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Kumar A, Connelly K, Vora K, Bainey KR, Howarth A, Leipsic J, Betteridge-LeBlanc S, Prato FS, Leong-Poi H, Main A, Atoui R, Saw J, Larose E, Graham MM, Ruel M, Dharmakumar R. The Canadian Cardiovascular Society Classification of Acute Atherothrombotic Myocardial Infarction Based on Stages of Tissue Injury Severity: An Expert Consensus Statement. Can J Cardiol 2024; 40:1-14. [PMID: 37906238 DOI: 10.1016/j.cjca.2023.09.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2023] [Accepted: 09/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/02/2023] Open
Abstract
Myocardial infarction (MI) remains a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. In atherothrombotic MI (ST-elevation MI and type 1 non-ST-elevation MI), coronary artery occlusion leads to ischemia. Subsequent cardiomyocyte necrosis evolves over time as a wavefront within the territory at risk. The spectrum of ischemia and reperfusion injury is wide: it can be minimal in aborted MI or myocardial necrosis can be large and complicated by microvascular obstruction and reperfusion hemorrhage. Established risk scores and infarct classifications help with patient management but do not consider tissue injury characteristics. This document outlines the Canadian Cardiovascular Society classification of acute MI. It is an expert consensus formed on the basis of decades of data on atherothrombotic MI with reperfusion therapy. Four stages of progressively worsening myocardial tissue injury are identified: (1) aborted MI (no/minimal myocardial necrosis); (2) MI with significant cardiomyocyte necrosis, but without microvascular injury; (3) cardiomyocyte necrosis and microvascular dysfunction leading to microvascular obstruction (ie, "no-reflow"); and (4) cardiomyocyte and microvascular necrosis leading to reperfusion hemorrhage. Each stage reflects progression of tissue pathology of myocardial ischemia and reperfusion injury from the previous stage. Clinical studies have shown worse remodeling and increase in adverse clinical outcomes with progressive injury. Notably, microvascular injury is of particular importance, with the most severe form (hemorrhagic MI) leading to infarct expansion and risk of mechanical complications. This classification has the potential to stratify risk in MI patients and lay the groundwork for development of new, injury stage-specific and tissue pathology-based therapies for MI.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andreas Kumar
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, and Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada.
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- Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science, Unity Health Toronto, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, and Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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- University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Canadian VIGOUR Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Cardiac Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, and Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Departments of Radiology and Cardiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, and Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- Lawson Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada
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- The Division of Cardiology, St Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, and Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada; Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- Northern Ontario School of Medicine University, and Department of Surgery, Health Sciences North, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, Vancouver General Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Department of Medicine, University of Laval, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
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- Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Mazankowski Alberta Heart Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Krannert Cardiovascular Research Center, Indiana University School of Medicine/IU Health Cardiovascular Institute, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
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Beijnink CWH, van der Hoeven NW, Konijnenberg LSF, Kim RJ, Bekkers SCAM, Kloner RA, Everaars H, El Messaoudi S, van Rossum AC, van Royen N, Nijveldt R. Cardiac MRI to Visualize Myocardial Damage after ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: A Review of Its Histologic Validation. Radiology 2021; 301:4-18. [PMID: 34427461 DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2021204265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
Abstract
Cardiac MRI is a noninvasive diagnostic tool using nonionizing radiation that is widely used in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Cardiac MRI depicts different prognosticating components of myocardial damage such as edema, intramyocardial hemorrhage (IMH), microvascular obstruction (MVO), and fibrosis. But how do cardiac MRI findings correlate to histologic findings? Shortly after STEMI, T2-weighted imaging and T2* mapping cardiac MRI depict, respectively, edema and IMH. The acute infarct size can be determined with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiac MRI. T2-weighted MRI should not be used for area-at-risk delineation because T2 values change dynamically over the first few days after STEMI and the severity of T2 abnormalities can be modulated with treatment. Furthermore, LGE cardiac MRI is the most accurate method to visualize MVO, which is characterized by hemorrhage, microvascular injury, and necrosis in histologic samples. In the chronic setting post-STEMI, LGE cardiac MRI is best used to detect replacement fibrosis (ie, final infarct size after injury healing). Finally, native T1 mapping has recently emerged as a contrast material-free method to measure infarct size that, however, remains inferior to LGE cardiac MRI. Especially LGE cardiac MRI-defined infarct size and the presence and extent of MVO may be used to monitor the effect of new therapeutic interventions in the treatment of reperfusion injury and infarct size reduction. © RSNA, 2021 Online supplemental material is available for this article.
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- Casper W H Beijnink
- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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- From the Department of Cardiology, Radboud University Medical Center, Geert Grooteplein Zuid 10, 6525 GA Nijmegen, the Netherlands (C.W.H.B., L.S.F.K., S.E.M., N.v.R., R.N.); Department of Cardiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands (N.W.v.d.H., H.E., A.C.v.R.); Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC (R.J.K.); Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands (S.C.A.M.B.); Huntington Medical Research Institutes, Pasadena, Calif (R.A.K.); and Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif (R.A.K.)
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