TY - JOUR
T1 - Detection of Left Ventricular Thrombus by Delayed-Enhancement Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. Prevalence and Markers in Patients With Systolic Dysfunction
AU - Weinsaft, Jonathan W.
AU - Kim, Han W.
AU - Shah, Dipan J.
AU - Klem, Igor
AU - Crowley, Anna Lisa
AU - Brosnan, Rhoda
AU - James, Olga G.
AU - Patel, Manesh R.
AU - Heitner, John
AU - Parker, Michele
AU - Velazquez, Eric J.
AU - Steenbergen, Charles
AU - Judd, Robert M.
AU - Kim, Raymond J.
PY - 2008/7/8
Y1 - 2008/7/8
N2 - Objectives: This study sought to assess the prevalence and markers of left ventricular (LV) thrombus among patients with systolic dysfunction. Background: Prior studies have yielded discordant findings regarding prevalence and markers of LV thrombus. Delayed-enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance (DE-CMR) identifies thrombus on the basis of tissue characteristics rather than just anatomical appearance and is potentially highly accurate. Methods: Prevalence of thrombus by DE-CMR was determined in 784 consecutive patients with systolic dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] <50%) imaged between July 2002 and July 2004. Patients were recruited from 2 separate institutions: a tertiary-care referral center and an outpatient clinic. Comparison to cine-cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) was performed. Follow-up was undertaken for thrombus verification via pathology evaluation or documented embolic event within 6 months after CMR. Clinical and imaging parameters were assessed to determine risk factors for thrombus. Results: Among this at-risk population (age 60 ± 14 years; LVEF 32 ± 11%), DE-CMR detected thrombus in 7% (55 patients) and cine-CMR in 4.7% (37 patients, p < 0.005). Follow-up was consistent with DE-CMR as a better reference standard than cine-CMR, including 100% detection among 5 patients with thrombus verified by pathology (cine-CMR, 40% detection), and logistic regression analysis testing the contributions of DE-CMR and cine-CMR simultaneously, which showed that only the presence of thrombus by DE-CMR was associated with follow-up end points (p < 0.005). Cine-CMR generally missed small intracavitary and small or large mural thrombus. In addition to traditional indices such as low LVEF and ischemic cardiomyopathy, multivariable analysis showed that increased myocardial scarring, an additional parameter available from DE-CMR, was an independent risk factor for thrombus. Conclusions: In a broad cross section of patients with systolic dysfunction, thrombus prevalence was 7% by DE-CMR and included small intracavitary and small or large mural thrombus missed by cine-CMR. Prevalence increased with worse LVEF, ischemic etiology, and increased myocardial scarring.
AB - Objectives: This study sought to assess the prevalence and markers of left ventricular (LV) thrombus among patients with systolic dysfunction. Background: Prior studies have yielded discordant findings regarding prevalence and markers of LV thrombus. Delayed-enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance (DE-CMR) identifies thrombus on the basis of tissue characteristics rather than just anatomical appearance and is potentially highly accurate. Methods: Prevalence of thrombus by DE-CMR was determined in 784 consecutive patients with systolic dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] <50%) imaged between July 2002 and July 2004. Patients were recruited from 2 separate institutions: a tertiary-care referral center and an outpatient clinic. Comparison to cine-cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) was performed. Follow-up was undertaken for thrombus verification via pathology evaluation or documented embolic event within 6 months after CMR. Clinical and imaging parameters were assessed to determine risk factors for thrombus. Results: Among this at-risk population (age 60 ± 14 years; LVEF 32 ± 11%), DE-CMR detected thrombus in 7% (55 patients) and cine-CMR in 4.7% (37 patients, p < 0.005). Follow-up was consistent with DE-CMR as a better reference standard than cine-CMR, including 100% detection among 5 patients with thrombus verified by pathology (cine-CMR, 40% detection), and logistic regression analysis testing the contributions of DE-CMR and cine-CMR simultaneously, which showed that only the presence of thrombus by DE-CMR was associated with follow-up end points (p < 0.005). Cine-CMR generally missed small intracavitary and small or large mural thrombus. In addition to traditional indices such as low LVEF and ischemic cardiomyopathy, multivariable analysis showed that increased myocardial scarring, an additional parameter available from DE-CMR, was an independent risk factor for thrombus. Conclusions: In a broad cross section of patients with systolic dysfunction, thrombus prevalence was 7% by DE-CMR and included small intracavitary and small or large mural thrombus missed by cine-CMR. Prevalence increased with worse LVEF, ischemic etiology, and increased myocardial scarring.
KW - cardiovascular magnetic resonance
KW - delayed enhancement imaging
KW - thrombus
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.03.041
DO - 10.1016/j.jacc.2008.03.041
M3 - Article
C2 - 18598895
AN - SCOPUS:45849153884
SN - 0735-1097
VL - 52
SP - 148
EP - 157
JO - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
JF - Journal of the American College of Cardiology
IS - 2
ER -