequent risk of sudden cardiac death. J Interv Card Electrophysiol 2017; 50:211-218. [PMID: 29143170 DOI: 10.1007/s10840-017-0296-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2017] [Accepted: 10/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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PURPOSE Late adverse myocardial remodeling after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is strongly associated with sudden cardiac death (SCD). Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) performed early after AMI can predict late remodeling and SCD risk with moderate accuracy. This study assessed the ability of CMR-measured circumferential strain (CS) to add incremental predictive information to late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). METHODS Patients with an AMI and LVEF < 50% were screened for inclusion. A total of 27 patients, totaling 432 myocardial segments, prospectively underwent CMR 7 ± 5 days after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). LGE, microvascular obstruction (MVO), and myocardial CS were measured for each segment. The primary endpoint was late segmental adverse remodeling defined as segmental wall motion score (WMS) > 1 measured by echocardiography 3 months after PCI. RESULTS A total of 141 segments experienced the primary endpoint at 3 months. The mean LGE volume was higher in these segments, but LGE was also present in many segments with normal WMS (40 ± 28 versus 20 ± 26%, p < 0.01). Segments that met the primary endpoint also showed greater impairment of CS. Segments with both LGE > 17% and impaired CS >- 7.2% on CMR were more likely to experience late adverse remodeling (73%) as compared to segments with neither (9%, p < 0.001) or one abnormal parameter (36%, p < 0.001). CS >- 7.2% also added incremental accuracy to LGE > 17% for predicting late adverse remodeling (AUC 0.81 from 0.70, p < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS When performed early after AMI, LGE is a moderate predictor of late remodeling and CS is a powerful predictor of late myocardial remodeling. When combined, they can predict late remodeling, a surrogate of SCD, with high accuracy.
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- Anthony A Holmes
- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA.,Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, NYU Langone Medical Center, NYU School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA.,Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA.,Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.,Department of Radiology, VCU Medical Center, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.,Department of Radiology, North Shore Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, NY, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain
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- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, 111 East 210th Street, Bronx, NY, 10467, USA. .,Department of Radiology, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
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Imanparast A, Fatouraee N, Sharif F. Comprehensive computational assessment of blood flow characteristics of left ventricle based on in-vivo MRI in presence of artificial myocardial infarction. Math Biosci 2017; 294:143-159. [PMID: 29080776 DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2017.10.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2017] [Revised: 10/02/2017] [Accepted: 10/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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BACKGROUND Understanding the effects of cardiac diseases on the heart's functionality which is the purpose of many biomedical researches, directly affects the diagnostic and therapeutic methods. Myocardial infarction (MI) is a common complication of cardiac ischemia, however, the impact of MI on the left ventricle (LV) flow patterns has not been widely considered by computational fluid dynamics studies thus far. METHODS In this study, we present an insightful numerical method that creates an artificial MI on an image-based fluid-structure interactional model of normal LV to investigate its influence on the flow in comparison with the normal case. Seventeen different models were developed to evaluate the effects of location, percentage, myocardial material properties and dilation size of MI on the LV's performance, area strain, wall displacement, pressure-volume loop, wall shear stress and velocity field. RESULTS The results show that MI considerably changes blood flow features which are fully dependent on MI parameters. For the case of constant MI location, the effect of a decrease of infarcted myocardium stiffness, increase of dilation size and increase of MI percentage are mostly similar. Although the location differences of MI under other constant conditions have similar impact on the ejection fraction, they also lead to dissimilar variations in the LV flow pattern and other indicators. CONCLUSIONS The presented model showed a capable computational method for investigating various mechanical MI conditions with respect to cardiac flow pattern. The perspective of this model development seems to be an applicable tool for MI clinical diagnosis and prediction of complications related to MI.
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- Ali Imanparast
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Zabol, Zabol, Iran
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- Biological Fluid Mechanics Research Laboratory, Biomedical Engineering Faculty, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Polymer Engineering & Color Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Iran
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Morphologically normalized left ventricular motion indicators from MRI feature tracking characterize myocardial infarction. Sci Rep 2017; 7:12259. [PMID: 28947754 PMCID: PMC5612925 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-12539-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Accepted: 09/08/2017] [Indexed: 01/12/2023] Open
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We characterized motion attributes arising from LV spatio-temporal analysis of motion distributions in myocardial infarction. Time-varying 3D finite element shape models were obtained in 300 Controls and 300 patients with myocardial infarction. Inter-individual left ventricular shape differences were eliminated using parallel transport to the grand mean of all cases. The first three principal component (PC) scores were used to characterize trajectory attributes. Scores were tested with ANOVA/MANOVA using patient disease status (Infarcts vs. Controls) as a factor. Infarcted patients had significantly different magnitude, orientation and shape of left ventricular trajectories in comparison to Controls. Significant differences were found for the angle between PC scores 1 and 2 in the endocardium, and PC scores 1 and 3 in the epicardium. The largest differences were found in the magnitude of endocardial motion. Endocardial PC scores in shape space showed the highest classification power using support vector machine, with higher total accuracy in comparison to previous methods. Shape space performed better than size-and-shape space for both epicardial and endocardial features. In conclusion, LV spatio-temporal motion attributes accurately characterize the presence of infarction. This approach is easily generalizable to different pathologies, enabling more precise study of the pathophysiological consequences of a wide spectrum of cardiac diseases.
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Garg P, Broadbent DA, Swoboda PP, Foley JR, Fent GJ, Musa TA, Ripley DP, Erhayiem B, Dobson LE, McDiarmid AK, Haaf P, Kidambi A, Crandon S, Chew PG, van der Geest RJ, Greenwood JP, Plein S. Extra-cellular expansion in the normal, non-infarcted myocardium is associated with worsening of regional myocardial function after acute myocardial infarction. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2017; 19:73. [PMID: 28946878 PMCID: PMC5613621 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-017-0384-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2017] [Accepted: 08/29/2017] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Expansion of the myocardial extracellular volume (ECV) is a surrogate measure of focal/diffuse fibrosis and is an independent marker of prognosis in chronic heart disease. Changes in ECV may also occur after myocardial infarction, acutely because of oedema and in convalescence as part of ventricular remodelling. The objective of this study was to investigate changes in the pattern of distribution of regional (normal, infarcted and oedematous segments) and global left ventricular (LV) ECV using semi-automated methods early and late after reperfused ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS Fifty patients underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging acutely (24 h-72 h) and at convalescence (3 months). The CMR protocol included: cines, T2-weighted (T2 W) imaging, pre-/post-contrast T1-maps and LGE-imaging. Using T2 W and LGE imaging on acute scans, 16-segments of the LV were categorised as normal, oedema and infarct. 800 segments (16 per-patient) were analysed for changes in ECV and wall thickening (WT). RESULTS From the acute studies, 325 (40.6%) segments were classified as normal, 246 (30.8%) segments as oedema and 229 (28.6%) segments as infarct. Segmental change in ECV between acute and follow-up studies (Δ ECV) was significantly different for normal, oedema and infarct segments (0.8 ± 6.5%, -1.78 ± 9%, -2.9 ± 10.9%, respectively; P < 0.001). Normal segments which demonstrated deterioration in wall thickening at follow-up showed significantly increased Δ ECV compared with normal segments with preserved wall thickening at follow up (1.82 ± 6.05% versus -0.10 ± 6.88%, P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Following reperfused STEMI, normal myocardium demonstrates subtle expansion of the extracellular volume at 3-month follow up. Segmental ECV expansion of normal myocardium is associated with worsening of contractile function.
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- Pankaj Garg
- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
- Medical Physics and Engineering, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds, UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Image Processing, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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- Division of Biomedical Imaging, Leeds Institute of Cardiovascular and Metabolic Medicine (LICAMM) & Multidisciplinary Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT UK
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Rademakers FE. Regional Myocardial Contractility. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 10:CIRCIMAGING.117.006906. [DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.117.006906] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Frank E. Rademakers
- From the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Belgium
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Espe EK, Aronsen JM, Eriksen M, Sejersted OM, Zhang L, Sjaastad I. Regional Dysfunction After Myocardial Infarction in Rats. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 10:CIRCIMAGING.116.005997. [DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.116.005997] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2016] [Accepted: 07/07/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Background—
Detailed understanding of regional function after myocardial infarction (MI) is currently incomplete. We aimed at investigating regional myocardial strain and work in post-MI rats with and without heart failure.
Methods and Results—
Six weeks after induction of MI, 62 male Wistar-Hannover rats with a range of infarct sizes, plus 14 sham-operated rats, were examined by cine and phase-contrast magnetic resonance imaging. After magnetic resonance imaging, the rats were catheterized, and left ventricular pressures were recorded. Regional strain and work were calculated from the magnetic resonance imaging and pressure data. On the basis of end-diastolic left ventricular pressure, 34 MI rats were classified as nonfailing (MI
NF
) and 28 MI rats as failing (MI
CHF
). In the region remote to the infarct, the MI
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rats exhibited preserved strain and increased work compared with sham, whereas MI
CHF
had reduced longitudinal strain and no increase in work in this region. In the noninfarcted region adjacent to the infarct, MI
CHF
demonstrated substantially reduced work because of high levels of negative work.
Conclusions—
We have demonstrated a distinct difference in regional work between nonfailing and failing hearts after MI and offer novel insight into the relation between regional function and presence of congestion. Work analysis provided significant added value over strain analysis alone.
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- Emil K.S. Espe
- From the Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Norway (E.K.S.E., J.M.A., O.M.S., L.Z., I.S.); Bjørknes College, Oslo, Norway (J.M.A.); and Respinor AS, Oslo, Norway (M.E.)
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- From the Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Norway (E.K.S.E., J.M.A., O.M.S., L.Z., I.S.); Bjørknes College, Oslo, Norway (J.M.A.); and Respinor AS, Oslo, Norway (M.E.)
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- From the Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Norway (E.K.S.E., J.M.A., O.M.S., L.Z., I.S.); Bjørknes College, Oslo, Norway (J.M.A.); and Respinor AS, Oslo, Norway (M.E.)
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- From the Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Norway (E.K.S.E., J.M.A., O.M.S., L.Z., I.S.); Bjørknes College, Oslo, Norway (J.M.A.); and Respinor AS, Oslo, Norway (M.E.)
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- From the Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Norway (E.K.S.E., J.M.A., O.M.S., L.Z., I.S.); Bjørknes College, Oslo, Norway (J.M.A.); and Respinor AS, Oslo, Norway (M.E.)
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- From the Institute for Experimental Medical Research, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Norway (E.K.S.E., J.M.A., O.M.S., L.Z., I.S.); Bjørknes College, Oslo, Norway (J.M.A.); and Respinor AS, Oslo, Norway (M.E.)
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Mangion K, McComb C, Auger DA, Epstein FH, Berry C. Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Myocardial Strain After Acute ST-Segment-Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Systematic Review. Circ Cardiovasc Imaging 2017; 10:CIRCIMAGING.117.006498. [PMID: 28733364 DOI: 10.1161/circimaging.117.006498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
The purpose of this systematic review is to provide a clinically relevant, disease-based perspective on myocardial strain imaging in patients with acute myocardial infarction or stable ischemic heart disease. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging uniquely integrates myocardial function with pathology. Therefore, this review focuses on strain imaging with cardiac magnetic resonance. We have specifically considered the relationships between left ventricular (LV) strain, infarct pathologies, and their associations with prognosis. A comprehensive literature review was conducted in accordance with the PRISMA guidelines. Publications were identified that (1) described the relationship between strain and infarct pathologies, (2) assessed the relationship between strain and subsequent LV outcomes, and (3) assessed the relationship between strain and health outcomes. In patients with acute myocardial infarction, circumferential strain predicts the recovery of LV systolic function in the longer term. The prognostic value of longitudinal strain is less certain. Strain differentiates between infarcted versus noninfarcted myocardium, even in patients with stable ischemic heart disease with preserved LV ejection fraction. Strain recovery is impaired in infarcted segments with intramyocardial hemorrhage or microvascular obstruction. There are practical limitations to measuring strain with cardiac magnetic resonance in the acute setting, and knowledge gaps, including the lack of data showing incremental value in clinical practice. Critically, studies of cardiac magnetic resonance strain imaging in patients with ischemic heart disease have been limited by sample size and design. Strain imaging has potential as a tool to assess for early or subclinical changes in LV function, and strain is now being included as a surrogate measure of outcome in therapeutic trials.
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- Kenneth Mangion
- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (K.M., C.M., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, United Kingdom (C.M.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (D.A.A., F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (K.M., C.M., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, United Kingdom (C.M.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (D.A.A., F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (K.M., C.M., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, United Kingdom (C.M.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (D.A.A., F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (K.M., C.M., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, United Kingdom (C.M.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (D.A.A., F.H.E.)
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- From the British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, United Kingdom (K.M., C.M., C.B.); Department of Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, United Kingdom (C.M.); and Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville (D.A.A., F.H.E.).
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Reinstadler SJ, Stiermaier T, Liebetrau J, Fuernau G, Eitel C, de Waha S, Desch S, Reil JC, Pöss J, Metzler B, Lücke C, Gutberlet M, Schuler G, Thiele H, Eitel I. Prognostic Significance of Remote Myocardium Alterations Assessed by Quantitative Noncontrast T1 Mapping in ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. JACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2017. [PMID: 28624398 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2017.03.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This study assessed the prognostic significance of remote zone native T1 alterations for the prediction of clinical events in a population with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who were treated by primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) and compared it with conventional markers of infarct severity. BACKGROUND The exact role and incremental prognostic relevance of remote myocardium native T1 mapping alterations assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) after STEMI remains unclear. METHODS We included 255 consecutive patients with STEMI who were reperfused within 12 h after symptom onset. CMR core laboratory analysis was performed to assess left ventricular (LV) function, standard infarct characteristics, and native T1 values of the remote, noninfarcted myocardium. The primary endpoint was a composite of death, reinfarction, and new congestive heart failure within 6 months (major adverse cardiac events [MACE]). RESULTS Patients with increased remote zone native T1 values (>1,129 ms) had significantly larger infarcts (p = 0.012), less myocardial salvage (p = 0.002), and more pronounced LV dysfunction (p = 0.011). In multivariable analysis, remote zone native T1 was independently associated with MACE after adjusting for clinical risk factors (p = 0.001) or other CMR variables (p = 0.007). In C-statistics, native T1 of remote myocardium provided incremental prognostic information beyond clinical risk factors, LV ejection fraction, and other markers of infarct severity (all p < 0.05). The addition of remote zone native T1 to a model of prognostic CMR parameters (ejection fraction, infarct size, and myocardial salvage index) led to net reclassification improvement of 0.82 (95% confidence interval: 0.46 to 1.17; p < 0.001) and to an integrated discrimination improvement of 0.07 (95% confidence interval: 0.02 to 0.13; p = 0.01). CONCLUSIONS In STEMI patients treated by PPCI, evaluation of remote zone alterations by quantitative noncontrast T1 mapping provided independent and incremental prognostic information in addition to clinical risk factors and traditional CMR outcome markers. Remote zone alterations may thus represent a novel therapeutic target and a useful parameter for optimized risk stratification. (Effect of Conditioning on Myocardial Damage in STEMI [LIPSIA-COND]; NCT02158468).
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- Sebastian J Reinstadler
- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; University Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology and Angiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- University Clinic of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology and Angiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig-Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University of Leipzig-Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, University of Leipzig-Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany
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- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany
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- University Heart Center Lübeck, Medical Clinic II, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany; German Center for Cardiovascular Research (DZHK), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany.
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Hassell MECJ, Vlastra W, Robbers L, Hirsch A, Nijveldt R, Tijssen JGP, van Rossum AC, Zijlstra F, Piek JJ, Delewi R. Long-term left ventricular remodelling after revascularisation for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction as assessed by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging. Open Heart 2017; 4:e000569. [PMID: 28861274 PMCID: PMC5577529 DOI: 10.1136/openhrt-2016-000569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 02/11/2017] [Accepted: 03/21/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Objective Left ventricular remodelling following a ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) is an adaptive response to maintain the cardiac output despite myocardial tissue loss. Limited studies have evaluated long term ventricular function using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) after STEMI. Methods Study population consisted of 155 primary percutaneous coronary intervention treated first STEMI patients. CMR was performed at 4±2 days, 4 months and 24 months follow-up. Patients were treated with beta-blockers, ACE-inhibitors or AT-II- inhibitors, statins and dual antiplatelet according to current international guidelines. Results Mean left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) at baseline was 44%±8%. Twenty-one per cent of the study population had an increase of more than 5.0% after 4 months of follow-up and 21% of the cohort had a decrease of more than 5.0%. Patients with long-term LVEF deterioration have significantly larger end-systolic volumes than patients with improvement of LVEF (61±23 mL/m2 compared with 52±21 mL/m2, p=0.02) and less wall thickening in the remote zone. Patients with LVEF improvement had significantly greater improvement in wall thickening in the infarct areas and in the non-infarct or remote zone. Conclusion Contrary to previous studies, we demonstrate that myocardial remodelling after STEMI is a long-term process. Long-term LVEF deterioration is characterised by an increase in end-systolic volume and less wall thickening in the remote zones. Patients with LVEF improvement exhibit an increase in left ventricular wall thickening both in the infarct as well as in the remote zones. Trial registration The HEBE study is registered in The Netherlands Trial Register #NTR166 (www.trialregister.nl) and the International Standard Randomised Controlled Trial, #ISRCTN95796863 (https://c-d-qn9pqajji.sec.amc.nl).
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- Mariella ECJ Hassell
- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Interuniversity Cardiology Institute of the Netherlands, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Romito E, Shazly T, Spinale FG. In vivo assessment of regional mechanics post-myocardial infarction: A focus on the road ahead. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2017; 123:728-745. [PMID: 28235858 DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00589.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2015] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/18/2017] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Cardiovascular disease, particularly the occurrence of myocardial infarction (MI), remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality (Go et al., Circulation 127: e6-e245, 2013; Go et al. Circulation 129: e28-e292, 2014). There is growing recognition that a key factor for post-MI outcomes is adverse remodeling and changes in the regional structure, composition, and mechanical properties of the MI region itself. However, in vivo assessment of regional mechanics post-MI can be confounded by the species, temporal aspects of MI healing, as well as size, location, and extent of infarction across myocardial wall. Moreover, MI regional mechanics have been assessed over varying phases of the cardiac cycle, and thus, uniform conclusions regarding the material properties of the MI region can be difficult. This review assesses past studies that have performed in vivo measures of MI mechanics and attempts to provide coalescence on key points from these studies, as well as offer potential recommendations for unifying approaches in terms of regional post-MI mechanics. A uniform approach to biophysical measures of import will allow comparisons across studies, as well as provide a basis for potential therapeutic markers.
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- Eva Romito
- University of South Carolina School of Engineering and Computing, Columbia, South Carolina; .,Cardiovascular Translational Research Center, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina
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- University of South Carolina School of Engineering and Computing, Columbia, South Carolina
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- University of South Carolina School of Engineering and Computing, Columbia, South Carolina.,Cardiovascular Translational Research Center, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina.,Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Columbia, South Carolina; and.,William Jennings Bryan Dorn Veteran Affairs Medical Center, Columbia, South Carolina
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Galan DT, Bito V, Claus P, Holemans P, Abi-Char J, Nagaraju CK, Dries E, Vermeulen K, Ventura-Clapier R, Sipido KR, Driesen RB. Reduced mitochondrial respiration in the ischemic as well as in the remote nonischemic region in postmyocardial infarction remodeling. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 2016; 311:H1075-H1090. [PMID: 27614227 DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00945.2015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2015] [Accepted: 08/07/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Scarring and remodeling of the left ventricle (LV) after myocardial infarction (MI) results in ischemic cardiomyopathy with reduced contractile function. Regional differences related to persisting ischemia may exist. We investigated the hypothesis that mitochondrial function and structure is altered in the myocardium adjacent to MI with reduced perfusion (MIadjacent) and less so in the remote, nonischemic myocardium (MIremote). We used a pig model of chronic coronary stenosis and MI (n = 13). Functional and perfusion MR imaging 6 wk after intervention showed reduced ejection fraction and increased global wall stress compared with sham-operated animals (Sham; n = 14). Regional strain in MIadjacent was reduced with reduced contractile reserve; in MIremote strain was also reduced but responsive to dobutamine and perfusion was normal compared with Sham. Capillary density was unchanged. Cardiac myocytes isolated from both regions had reduced basal and maximal oxygen consumption rate, as well as through complex I and II, but complex IV activity was unchanged. Reduced respiration was not associated with detectable reduction of mitochondrial density. There was no significant change in AMPK or glucose transporter expression levels, but glycogen content was significantly increased in both MIadjacent and MIremote Glycogen accumulation was predominantly perinuclear; mitochondria in this area were smaller but only in MIadjacent where also subsarcolemmal mitochondria were smaller. In conclusion, after MI reduction of mitochondrial respiration and glycogen accumulation occur in all LV regions suggesting that reduced perfusion does not lead to additional specific changes and that increased hemodynamic load is the major driver for changes in mitochondrial function.
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; and
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium;
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- Division of Experimental Cardiology, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Niimi T, Maeda H, Nanasato M. Improvement of Left Ventricular Asynchrony: Cases of Functional Recovery After Revascularization. Cardiovasc Eng Technol 2015; 6:19-24. [PMID: 26577099 DOI: 10.1007/s13239-014-0200-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2013] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Assessment of regional contraction is considered important for diagnosis of coronary artery disease (CAD). We evaluated the synchronicity in regional contraction and assessed recovery from contraction insufficiency after revascularizations. Myocardial contraction parallel to the left ventricular (LV) wall was calculated using the method called quantification of segmental function by solving the Poisson equation (QSFP) from an electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated (99m)Tc-methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI) single-photon emission computed tomographic (ECG-SPECT) image. Myocardial synchronous contraction was quantified using the synchronous contraction index (SCI), defined as the temporal correlation coefficient between LV volume and regional myocardial shortening. SCI was evaluated in 20 subjects, of whom 10 had CAD and 10 were normal. ECG-SPECT was performed in all the CAD patients before and after revascularization. In the 10 patients with CAD, the mean SCI before the revascularization was 62.7 ± 19.1%, which was significantly lower than that in the normal subjects (95.0 ± 3.0%, p = 0.002). After revascularization, a significant improvement in SCI was recorded (74.8 ± 11.1%, p = 0.01). The territorial improvement in SCI was 12.0 ± 15.6% (p = 0.03). Locations of abnormal cardiac contraction due to CAD were delineated by using QSFP. Therefore, SCI can be considered a valuable index for cardiac function assessment.
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- Takanaga Niimi
- Department of Radiological Technology, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, 2-9 Myouken-cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8650, Japan.
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- Department of Radiological Technology, Nagoya University School of Health Sciences, 1-1-20 Daiko-minami, Higashi-Ku, Nagoya, 461-8673, Japan
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- Cardiovascular Center, Nagoya Daini Red Cross Hospital, 2-9 Myouken-cho, Showa-Ku, Nagoya, 466-8650, Japan
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Symons R, Masci PG, Goetschalckx K, Doulaptsis K, Janssens S, Bogaert J. Effect of Infarct Severity on Regional and Global Left Ventricular Remodeling in Patients with Successfully Reperfused ST Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Radiology 2015; 274:93-102. [DOI: 10.1148/radiol.14132746] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Kochav J, Simprini L, Weinsaft JW. Imaging of the right heart--CT and CMR. Echocardiography 2014; 32 Suppl 1:S53-68. [PMID: 25244072 DOI: 10.1111/echo.12212] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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Right ventricular (RV) structure and function is of substantial importance in a broad variety of clinical conditions. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and computed tomography (CT) each provide three-dimensional RV imaging, high-resolution evaluation of RV structure/anatomy, and accurate functional assessment without geometric assumptions. This is of particular significance for the RV, where complex geometry compromises reliance on indices derived from two-dimensional (2D) imaging planes. CMR flow-based imaging can be applied to right-sided heart valves, enabling evaluation of hemodynamic and valvular dysfunction that may contribute to or result from RV dysfunction. Tissue characterization imaging by both CMR and CT provides valuable complementary assessment of the RV. Changes in myocardial tissue composition provide a mechanistic substrate for RV dysfunction and cardiac arrhythmias. This review provides an overview of RV imaging by both CMR and CT, with focus on assessment of RV structure/function, flow, and tissue characterization. Emerging evidence and established guidelines are discussed in the context of imaging contributions to diagnosis, prognostic risk stratification and disease management of clinical conditions that impact the right ventricle.
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- Jonathan Kochav
- Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina; Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, New York
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Pahlm US, Ubachs JFA, Heiberg E, Engblom H, Erlinge D, Götberg M, Arheden H. Regional wall function before and after acute myocardial infarction; an experimental study in pigs. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2014; 14:118. [PMID: 25218585 PMCID: PMC4169797 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2261-14-118] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2014] [Accepted: 09/09/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background Left ventricular function is altered during and after AMI. Regional function can be determined by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) wall thickening, and velocity encoded (VE) strain analysis. The aims of this study were to investigate how regional myocardial wall function, assessed by CMR VE-strain and regional wall thickening, changes after acute myocardial infarction, and to determine if we could differentiate between ischemic, adjacent and remote segments of the left ventricle. Methods Ten pigs underwent baseline CMR study for assessment of wall thickening and VE-strain. Ischemia was then induced for 40-minutes by intracoronary balloon inflation in the left anterior descending coronary artery. During occlusion, 99mTc tetrofosmin was administered intravenously and myocardial perfusion SPECT (MPS) was performed for determination of the ischemic area, followed by a second CMR study. Based on ischemia seen on MPS, the 17 AHA segments of the left ventricle was divided into 3 different categories (ischemic, adjacent and remote). Regional wall function measured by wall thickening and VE-strain analysis was determined before and after ischemia. Results Mean wall thickening decreased significantly in the ischemic (from 2.7 mm to 0.65 mm, p < 0.001) and adjacent segments (from 2.4 to 1.5 mm p < 0.001). In remote segments, wall thickening increased significantly (from 2.4 mm to 2.8 mm, p < 0.01). In ischemic and adjacent segments, both radial and longitudinal strain was significantly decreased after ischemia (p < 0.001). In remote segments there was a significant increase in radial strain (p = 0.002) while there was no difference in longitudinal strain (p = 0.69). ROC analysis was performed to determine thresholds distinguishing between the different regions. Sensitivity for determining ischemic segments ranged from 70-80%, and specificity from 72%-77%. There was a 9% increase in left ventricular mass after ischemia. Conclusion Differentiation thresholds for wall thickening and VE-strain could be established to distinguish between ischemic, adjacent and remote segments but will, have limited applicability due to low sensitivity and specificity. There is a slight increase in radial strain in remote segments after ischemia. Edema was present mainly in the ischemic region but also in the combined adjacent and remote segments.
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- Department of Clinical Physiology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University Hospital, SE-22185 Lund, Sweden.
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Rinta-Kiikka I, Tuohinen S, Ryymin P, Kosonen P, Huhtala H, Gorgels A, Bayés de Luna A, Nikus K. Correlation of electrocardiogram and regional cardiac magnetic resonance imaging findings in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: a literature review. Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol 2014; 19:509-23. [PMID: 25201553 DOI: 10.1111/anec.12210] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) benefit substantially from emergent coronary reperfusion. The principal mechanism is to open the occluded coronary artery to minimize myocardial injury. Thus the size of the area at risk is a critical determinant of the patient outcome, although other factors, such as reperfusion injury, have major impact on the final infarct size. Acute coronary occlusion almost immediately induces metabolic changes within the myocardium, which can be assessed with both the electrocardiogram (ECG) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. METHODS The 12-lead ECG is the principal diagnostic method to detect and risk-stratify acute STEMI. However, to achieve a correct diagnosis, it is paramount to compare different ECG parameters with golden standards in imaging, such as CMR. In this review, we discuss aspects of ECG and CMR in the assessment of acute regional ischemic changes in the myocardium using the 17 segment model of the left ventricle presented by American Heart Association (AHA), and their relation to coronary artery anatomy. RESULTS Using the 17 segment model of AHA, the segments 12 and 16 remain controversial. There is an important overlap in myocardial blood supply at the antero-lateral region between LAD and LCx territories concerning these two segments. CONCLUSION No all-encompassing correlation can be found between ECG and CMR findings in acute ischemia with respect to coronary anatomy.
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Cheng-Baron J, Chow K, Pagano JJ, Punithakumar K, Paterson DI, Oudit GY, Thompson RB. Quantification of circumferential, longitudinal, and radial global fractional shortening using steady-state free precession cines: a comparison with tissue-tracking strain and application in Fabry disease. Magn Reson Med 2014; 73:586-96. [PMID: 24634139 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.25166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2013] [Revised: 01/11/2014] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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PURPOSE Conventional calculation of myocardial strain requires tissue-tracking. A surrogate for strain called global fractional shortening (GFS) is proposed based on changes in dimensions of endocardial and epicardial surfaces without tissue-tracking. METHODS Three-dimensional endocardial and epicardial left ventricular surfaces traced at end-diastole and end-systole using conventional steady-state free precession cine images were used to calculate GFScc (circumferential), GFSll (longitudinal), and GFSrr (radial) using fractional length changes in each direction over the heart surface. GFS values were validated using finite element models (FEM) and in vivo using tagging-derived strains (εcc ,εll ,εrr ) in patients with a wide range of ejection fraction (EF) and diagnosis (n=32). GFS was also measured in 31 patients with Fabry disease and matched healthy controls. RESULTS GFS values were within 3% of average FEM-derived Lagrangian strains and had good agreement in vivo (GFScc =-14 ± 4%, εcc =-14 ± 4%, R(2) =0.85; GFSll =-12 ± 4%, εll =-12 ± 4%, R(2) =0.72; GFSrr =46 ± 21%). εrr could not be measured reliably from tagging. Compared with healthy controls with matched EF, patients with Fabry disease had significantly increased GFScc (Endo) (-28 ± 3% versus -25 ± 2%), decreased GFScc(Epi) (-10 ± 2% versus -11 ± 2%) and decreased GFSll for all components. CONCLUSION GFS yields similar values to conventionally measured strains without requiring tissue-tracking. Compared with controls, patients with Fabry disease have significant differences in several GFS components.
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- June Cheng-Baron
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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Masci PG, Bogaert J. Post myocardial infarction of the left ventricle: the course ahead seen by cardiac MRI. Cardiovasc Diagn Ther 2013; 2:113-27. [PMID: 24282705 DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2223-3652.2012.04.06] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2012] [Accepted: 04/26/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the last decades, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has gained acceptance in cardiology community as an accurate and reproducible diagnostic imaging modality in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD). In particular, in patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) cardiac MRI study allows a comprehensive assessment of the pattern of ischemic injury in term of reversible and irreversible damage, myocardial hemorrhage and microvascular obstruction (MVO). Myocardial salvage index, derived by quantification of myocardium (area) at risk and infarction, has become a promising surrogate end-point increasingly used in clinical trials testing novel or adjunctive reperfusion strategies. Early post-infarction, the accurate and reproducible quantification of myocardial necrosis, along with the characterization of ischemic myocardial damage in its diverse components, provides important information to predict post-infarction left ventricular (LV) remodeling, being useful for patients stratification and management. Considering its non-invasive nature, cardiac MRI suits well for investigating the time course of infarct healing and the changes occurring in peri-infarcted (adjacent) and remote myocardium, which ultimately promote the geometrical, morphological and functional abnormalities of the entire left ventricle (global LV remodeling). The current review will focus on the cardiac MRI utility for a comprehensive evaluation of patients with acute and chronic IHD with particular regard to post-infarction remodeling.
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- Pier Giorgio Masci
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Cardiovascular Medicine Departments, Fondazione CNR/Regione Toscana 'G. Monasterio', Pisa, Italy
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Kremer F, Dresselaers T, Heyde B, Ferferieva V, Caluwé E, Choi HF, Claus P, Oosterlinck W, Janssens S, Himmelreich U, D'hooge J. 2-D strain assessment in the mouse through spatial compounding of myocardial velocity data: in vivo feasibility. ULTRASOUND IN MEDICINE & BIOLOGY 2013; 39:1848-1860. [PMID: 23830981 DOI: 10.1016/j.ultrasmedbio.2013.04.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2011] [Revised: 02/20/2013] [Accepted: 04/04/2013] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Ultrasound assessment of myocardial strain can provide valuable information on regional cardiac function. However, Doppler-based methods often used in practice for strain estimation suffer from angle dependency. In this study, a partial solution to that fundamental limitation is presented. We have previously reported using simulated data sets that spatial compounding of axial velocities obtained at three steering angles can theoretically outperform 2-D speckle tracking for 2-D strain estimation in the mouse heart. In this study, the feasibility of the method was analyzed in vivo using spatial compounding of Doppler velocities on six mice with myocardial infarction and five controls, and results were compared with those of tagged microscopic magnetic resonance imaging (μMRI). Circumferential estimates quantified by means of both ultrasound and μMRI could detect regional dysfunction. Between echocardiography and μMRI, a good regression coefficient was obtained for circumferential strain estimates (r = 0.69), whereas radial strain estimates correlated only moderately (r = 0.37). A second echocardiography was performed after μMRI to test the reproducibility of the compounding method. This yielded a higher correlation coefficient for the circumferential component than for the radial component (r = 0.74 circumferentially, r = 0.49 radially).
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Affiliation(s)
- Florence Kremer
- Division of Cardiovascular Imaging and Dynamics, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Liu J, Liu Z, Zhao Q, Chen A, Wang Z, Zhu D. Role of Surgical Ventricular Restoration in the Treatment of Ischemic Cardiomyopathy. Ann Thorac Surg 2013; 95:1315-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2012] [Revised: 12/06/2012] [Accepted: 12/07/2012] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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