{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"submitter":["Amemiya K"],"funding":["Ministry of Education, Culture, Sport, Science, and Technology, Japan"],"pagination":["1001-1008"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC10966220"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["11(2)"],"pubmed_abstract":["<h4>Aims</h4>Myocardial fibrosis of the left ventricle (LV) is a prognostic factor in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). This study aims to evaluate whether fibrosis of right ventricular (RV) endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) can predict the degree of LV fibrosis beforehand in DCM.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Fibrosis extent in 70 RV-EMB specimens of DCM diagnosis was compared with that in the whole cross-sectional LV of excised hearts in the same patients (52 explanted hearts for transplant and 18 autopsied hearts). The median interval between biopsy and excision was 4.1 (0.13-19.3) years. The fibrosis area ratio of the EMBs and excised hearts were evaluated via image analysis. The distribution of cardiovascular magnetic resonance-late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in the intraventricular septum was classified into four quartile categories. The fibrosis area ratio in RV-EMB correlated significantly with that in the short-axis cut of the LV of excised hearts (r = 0.82, P < 0.0001) and with a diffuse pattern of LGE (r = 0.71, P = 0.003). In a multivariate model, after adjusting for the interval between biopsy performance and heart excision, the fibrosis area ratio in RV-EMB was associated with that in LV-excised heart (regression coefficient, 0.82; 95% confidence interval, 0.68-0.95; P < 0.0001).<h4>Conclusions</h4>The fibrosis observed in RV-EMB positively correlated with the extent of fibrosis in the LV of excised hearts in patients with DCM. The study findings may help predict LV fibrosis, considered a prognostic factor of DCM through relatively accessible biopsy techniques."],"journal":["ESC heart failure"],"pubmed_title":["Can right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy predict left ventricular fibrosis beforehand in dilated cardiomyopathy?"],"pmcid":["PMC10966220"],"funding_grant_id":["22K16122"],"pubmed_authors":["Fukushima N","Ikeda Y","Ohta-Ogo K","Fujita T","Matsuyama TA","Ishibashi-Ueda H","Morita Y","Amemiya K","Hatakeyama K","Matsumoto M","Tsukamoto Y","Fukushima S"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Can right ventricular endomyocardial biopsy predict left ventricular fibrosis beforehand in dilated cardiomyopathy?","description":"<h4>Aims</h4>Myocardial fibrosis of the left ventricle (LV) is a prognostic factor in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). This study aims to evaluate whether fibrosis of right ventricular (RV) endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) can predict the degree of LV fibrosis beforehand in DCM.<h4>Methods and results</h4>Fibrosis extent in 70 RV-EMB specimens of DCM diagnosis was compared with that in the whole cross-sectional LV of excised hearts in the same patients (52 explanted hearts for transplant and 18 autopsied hearts). The median interval between biopsy and excision was 4.1 (0.13-19.3) years. The fibrosis area ratio of the EMBs and excised hearts were evaluated via image analysis. The distribution of cardiovascular magnetic resonance-late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in the intraventricular septum was classified into four quartile categories. The fibrosis area ratio in RV-EMB correlated significantly with that in the short-axis cut of the LV of excised hearts (r = 0.82, P < 0.0001) and with a diffuse pattern of LGE (r = 0.71, P = 0.003). In a multivariate model, after adjusting for the interval between biopsy performance and heart excision, the fibrosis area ratio in RV-EMB was associated with that in LV-excised heart (regression coefficient, 0.82; 95% confidence interval, 0.68-0.95; P < 0.0001).<h4>Conclusions</h4>The fibrosis observed in RV-EMB positively correlated with the extent of fibrosis in the LV of excised hearts in patients with DCM. The study findings may help predict LV fibrosis, considered a prognostic factor of DCM through relatively accessible biopsy techniques.","dates":{"release":"2024-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2024 Apr","modification":"2025-04-04T12:24:51.61Z","creation":"2025-04-04T12:24:51.61Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC10966220","cross_references":{"pubmed":["38234242"],"doi":["10.1002/ehf2.14642"]}}