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Prognostic Role of Myocardial Edema as Evidenced by Early Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in Survivors of Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Multicenter Study.
J Am Heart Assoc
November 2021
Department of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health University of Padua Italy.
Article Synopsis
- Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) can result from various causes, including acute reversible myocardial injury or chronic irreversible damage, and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is useful in identifying cases of acute myocardial edema (ME).
- In a study involving 101 SCA survivors who had early MRI and received implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs), 18% showed evidence of ME, and various underlying heart issues contributed to their arrhythmic events.
- ME was linked to better long-term outcomes, indicating that patients with ME had lower rates of ICD interventions and shocks, suggesting that recognizing ME early could shape future management guidelines for SCA survivors.
Background This study assessed the prevalence of left ventricular (LV) involvement and characterized the clinical, electrocardiographic, and imaging features of LV phenotype in patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC). Differential diagnosis between ARVC-LV phenotype and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) was evaluated. Methods and Results The study population included 87 ARVC patients (median age 34 years) and 153 DCM patients (median age 51 years).
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