Authors
Amardeep Ghosh Dastidar, Anna Baritussio, Estefania De Garate, Zsofia Drobni, Giovanni Biglino, Priyanka Singhal, Elena G Milano, Gianni D Angelini, Stephen Dorman, Julian Strange, Thomas Johnson, Chiara Bucciarelli-Ducci
Publication date
2019/10
Journal
JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging
Volume
12
Issue
10
Pages
1973-1982
Publisher
American College of Cardiology Foundation
Description
Objectives
This study sought to assess the prognostic impact of cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and conventional risk factors in patients with myocardial infarction with nonobstructed coronaries (MINOCA).
Background
Myocardial infarction with nonobstructed coronary arteries (MINOCA) represents a diagnostic dilemma, and the prognostic markers have not been clarified.
Methods
A total of 388 consecutive patients with MINOCA undergoing CMR assessment were identified retrospectively from a registry database and prospectively followed for a primary clinical endpoint of all-cause mortality. A 1.5-T CMR was performed using a comprehensive protocol (cines, T2-weighted, and late gadolinium enhancement sequences). Patients were grouped into 4 categories based on their CMR findings: myocardial infarction (MI) (embolic/spontaneous recanalization), myocarditis, cardiomyopathy, and normal CMR.
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