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Submitted on March 11, 2002
Revised on June 11, 2002
Accepted on June 11, 2002

Accuracy of Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Predicting Improvement of Regional Myocardial Function in Patients After Acute Myocardial Infarction

Bernhard L. Gerber MD, Jérôme Garot MD, David A. Bluemke MD, PhD, Kathérine C. Wu MD, and João A.C. Lima MD*

From the Cardiology Division (B.L.G., J.G., K.C.W., J.A.C.L.), Department of Medicine, and the Division of MRI (D.A.B., J.A.C.L.), Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Md.

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jlima{at}jhmi.edu.

Background—Contrast-enhanced (CE) MRI demonstrates a pattern of hypoenhancement early after contrast injection in acute myocardial infarction (MI) and a pattern of hyperenhancement late after contrast injection. Because the significance of these CE patterns for myocardial viability remains debated, we evaluated their diagnostic accuracy to quantitatively predict late functional improvement of regional contractility.

Methods and Results—Twenty patients underwent CE and tagged MRI at 4 days and again at 7 months after acute MI. Resting circumferential shortening strain (Ecc) was analyzed in 24 segments per patient, and its improvement was correlated with the presence or absence of the CE patterns. Immediately after MI, 389 segments were considered dysfunctional because of having less than mean±2 SD Ecc of the remote region (-18±4%). At follow-up, significant improvement of Ecc occurred in 170 dysfunctional segments with normal CE (from -4±7% to -12±7%, P<0.001) but not in 60 segments with early hypoenhancement (from -2±6% to -6±9% Ecc, P=NS). In 240 dysfunctional segments with delayed hyperenhancement, the improvement of Ecc (from -2±6% to -5±8%, P<0.001) decreased with increasing transmural extent of hyperenhancement. Receiver operating characteristic analysis demonstrated that absence of delayed hyperenhancement, compared with absence of early hypoenhancement, had better sensitivity (82% versus 19%, respectively; P<0.001) and accuracy (74% versus 49%, respectively; P<0.001) in predicting recovery of Ecc to any given level.

Conclusions—Compared with lack of early hypoenhancement, lack of delayed hyperenhancement has better diagnostic accuracy in predicting functional improvement in dysfunctional segments. The early hypoenhanced regions, which represent only the fraction of infarcted tissue with concomitant microvascular obstruction, greatly underestimate the amount of irreversibly injured myocardium present after acute MI.


Key words: magnetic resonance imaging • myocardial infarction • hibernation • myocardial stunning




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Acute Myocardial Infarction: Evaluation with First-Pass Enhancement and Delayed Enhancement MR Imaging Compared with 201Tl SPECT Imaging
Radiology, July 1, 2004; 232(1): 49 - 57.
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A. Gosalia, L. B. Haramati, M. P. Sheth, and H. Spindola-Franco
CT Detection of Acute Myocardial Infarction
Am. J. Roentgenol., June 1, 2004; 182(6): 1563 - 1566.
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L. C. Amado, D. L. Kraitchman, B. L. Gerber, E. Castillo, R. C. Boston, J. Grayzel, and J. A. C. Lima
Reduction of "no-reflow" phenomenon by intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in a randomized magnetic resonance imaging experimental study
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., April 7, 2004; 43(7): 1291 - 1298.
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K. Shan, G. Constantine, M. Sivananthan, and S. D. Flamm
Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Assessment of Myocardial Viability
Circulation, March 23, 2004; 109(11): 1328 - 1334.
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C. Vahlhaus, H.-J. Bruns, J. Stypmann, T. D.T Tjan, F. Janssen, M. Schafers, H. H Scheld, O. Schober, G. Breithardt, and T. Wichter
Direct epicardial mapping predicts the recovery of left ventricular dysfunction in chronic ischaemic myocardium
Eur. Heart J., January 2, 2004; 25(2): 151 - 157.
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V. S. Lee, D. Resnick, S. S. Tiu, J. J. Sanger, C. A. Nazzaro, G. M. Israel, and O. P. Simonetti
MR Imaging Evaluation of Myocardial Viability in the Setting of Equivocal SPECT Results with 99mTc Sestamibi
Radiology, January 1, 2004; 230(1): 191 - 197.
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K. C. Wu and J. A.C. Lima
Noninvasive Imaging of Myocardial Viability: Current Techniques and Future Developments
Circ. Res., December 12, 2003; 93(12): 1146 - 1158.
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M.B. Britten, N.D. Abolmaali, B. Assmus, R. Lehmann, J. Honold, J. Schmitt, T.J. Vogl, H. Martin, V. Schachinger, S. Dimmeler, et al.
Infarct Remodeling After Intracoronary Progenitor Cell Treatment in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction (TOPCARE-AMI): Mechanistic Insights From Serial Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Circulation, November 4, 2003; 108(18): 2212 - 2218.
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A. M. Beek, H. P. Kuhl, O. Bondarenko, J. W. R. Twisk, M. B. M. Hofman, W. G. van Dockum, C. A. Visser, and A. C. van Rossum
Delayed contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging for the prediction of regional functional improvement after acute myocardial infarction
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., September 3, 2003; 42(5): 895 - 901.
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J. A. C. Lima
Myocardial viability assessment by contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., September 3, 2003; 42(5): 902 - 904.
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