PMID- 21917670 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20111220 LR - 20191210 IS - 1468-201X (Electronic) IS - 1355-6037 (Linking) VI - 97 IP - 23 DP - 2011 Dec TI - Scar size and characteristics assessed by CMR predict ventricular arrhythmias in ischaemic cardiomyopathy: comparison of previously validated models. PG - 1951-6 LID - 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300060 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Sudden cardiac death is a major cause of mortality in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Risk stratification remains challenging. Currently, there is growing interest in scar characteristic assessment as a predictor of sudden cardiac death using cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMR). Standard analysis methods are lacking. The present study evaluated previously validated methods of scar assessment by CMR with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) in their ability to predict ventricular tachyarrhythmias. METHODS: Patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy who received an implantable cardioverter defibrillator for primary prevention and in whom a LGE-CMR was performed, were included. Scar core size, peri-infarct zone and total scar size, which is defined as the sum of the core size and peri-infarct zone, were assessed using three previously validated models, and their ability to predict ventricular tachyarrhythmias was evaluated. RESULTS: Fifty-five patients were included (mean age 64.6 +/- 10.8 years, 43 men). During a median follow-up of 2.0 years (IQR 1.0-3.0 years) 26% of patients reached the endpoint of ventricular tachyarrhythmia. All scar characteristics (ie, total scar size, scar core size and peri-infarct zone) of the three methods were predictors of the endpoint (p < 0.01). Total scar size was comparable, whereas scar core size and peri-infarct zone varied significantly between the tested models. Receiver operating characteristic curves of the different scar characteristics showed comparable areas under the curve varying from 0.721 to 0.812. CONCLUSIONS: LGE-CMR-derived scar tissue characteristics are of predictive value for the occurrence of ventricular tachyarrhythmias in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy. Additional estimation of scar core size and/or peri-infarct zone does not appear to increase the diagnostic accuracy over total scar size alone. FAU - de Haan, Stefan AU - de Haan S AD - VU University Medical Center, Department of Cardiology, De Boelelaan 1118, Amsterdam 1081 HV, The Netherlands. s.dehaan@vumc.nl FAU - Meijers, Thomas A AU - Meijers TA FAU - Knaapen, Paul AU - Knaapen P FAU - Beek, Aernout M AU - Beek AM FAU - van Rossum, Albert C AU - van Rossum AC FAU - Allaart, Cornelis P AU - Allaart CP LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PT - Validation Study DEP - 20110913 PL - England TA - Heart JT - Heart (British Cardiac Society) JID - 9602087 SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Cicatrix/*pathology MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Magnetic Resonance Angiography MH - Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine MH - Male MH - Middle Aged MH - Myocardial Infarction/pathology MH - Myocardial Ischemia/*pathology MH - Retrospective Studies MH - Tachycardia, Ventricular/etiology/*pathology/prevention & control EDAT- 2011/09/16 06:00 MHDA- 2011/12/21 06:00 CRDT- 2011/09/16 06:00 PHST- 2011/09/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2011/09/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2011/12/21 06:00 [medline] AID - heartjnl-2011-300060 [pii] AID - 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300060 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Heart. 2011 Dec;97(23):1951-6. doi: 10.1136/heartjnl-2011-300060. Epub 2011 Sep 13.