TY - JOUR
T1 - Association of left atrial function and left atrial enhancement in patients with atrial fibrillation cardiac magnetic resonance study
AU - Habibi, Mohammadali
AU - Lima, Joao A.C.
AU - Khurram, Irfan M.
AU - Zimmerman, Stefan L.
AU - Zipunnikov, Vadim
AU - Fukumoto, Kotaro
AU - Spragg, David
AU - Ashikaga, Hiroshi
AU - Rickard, John
AU - Marine, Joseph E.
AU - Calkins, Hugh
AU - Nazarian, Saman
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015 American Heart Association, Inc.
PY - 2015/2/1
Y1 - 2015/2/1
N2 - Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with left atrial (LA) structural and functional changes. Cardiac magnetic resonance late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and feature-tracking are capable of noninvasive quantification of LA fibrosis and myocardial motion, respectively. We sought to examine the association of phasic LA function with LA enhancement in patients with AF. Methods and Results: LA structure and function was measured in 90 patients with AF (age 61±10 years; 76% men) referred for ablation and 14 healthy volunteers. Peak global longitudinal LA strain, LA systolic strain rate, and early and late diastolic strain rates were measured using cine-cardiac magnetic resonance images acquired during sinus rhythm. The degree of LGE was quantified. Compared with patients with paroxysmal AF (60% of cohort), those with persistent AF had larger maximum LA volume index (56±17 versus 49±13 mL/m2; P=0.036), and increased LGE (27.1±11.7% versus 36.8±14.8%; P<0.001). Aside from LA active emptying fraction, all LA parameters (passive emptying fraction, peak global longitudinal LA strain, systolic strain rate, early diastolic strain rate, and late diastolic strain rate) were lower in patients with persistent AF (P<0.05 for all). Healthy volunteers had less LGE and higher LA functional parameters compared with patients with AF (P<0.05 for all). In multivariable analysis, increased LGE was associated with lower LA passive emptying fraction, peak global longitudinal LA strain, systolic strain rate, early diastolic strain rate, and late diastolic strain rate (P<0.05 for all). Conclusions: Increased LA enhancement is associated with decreased LA reservoir, conduit, and booster pump functions. Phasic measurement of LA function using feature-tracking cardiac magnetic resonance may add important information about the physiological importance of LA fibrosis.
AB - Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with left atrial (LA) structural and functional changes. Cardiac magnetic resonance late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and feature-tracking are capable of noninvasive quantification of LA fibrosis and myocardial motion, respectively. We sought to examine the association of phasic LA function with LA enhancement in patients with AF. Methods and Results: LA structure and function was measured in 90 patients with AF (age 61±10 years; 76% men) referred for ablation and 14 healthy volunteers. Peak global longitudinal LA strain, LA systolic strain rate, and early and late diastolic strain rates were measured using cine-cardiac magnetic resonance images acquired during sinus rhythm. The degree of LGE was quantified. Compared with patients with paroxysmal AF (60% of cohort), those with persistent AF had larger maximum LA volume index (56±17 versus 49±13 mL/m2; P=0.036), and increased LGE (27.1±11.7% versus 36.8±14.8%; P<0.001). Aside from LA active emptying fraction, all LA parameters (passive emptying fraction, peak global longitudinal LA strain, systolic strain rate, early diastolic strain rate, and late diastolic strain rate) were lower in patients with persistent AF (P<0.05 for all). Healthy volunteers had less LGE and higher LA functional parameters compared with patients with AF (P<0.05 for all). In multivariable analysis, increased LGE was associated with lower LA passive emptying fraction, peak global longitudinal LA strain, systolic strain rate, early diastolic strain rate, and late diastolic strain rate (P<0.05 for all). Conclusions: Increased LA enhancement is associated with decreased LA reservoir, conduit, and booster pump functions. Phasic measurement of LA function using feature-tracking cardiac magnetic resonance may add important information about the physiological importance of LA fibrosis.
KW - Atrial fibrillation
KW - Atrial function left
KW - Gadolinium
KW - Magnetic resonance imaging
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U2 - 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002769
DO - 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.114.002769
M3 - Article
C2 - 25652181
AN - SCOPUS:84961289844
SN - 1941-9651
VL - 8
JO - Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging
JF - Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging
IS - 2
M1 - e002769
ER -