A Bi-Center Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Prognosis Study Focusing on Dobutamine Wall Motion and Late Gadolinium Enhancement in 3,138 Consecutive Patients

To the Editor: In the present study we sought to investigate the predictive value of resting and inducible wall motion abnormalities (WMA) and of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) for hard cardiac outcomes and for revascularization procedures in 3,138 patients undergoing dobutamine cardiac magnetic...

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Published in:Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2013-06, Vol.61 (22), p.2310-2312
Main Authors: Kelle, Sebastian, MD, Nagel, Eike, MD, Voss, Andreas, PhD, Hofmann, Nina, MD, Gitsioudis, Gitsios, MD, Buss, Sebastian J., MD, Chiribiri, Amedeo, MD, Wellnhofer, Ernst, MD, Klein, Christoph, MD, Schneeweis, Christopher, MD, Egnell, Christina, MD, Vierecke, Juliane, MD, Berger, Alexander, MD, Giannitsis, Evangelos, MD, Fleck, Eckart, MD, Katus, Hugo A., MD, Korosoglou, Grigorios, MD
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Language:English
Subjects:
Cardiology
Cardiotonic Agents
Cardiovascular
Contrast Media
Coronary Artery Disease - epidemiology
Coronary vessels
Dobutamine
Drug therapy
Follow-Up Studies
Gadolinium
Heart attacks
Humans
Internal Medicine
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Myocardial Infarction - epidemiology
Myocardium - pathology
Prognosis
Prospective Studies
Studies
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Summary:To the Editor: In the present study we sought to investigate the predictive value of resting and inducible wall motion abnormalities (WMA) and of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) for hard cardiac outcomes and for revascularization procedures in 3,138 patients undergoing dobutamine cardiac magnetic resonance (DCMR) in 2 tertiary centers (University Hospital Heidelberg; and German Heart Institute, Berlin) and during a long-term follow-up. Other events included clinically indicated revascularization by percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Because the results of the magnetic resonance examination might have triggered revascularization procedures, patients with "early" revascularization procedures within 3 months after DCMR were censored.
ISSN:0735-1097
1558-3597
DOI:10.1016/j.jacc.2013.02.063