PMID- 16020591 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20050822 LR - 20181113 IS - 1468-201X (Electronic) IS - 1355-6037 (Print) IS - 1355-6037 (Linking) VI - 91 IP - 8 DP - 2005 Aug TI - Myocardial late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy caused by mutations in troponin I. PG - 1036-40 AB - OBJECTIVE: To examine the influence of genotype on late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and the potential of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) to detect preclinical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. DESIGN: Prospective, blinded cohort study of myocardial LGE in a genetically homogeneous population. PATIENTS: 30 patients with disease causing mutations in the recognised hypertrophic cardiomyopathy gene for cardiac troponin I (TNNI3): 15 with echocardiographically determined left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH+) and 15 without (LVH-). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: CMR measures of regional left ventricular function, wall thickness, and mass, and the extent and distribution of LGE. RESULTS: LGE was found in 12 (80%) LVH+ patients but with variable extent (mean 15%, range 3-48%). LGE was also found in two (13%) LVH- patients but the extent was limited (3.6%) and both patients were found to have an abnormal ECG and regional hypertrophy by cine CMR. The extent of LGE was positively associated with clinical markers of sudden death risk (21% with > or = 2 risk factors v 7% with < or = 1 risk factor, p = 0.02) and left ventricular mass (r = 0.56, p < 0.001) and was inversely associated with ejection fraction (r = -0.58, p < 0.001). Segmental analysis showed that as regional wall thickness increased, LGE was more prevalent (p < 0.0001) and more extensive (r = 0.98, p = 0.001). CONCLUSION: In patients with disease causing mutations in TNNI3, focal fibrosis was not detected by LGE CMR before LVH and ECG abnormalities were present. Once LVH is present, LGE is common and the extent correlates with adverse clinical parameters. This suggests that focal fibrosis is closely linked to disease development. FAU - Moon, J C AU - Moon JC AD - Centre for Advanced Magnetic Resonance in Cardiology, Royal Brompton Hospital, London, UK. FAU - Mogensen, J AU - Mogensen J FAU - Elliott, P M AU - Elliott PM FAU - Smith, G C AU - Smith GC FAU - Elkington, A G AU - Elkington AG FAU - Prasad, S K AU - Prasad SK FAU - Pennell, D J AU - Pennell DJ FAU - McKenna, W J AU - McKenna WJ LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Heart JT - Heart (British Cardiac Society) JID - 9602087 RN - 0 (Contrast Media) RN - 0 (Troponin I) RN - K2I13DR72L (Gadolinium DTPA) SB - IM MH - Adolescent MH - Adult MH - Aged MH - Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic/diagnosis/*genetics MH - Child MH - Cohort Studies MH - Contrast Media MH - Female MH - Gadolinium DTPA MH - Genotype MH - Humans MH - Magnetic Resonance Angiography/methods MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine/methods MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Mutation/*genetics MH - Pedigree MH - Phenotype MH - Prospective Studies MH - Troponin I/*genetics PMC - PMC1769031 EDAT- 2005/07/16 09:00 MHDA- 2005/08/23 09:00 PMCR- 2008/08/01 CRDT- 2005/07/16 09:00 PHST- 2005/07/16 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2005/08/23 09:00 [medline] PHST- 2005/07/16 09:00 [entrez] PHST- 2008/08/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 91/8/1036 [pii] AID - 0911036 [pii] AID - 10.1136/hrt.2004.041384 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Heart. 2005 Aug;91(8):1036-40. doi: 10.1136/hrt.2004.041384.