European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on February 15, 2005
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehi147
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1 Department of Internal Medicine II - Cardiology, University of Ulm, Robert-Koch-Strasse 8, D-89081 Ulm, Germany
* To whom correspondence should be addressed. Aims Because of its high spatial resolution and tissue contrast, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to assess cardiac structure and function in a large population of patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Methods and results One hundred and ten patients were studied by MRI 6.1 ± 2.2 days after AMI. Infarct size (IS), persistent microvascular obstruction (PMO), left and right ventricular (LV/RV) volumes, and functions were measured. The same MRI measurements were repeated in 89 patients after a mean follow-up period of 225 ± 92 days. IS was 11.9 ± 7.3% of total LV muscle mass. PMO was detected in 51/110 (46.4%) patients and comprised 15.6 ± 8.5% of IS and 2.8 ± 2.3% of LV muscle mass. Papillary muscle infarct was seen in 26%, RV infarction in 16%, pericarditis in 40%, and pericardial effusion in 66% of the patients. During follow-up, there were 16 major adverse cardiac events (MACE) including seven deaths. IS, PMO, and amount of transmural infarction were predictive for LV adverse remodelling defined as >20% increase in LV end-diastolic volume. Multivariable analysis revealed LV end-diastolic volume, LV ejection fraction, and PMO as significant predictors for the occurrence of MACE. Conclusion MRI is a highly sensitive and reliable tool to detect morphologic and functional sequelae of AMI providing baseline MRI parameters with relevant predictive power for LV adverse remodelling and occurrence of MACE.
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Sequelae of acute myocardial infarction regarding cardiac structure and function and their prognostic significance as assessed by magnetic resonance imaging
Vinzenz Hombach, E-mail: vinzenz.hombach{at}medizin.uni-ulm.de
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