Ka. Choi et al., Transmural extent of acute myocardial infarction predicts long-term improvement in contractile function, CIRCULATION, 104(10), 2001, pp. 1101-1107
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35
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems","Cardiovascular & Hematology Research
Background-Previous animal studies have demonstrated that the transmural ex
tent of acute myocardial infarction defined by contrast-enhanced MRI (ceMRI
) relates to early restoration of flow and future improvements in contracti
le function. We tested the hypothesis that ceMRI would have similar predict
ive value in humans.
Methods and Results-Twenty-four patients who presented with their first myo
cardial infarction and were successfully revascularized underwent cine and
ceMRI of their heart within 7 days (scan 1) of the peak MB band of creatine
kinase. Cine MRI was repeated 8 to 12 weeks later (scan 2). The transmural
extent of infarction on scan I and wall thickening on both scans were dete
rmined using a 72-segment model. A total of 524 of 1571 segments (33%) were
dysfunctional on scan 1. Improvement in segmental contractile function on
scan 2 was inversely related to the transmural extent of infarction on scan
1 (P=0.001). Improvement in global contractile function, as assessed by ej
ection fraction and mean wall thickening score, was not predicted by peak c
reatine kinase-MB (P=0.66) or by total infarct size, as defined by MRI (P=0
.70). The best predictor of global improvement was the extent of dysfunctio
nal myocardium that was not infarcted or had infarction comprising <25% of
left ventricular wall thickness (P<0.005 for ejection fraction, P<0.001 for
mean wall thickening score).
Conclusion-In patients with acute myocardial infarction, the transmural ext
ent of infarction defined by ceMRI predicts improvement in contractile func
tion.