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Mangion K, Carrick D, Clerfond G, Rush C, McComb C, Oldroyd KG, Petrie MC, Eteiba H, Lindsay M, McEntegart M, Hood S, Watkins S, Davie A, Auger DA, Zhong X, Epstein FH, Haig CE, Berry C. Predictors of segmental myocardial functional recovery in patients after an acute ST-Elevation myocardial infarction. Eur J Radiol 2019; 112:121-129. [PMID: 30777200 PMCID: PMC6390173 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2019.01.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2018] [Revised: 01/08/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Objective We hypothesized that Displacement Encoding with Stimulated Echoes (DENSE) and feature-tracking derived circumferential strain would provide incremental prognostic value over the extent of infarction for recovery of segmental myocardial function. Methods Two hundred and sixty-one patients (mean age 59 years, 73% male) underwent MRI 2 days post-ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) and 241 (92%) underwent repeat imaging 6 months later. The MRI protocol included cine, 2D-cine DENSE, T2 mapping and late enhancement. Wall motion scoring was assessed by 2-blinded observers and adjudicated by a third. (WMS: 1=normal, 2=hypokinetic, 3=akinetic, 4=dyskinetic). WMS improvement was defined as a decrease in WMS ≥ 1, and normalization where WMS = 1 on follow-up. Segmental circumferential strain was derived utilizing DENSE and feature-tracking. A generalized linear mixed model with random effect of subject was constructed and used to account for repeated sampling when investigating predictors of segmental myocardial improvement or normalization Results At baseline and follow-up, 1416 segments had evaluable data for all parameters. Circumferential strain by DENSE (p < 0.001) and feature-tracking (p < 0.001), extent of oedema (p < 0.001), infarct size (p < 0.001), and microvascular obstruction (p < 0.001) were associates of both improvement and normalization of WMS. Circumferential strain provided incremental predictive value even after accounting for infarct size, extent of oedema and microvascular obstruction, for segmental improvement (DENSE: odds ratio, 95% confidence intervals: 1.08 per −1% peak strain, 1.05–1.12, p < 0.001, feature-tracking: odds ratio, 95% confidence intervals: 1.05 per −1% peak strain, 1.03–1.07, p < 0.001) and segmental normalization (DENSE: 1.08 per −1% peak strain, 1.04–1.12, p < 0.001, feature-tracking: 1.06 per −1% peak strain, 1.04–1.08, p < 0.001). Conclusions Circumferential strain provides incremental prognostic value over segmental infarct size in patients post STEMI for predicting segmental improvement or normalization by wall-motion scoring.
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- Kenneth Mangion
- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK
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- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK; Clinical Physics, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Glasgow, UK
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- West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- MR R&D Collaborations, Siemens Healthcare, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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- Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, UK
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- British Heart Foundation Glasgow Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Glasgow, UK; West of Scotland Heart and Lung Centre, Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK.
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Buss SJ, Krautz B, Hofmann N, Sander Y, Rust L, Giusca S, Galuschky C, Seitz S, Giannitsis E, Pleger S, Raake P, Most P, Katus HA, Korosoglou G. Prediction of functional recovery by cardiac magnetic resonance feature tracking imaging in first time ST-elevation myocardial infarction. Comparison to infarct size and transmurality by late gadolinium enhancement. Int J Cardiol 2015; 183:162-70. [PMID: 25675901 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.01.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2014] [Revised: 12/23/2014] [Accepted: 01/04/2015] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate whether myocardial deformation imaging, assessed by feature tracking cardiac magnetic resonance (FTI-CMR), would allow objective quantification of myocardial strain and estimation of functional recovery in patients with first time ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). METHODS Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging was performed in 74 consecutive patients 2-4 days after successfully reperfused STEMI, using a 1.5T CMR scanner (Philips Achieva). Peak systolic circumferential and longitudinal strains were measured using the FTI applied to SSFP cine sequences and were compared to infarct size, determined by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE). Follow-up CMR at 6 months was performed in order to assess residual ejection fraction, which deemed as the reference standard for the estimation of functional recovery. RESULTS During the follow-up period 53 of 74 (72%) patients exhibited preserved residual ejection fraction ≥50%. A cut-off value of -19.3% for global circumferential strain identified patients with preserved ejection fraction ≥50% at follow-up with sensitivity of 76% and specificity of 85% (AUC=0.86, 95% CI=0.75-0.93, p<0.001), which was superior to that provided by longitudinal strain (ΔAUC=0.13, SE=0.05, z-statistic=2.5, p=0.01), and non-inferior to that provided by LGE (ΔAUC=0.07, p=NS). Multivariate analysis showed that global circumferential strain and LGE exhibited independent value for the prediction of preserved LV-function, surpassing that provided by age, diabetes and baseline ejection fraction (HR=1.4, 95% CI=1.0-1.9 and HR=1.4, 95% CI=1.1-1.7, respectively, p<0.05 for both). CONCLUSIONS Estimation of circumferential strain by FTI provides objective assessment of infarct size without the need for contrast agent administration and estimation of functional recovery with non-inferior accuracy compared to that provided by LGE.
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- Sebastian J Buss
- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Heidelberg, INF 410, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany.
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Goel PK, Bhatia T, Kapoor A, Gambhir S, Pradhan PK, Barai S, Tewari S, Garg N, Kumar S, Jain S, Madhusudan P, Murthy S. Left ventricular remodeling after late revascularization correlates with baseline viability. Tex Heart Inst J 2014; 41:381-8. [PMID: 25120390 DOI: 10.14503/thij-13-3585] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The ideal management of stable patients who present late after acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is still a matter of conjecture. We hypothesized that the extent of improvement in left ventricular function after successful revascularization in this subset was related to the magnitude of viability in the infarct-related artery territory. However, few studies correlate the improvement of left ventricular function with the magnitude of residual viability in patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention in this setting. In 68 patients who presented later than 24 hours after a confirmed first STEMI, we performed resting, nitroglycerin-enhanced, technetium-99m sestamibi single-photon emission computed tomography-myocardial perfusion imaging (SPECT-MPI) before percutaneous coronary intervention, and again 6 months afterwards. Patients whose baseline viable myocardium in the infarct-related artery territory was more than 50%, 20% to 50%, and less than 20% were divided into Groups 1, 2, and 3 (mildly, moderately, and severely reduced viability, respectively). At follow-up, there was significant improvement in end-diastolic volume, end-systolic volume, and left ventricular ejection fraction in Groups 1 and 2, but not in Group 3. We conclude that even late revascularization of the infarct-related artery yields significant improvement in left ventricular remodeling. In patients with more than 20% viable myocardium in the infarct-related artery territory, the extent of improvement in left ventricular function depends upon the amount of viable myocardium present. The SPECT-MPI can be used as a guide for choosing patients for revascularization.
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- Pravin K Goel
- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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- Departments of Cardiology (Drs. Bhatia, Garg, Goel, Kapoor, Kumar, and Tewari) and Nuclear Medicine (Drs. Barai, Gambhir, Jain, Madhusudan, Murthy, and Pradhan), Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow 226014, India
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Cortigiani L, Bigi R, Sicari R. Is viability still viable after the STICH trial? Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2012; 13:219-226. [DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/30/2023] Open
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Multimodality Imaging for Assessment of Myocardial Viability: Nuclear, Echocardiography, MR, and CT. Curr Cardiol Rep 2012; 14:234-43. [PMID: 22231930 DOI: 10.1007/s11886-011-0242-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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van Loon RB, Veen G, Baur LHB, Kamp O, Bronzwaer JGF, Twisk JWR, Verheugt FWA, van Rossum AC. Improved clinical outcome after invasive management of patients with recent myocardial infarction and proven myocardial viability: primary results of a randomized controlled trial (VIAMI-trial). Trials 2012; 13:1. [PMID: 22214287 PMCID: PMC3261086 DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2011] [Accepted: 01/03/2012] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Background Patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) not treated with primary or rescue percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are at risk for recurrent ischemia, especially when viability in the infarct-area is present. Therefore, an invasive strategy with PCI of the infarct-related coronary artery in patients with viability would reduce the occurrence of a composite end point of death, reinfarction, or unstable angina (UA). Methods Patients admitted with an (sub)acute myocardial infarction, who were not treated by primary or rescue PCI, and who were stable during the first 48 hours after the acute event, were screened for the study. Eventually, we randomly assigned 216 patients with viability (demonstrated with low-dose dobutamine echocardiography) to an invasive or a conservative strategy. In the invasive strategy stenting of the infarct-related coronary artery was intended with abciximab as adjunct treatment. Seventy-five (75) patients without viability served as registry group. The primary endpoint was the composite of death from any cause, recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) and unstable angina at one year. As secondary endpoint the need for (repeat) revascularization procedures and anginal status were recorded. Results The primary combined endpoint of death, recurrent MI and unstable angina was 7.5% (8/106) in the invasive group and 17.3% (19/110) in the conservative group (Hazard ratio 0.42; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.18-0.96; p = 0.032). During follow up revascularization-procedures were performed in 6.6% (7/106) in the invasive group and 31.8% (35/110) in the conservative group (Hazard ratio 0.18; 95% CI 0.13-0.43; p < 0.0001). A low rate of recurrent ischemia was found in the non-viable group (5.4%) in comparison to the viable-conservative group (14.5%). (Hazard-ratio 0.35; 95% CI 0.17-1.00; p = 0.051). Conclusion We demonstrated that after acute MI (treated with thrombolysis or without reperfusion therapy) patients with viability in the infarct-area benefit from a strategy of early in-hospital stenting of the infarct-related coronary artery. This treatment results in a long-term uneventful clinical course. The study confirmed the low risk of recurrent ischemia in patients without viability. Trial registration ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00149591.
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- Ramon B van Loon
- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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KAWASAKI TATSUYA, AKAKABE YOSHIKI, YAMANO MICHIYO, MIKI SHIGEYUKI, KAMITANI TADAAKI, KURIBAYASHI TOSHIRO, MATSUBARA HIROAKI, SUGIHARA HIROKI. Vagal Enhancement as Evidence of Residual Ischemia After Inferior Myocardial Infarction. PACING AND CLINICAL ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY: PACE 2009; 32:52-8. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2009.02177.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Raggi P, Shaw LJ. Screening for Cardiovascular Disease in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic Patients with Diabetes Mellitus. Cardiovasc Endocrinol 2008. [DOI: 10.1007/978-1-59745-141-3_7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Desideri A, Bigi R, Cortigiani L, Rambaldi R, Sabbadin D, Curti G, Celegon L. Predischarge exercise electrocardiogram and stress echocardiography can predict long-term clinically driven revascularization following acute myocardial infarction. Clin Cardiol 2006; 26:67-70. [PMID: 12625596 PMCID: PMC6654339 DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960260205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Predischarge stress testing provides suboptimal prediction of spontaneous hard events following uncomplicated acute myocardial infarction (AMI). HYPOTHESIS This study was aimed at assessing whether soft cardiac ischemic events requiring late revascularization could be predicted more accurately. METHODS In all, 428 patients undergoing exercise electrocardiography (ECG) and stress echocardiography (SE, 345 dobutamine and 83 dypiridamole) within 15 days of uncomplicated AMI were followed up for 425 (range 20-2220) days. Soft ischemic events (effort angina>class II [Canadian Cardiovascular Society Classification] and unstable angina) driving late (>6 months) revascularization were regarded as endpoints. RESULTS A total of 58 events (29 effort and 29 unstable angina with subsequent 47 coronary artery bypass grafts and 11 percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasties) occurred: 26 in patients with positive exercise ECG and 34 in patients with positive SE. Univariate predictors of revascularizations were positive exercise ECG (p = 0.0001), peak wall motion score index (WMSI) (p = 0.0009), low workload (p = 0.0018), rest WMSI (p = 0.02) and positive SE (p = 0.02). Cox multivariate analysis selected peak WMSI, positive exercise ECG, and low workload positive exercise ECG as independent predictors of late revascularizations. CONCLUSIONS Predischarge stress testing identifies the long-term occurrence of soft ischemic events driving late revascularization after uncomplicated AMI.
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- Alessandro Desideri
- Cardiovascular Research Foundation, S. Giacomo Hospital, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy.
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Schinkel AFL, Poldermans D, Elhendy A, Bax JJ. Prognostic role of dobutamine stress echocardiography in myocardial viability. Curr Opin Cardiol 2006; 21:443-9. [PMID: 16900006 DOI: 10.1097/01.hco.0000240580.82182.05] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW The aim of this review is to provide a perspective on the role of dobutamine stress echocardiography to evaluate myocardial viability and assess prognosis in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. RECENT FINDINGS Pooled analysis of currently available data demonstrates that dobutamine stress echocardiography provides useful information on recovery of dysfunctional but viable myocardium and prognosis. In fact, improvement of long-term prognosis may be the ultimate clinical challenge in the management of patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. Dobutamine stress echocardiography can be used to assess residual ischemia and contractile reserve, which are significant determinants of prognosis. Additionally, other echocardiographic variables, such as end-diastolic wall thickness, end-systolic volume, and extent of viability, affect outcome after revascularization in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. SUMMARY Dobutamine stress echocardiography provides information on myocardial ischemia, contractile reserve, and other prognostically relevant parameters in patients with ischemic left ventricular dysfunction. This information can be used to select the optimal treatment strategy for these patients and to estimate and improve clinical outcome.
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- Arend F L Schinkel
- Thoraxcenter, Department of Cardiology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Wake R, Takeuchi M, Yoshitani H, Miyazaki C, Otani S, Yoshiyama M, Yoshikawa J. Role of Contrast-Enhanced Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography in Predicting Outcome in Patients with Known or Suspected Coronary Artery Disease. Echocardiography 2006; 23:642-9. [PMID: 16970715 DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00283.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Although the application of intravenous contrast agents during stress echocardiography has been shown to improve diagnostic accuracy for detecting coronary artery disease, less information exists regarding its prognostic value. The aim of this study was to determine the role of contrast-enhanced dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) for predicting future cardiac events in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD). We studied 893 patients (mean age: 66, 581 men) with known or suspected CAD undergoing contrast-enhanced DSE. Positivity was defined as new/worsened wall motion abnormality or fixed abnormality during stress. All patients were followed for 15 +/- 10 months to evaluate hard cardiac events (cardiac death and nonfatal myocardial infarction) and total cardiac events (hard cardiac events, congestive heart failure, unstable angina, and late revascularization). Three patients were lost to follow-up, and 128 patients developed cardiac events, including 21 hard cardiac events. The 3-year event free survival rate was significantly lower in patients with positive DSE results than in those with negative DSE results. Stepwise Cox multivariate analysis revealed that positivity of DSE (P < 0.0001, Hazard ratio (HR): 2.48) and peak wall motion score index (WMSI) >1.5 (P < 0.0001, HR: 2.41) were independent predictors for total cardiac events. Considering hard cardiac events, the independent predictors were peak WMSI > 1.5 (P < 0.0001, HR: 6.65) and age > 70 years (P < 0.005, HR: 3.27). We conclude that contrast-enhanced DSE provides important prognostic information for future cardiac events.
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- Ryotaro Wake
- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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Wake R, Takeuchi M, Yoshiyama M, Yoshikawa J. Quantitative Assessment of Left Ventricular Function During Contrast-Enhanced Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography Predicts Future Cardiac Events in Diabetic Patients. Circ J 2006; 70:868-74. [PMID: 16799240 DOI: 10.1253/circj.70.868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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BACKGROUND Non-invasive diagnosis and risk stratification of coronary artery disease are important for the selection and optimization of therapeutic interventions in diabetic patients, which may improve survival. The aim of this study was to determine the incremental value of contrast-enhanced dobutamine stress echocardiography (CE-DSE) for risk stratification. METHODS AND RESULTS CE-DSE was performed in 326 patients with diabetes mellitus (mean age; 66 +/- 10 years, 223 men). All patients were followed up for a mean of 29 months (1-61 months). Dobutamine was infused in a standard protocol with an intravenous contrast agent. The primary endpoints for hard cardiac events included cardiac death and nonfatal myocardial infarction. The primary endpoints for total cardiac events included hard cardiac events, unstable angina pectoris, congestive heart failure, and late coronary revascularization (> 3 months). Cardiac events occurred in 74 patients. The addition of the CE-DSE results, including abnormal left ventricular end-systolic volume response and left ventricular ejection fraction at peak stress < 50%, to the clinical and rest echocardiography model provided incremental information in predicting total cardiac events (increase in chi-square value for the model from 17 to 24, p < 0.05) and hard cardiac events (increase in chi-square value for the model from 18 to 24, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Quantitative assessment of left ventricular function during CE-DSE provides incremental prognostic information in predicting cardiac events in diabetic patients.
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- Ryotaro Wake
- Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan
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Bellenger NG, Yousef Z, Rajappan K, Marber MS, Pennell DJ. Infarct zone viability influences ventricular remodelling after late recanalisation of an occluded infarct related artery. Heart 2005; 91:478-83. [PMID: 15772205 PMCID: PMC1768832 DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.034918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the influence of infarct zone viability on remodelling after late recanalisation of an occluded infarct related artery. METHODS A subgroup of 26 volunteers from TOAT (the open artery trial) underwent dobutamine stress cardiovascular magnetic resonance at baseline to assess the amount of viable myocardium present with follow up to assess remodelling at one year. TOAT studied patients with left ventricular dysfunction after anterior myocardial infarction (MI) associated with isolated proximal occlusion of the left anterior descending coronary artery with randomisation to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with stent at 3.6 weeks after MI (PCI group) or to medical treatment alone (medical group). RESULTS In the PCI group there was a significant relation between the number of viable segments within the infarct zone and improvement in end systolic volume index (-7.7 ml/m2, p = 0.02) and increased ejection fraction (4.1%, p = 0.03). The relation between viability and improvements in end diastolic volume index (-8.8 ml/m2, p = 0.08) and mass index (-6.3 g/m2, p = 0.01) did not reach significance (p = 0.27 and p = 0.8, respectively). In the medical group, there was no significant relation between the number of viable segments in the infarct zone and the subsequent changes in end diastolic (p = 0.84) and end systolic volume indices (p = 0.34), ejection fraction (p = 0.1), and mass index (p = 0.24). CONCLUSION The extent of viable myocardium in the infarct zone is related to improvements in left ventricular remodelling in patients who undergo late recanalisation of an occluded infarct related artery.
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- N G Bellenger
- Cardiovascular MR Unit, Royal Brompton Hospital, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK.
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van Loon RB, Veen G, Kamp O, Bronzwaer JGF, Visser CA, Visser FC. Early and long-term outcome of elective stenting of the infarct-related artery in patients with viability in the infarct-area: Rationale and design of the Viability-guided Angioplasty after acute Myocardial Infarction-trial (The VIAMI-trial). CURRENT CONTROLLED TRIALS IN CARDIOVASCULAR MEDICINE 2004; 5:11. [PMID: 15538946 PMCID: PMC534804 DOI: 10.1186/1468-6708-5-11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2004] [Accepted: 11/11/2004] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Background Although percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is becoming the standard therapy in ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI), to date most patients, even in developed countries, are reperfused with intravenous thrombolysis or do not receive a reperfusion therapy at all. In the post-lysis period these patients are at high risk for recurrent ischemic events. Early identification of these patients is mandatory as this subgroup could possibly benefit from an angioplasty of the infarct-related artery. Since viability seems to be related to ischemic adverse events, we initiated a clinical trial to investigate the benefits of PCI with stenting of the infarct-related artery in patients with viability detected early after acute myocardial infarction. Methods The VIAMI-study is designed as a prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled clinical trial. Patients who are hospitalized with an acute myocardial infarction and who did not have primary or rescue PCI, undergo viability testing by low-dose dobutamine echocardiography (LDDE) within 3 days of admission. Consequently, patients with demonstrated viability are randomized to an invasive or conservative strategy. In the invasive strategy patients undergo coronary angiography with the intention to perform PCI with stenting of the infarct-related coronary artery and concomitant use of abciximab. In the conservative group an ischemia-guided approach is adopted (standard optimal care). The primary end point is the composite of death from any cause, reinfarction and unstable angina during a follow-up period of three years. Conclusion The primary objective of the VIAMI-trial is to demonstrate that angioplasty of the infarct-related coronary artery with stenting and concomitant use of abciximab results in a clinically important risk reduction of future cardiac events in patients with viability in the infarct-area, detected early after myocardial infarction.
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- Ramon B van Loon
- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Meisner JS, Shirani J, Alaeddini J, Frishman WH. Use of pharmaceuticals in noninvasive cardiovascular diagnosis. HEART DISEASE (HAGERSTOWN, MD.) 2002; 4:315-30. [PMID: 12350244 DOI: 10.1097/00132580-200209000-00008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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A number of pharmaceuticals are employed as diagnostic agents for cardiovascular diseases. Four groups of agents are reviewed here: 1) vasoactive substances employed as adjuncts to physical maneuvers in diagnosis of structural heart disease; 2) vasodilators used to produce heterogeneity of coronary flow; 3) sympathomimetic agents simulating the effects of exercise on the heart for the purpose of detection of coronary artery stenosis; and 4) ultrasonic contrast agents used to enhance myocardial imaging for the assessment of segmental wall motion. In the first group are amyl nitrate, a vasodilator, and methoxamine and phenylephrine, both vasopressors. The vasodilators of the second group are dipyridamole and adenosine. When combined with scintigraphic perfusion imaging or with echocardiographic assessment of segmental wall motion, these agents can detect single- or multiple-vessel coronary artery disease with sensitivity and specificity comparable to submaximal exercise. They are especially useful for preoperative risk assessment before noncardiac surgery. The sympathomimetic agents of the third group, dobutamine and arbutamine, increase myocardial contractility and heart rate, and dilate the peripheral vasculature. As with the vasodilators, when combined with nuclear or echocardiographic techniques they are equivalent to exercise in detection of coronary disease. They are especially useful in patients with bronchospastic disease and for assessment of myocardial viability. Agents from groups 2 and 3 have acceptable side-effect and safety profiles. The last group reviewed includes echocardiographic contrast agents that, in this investigative setting, are employed to enhance detection of segmental wall motion when used with agents from groups 2 and 3.
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- Jay S Meisner
- Department of Medicine, Divisions of Cardiology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine/Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, New York, USA.
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Bigi R, Cortigiani L, Desideri A, Colombo P, Sponzilli C, Bax JJ, Fiorentini C. Clinical and angiographic correlates of dobutamine-induced wall motion patterns after myocardial infarction. Am J Cardiol 2001; 88:944-8. [PMID: 11703986 DOI: 10.1016/s0002-9149(01)01967-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The ability of different dobutamine-induced wall motion patterns to define the anatomic status of the infarct-related artery (IRA) was evaluated in 159 patients who underwent dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) and coronary angiography 10 +/- 2 and 18 +/- 3 days, respectively, after hospital admission. The DSE result was classified as: (1) biphasic: improvement with a low dose followed by deterioration with a high dose; (2) worsening: direct deterioration at low or high doses; (3) sustained improvement: improvement with a low dose that was maintained at high dose; and (4) no change: no change during the entire protocol. A diameter narrowing >70% (50% for the left main stem) of major coronary arteries indicated a severe lesion. Angiograms were classified according to the jeopardy score and collateral circulation graded according to Rentrop's classification. DSE was positive in 92 patients (22 had biphasic results and 70 had worsening results) and negative in 67 patients (14 had sustained improvement and 53 had no changes). Biphasic response was associated with more frequent anterior infarction (p <0.05) and higher resting (p <0.001) and peak (p <0.01) wall motion score indexes. The IRA was totally occluded in 4 of the 92 patients (4%) with positive (worsening pattern) and 12 of the 67 patients (18%) with negative (no change pattern) tests. The biphasic pattern was associated with the highest jeopardy score and was significantly (p <0.05) more specific (100%) compared with worsening (78%) in identifying a severe stenosis of the IRA. The combination of ischemic patterns provided a significantly superior sensitivity (p <0.0001). Logistic regression analysis identified the biphasic pattern as the only significant predictor. Conversely, the prediction of total occlusion of the IRA was poor. Sustained improvement was the most specific (100%) predictor of absence of severe stenosis of the IRA, whereas the combination with no change pattern provided a significantly superior sensitivity (p <0.0001). Thus, DSE effectively predicts the residual stenosis of the IRA. In particular, the biphasic response has an excellent specificity and positive predictive value and is the only significant predictor among clinical and echocardiographic variables.
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- R Bigi
- Cardiovascular Research Foundation, Castelfranco Veneto, Italy.
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