Correlation of Myocardial Strain by CMR-feature Tracking with Substrate Abnormalities Detected by Electro-anatomical Mapping in Patients with Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy

Overview

Journal J Interv Card Electrophysiol

Publisher Springer

Date 2023 May 2

PMID 37129791

Authors

Deep Chandh Raja

Indira Samarawickrema

Jaganaathan Raman Srinivasan

SaratKrishna Menon

Souvik Kumar Das

Sanjiv Jain

Lukah Q Tuan

Benoit Desjardins

Francis E Marchlinski

Walter P Abhayaratna

Prashanthan Sanders

Rajeev K Pathak

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Abstract

Background: Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) detected by cardiac MRI (CMR) has low correlation with low voltage zones (LVZs) detected by electroanatomical mapping (EAM). We aim to study correlation of myocardial strain by CMR- Feature Tracking (FT) alongside LGE with LVZs detected by EAM.

Methods: Nineteen consecutive CMRs of patients with EAM were analyzed offline by CMR-FT. Peak value of circumferential strain (CS), longitudinal strain (LS), and LGE was measured in each segment of the left ventricle (17-segment model). The percentage of myocardial segments with CS and LS > -17% was determined. Percentage area of LGE-scar was calculated. Global and segment-wise bipolar and unipolar voltage was collected. Percentage area of bipolar LVZ (<1.5 mV) and unipolar LVZ (<8.3 mV) was calculated.

Results: Mean age was 62±11 years. Mean LVEF was 37±13%. Mean global CS was -11.8±5%. Mean global LS was -11.2±4%. LGE-scar was noted in 74% of the patients. Mean percentage area of LGE-scar was 5%. There was significant correlation between percentage abnormality detected by LS with percentage bipolar LVZ (r = +0.5, p = 0.03) and combined percentage CS+LS abnormality with percentage unipolar LVZ (r = +0.5, p = 0.02). Per-unit increase in CS increased the percentage area of unipolar LVZ by 2.09 (p = 0.07) and per-unit increase in LS increased the percentage area of unipolar LVZ by 2.49 (p = 0.06). The concordance rates between CS and LS to localize segments with bipolar/unipolar LVZ were 79% and 95% compared to 63% with LGE.

Conclusions: Myocardial strain detected by CMR-FT has a better correlation with electrical low voltage zones than the conventional LGE.

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