The role of cardiac magnetic resonance-based feature-tracking strain analysis in the differential diagnosis and prognostic assessment of patients with left ventricular hypertrophy
Dohy Z, Szabo L, Pozsonyi Z, Csecs I, Toth A, Suhai F, Czimbalmos C, Szucs A, Kiss A, Becker D, Merkely B, Vago H. The role of cardiac magnetic resonance-based feature-tracking strain analysis in the differential diagnosis and prognostic assessment of patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. European Heart Journal 2022, 43: ehac544.272. DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehac544.272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFeature-tracking strain analysisCardiac magnetic resonanceLeft ventricular hypertrophyLV hypertrophyMyocardial diseaseHypertrophic cardiomyopathyEndomyocardial fibrosisBasal LSCardiac amyloidosisCA patientsVentricular hypertrophyGlobal dyssynchronyDifferential diagnosisLeft ventricular (LV) hypertrophyPatient populationCardiac magnetic resonance examinationLV stroke volume indexFabry diseasePrognostic assessment of patientsSignificant independent predictors of mortalityIndependent predictor of mortalityEndomyocardial fibrosis patientsLV strain parametersLV) hypertrophyLV strain analysisPotential clinical relevance of cardiac magnetic resonance to diagnose cardiac light chain amyloidosis
Dohy Z, Szabo L, Pozsonyi Z, Csecs I, Toth A, Suhai F, Czimbalmos C, Szucs A, Kiss A, Becker D, Merkely B, Vago H. Potential clinical relevance of cardiac magnetic resonance to diagnose cardiac light chain amyloidosis. PLOS ONE 2022, 17: e0269807. PMID: 35696411, PMCID: PMC9191721, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0269807.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiac AL amyloidosisCardiac magnetic resonanceLate gadolinium enhancementAL amyloidosisOptimal diagnostic performanceHypertrophic cardiomyopathyDegree of left ventricular (LV) hypertrophyReduced global LV longitudinal strainDiagnostic performanceLeft ventricular (LV) hypertrophyPattern of late gadolinium enhancementGlobal LV longitudinal strainSubendocardial late gadolinium enhancementCardiac magnetic resonance examinationCardiac magnetic resonance parametersCardiac light-chain amyloidosisDifferential diagnosis of cardiomyopathyLV strain parametersCardiac transthyretin amyloidosisLV) hypertrophyLV longitudinal strainDiagnosis of cardiomyopathyLight chain amyloidosisCardiac light chainsPotential clinical relevance