Early cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in troponin-positive acute chest pain and non-obstructed coronary arteries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed the diagnostic and prognostic implications of early cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), CMR-based deformation imaging and conventional risk factors in patients with troponin-positive acute chest pain and non-obstructed coronary arteries.

Methods

In total, 255 patients presenting between 2009 and 2019 with troponin-positive acute chest pain and non-obstructed coronary arteries who underwent CMR in ≤7 days were followed for a clinical endpoint of all-cause mortality. Cine movies, T2-weighted and late gadolinium-enhanced images were evaluated to establish a diagnosis of the underlying heart disease. Further CMR analysis, including left ventricular strain, was carried out.

Results

CMR (performed at a mean of 2.7 days) provided the diagnosis in 86% of p

SUBMITTER: Vago H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7306881 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature