Characterizing myocardial edema and fibrosis in hypertensive crisis with cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging.

ABSTRACT: A hypertensive crisis is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular events. Although altered cardiac structure, function, and myocardial architecture on cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) have been associated with increased adverse events in hypertensive patients, the studies did not include patients with hypertensive crisis. Our study aimed to determine myocardial tissue characteristics in patients with hypertensive crisis using CMR imaging. Participants underwent comprehensive CMR imaging at 1.5T. The imaging protocol included cine-, T2-weighted-, contrasted- and multi-parametric mapping images. Blood and imaging biomarkers were compared in hypertensive emergency and hypertensive urgency. Predictors of myocardial edema was assessed using linear regression. The predictive va

SUBMITTER: Talle MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11461819 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature