Abstract
Left atrium (LA) plays a key role in the overall cardiac performance. However, it remains unclear how LA adapts, in terms of function and volumes, to left ventricular dysfunction in the acute and post-acute phases of myocardial infarction. LA volumes and function were evaluated in patients in the acute phase of ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (acute-STEMI group) and in the post-acute phase after STEMI (post-acute STEMI group). Ten age and sex-matched healthy controls served as control group. In all subjects LA was assessed by a compressed-sensing cine pulse sequence and by a 3D non-model-based reconstruction. LV infarct size and microvascular obstruction were determined on late-gadolinium-enhancement data and LV myocardial oedema and myocardial haemorrhage were measured on T2-mapping data. Indexed LA maximum and minimum volumes did not differ between the acute (n = 50) and post-acute (n = 47) STEMI groups. LA active emptying fraction (LAAEF) was higher in the acute-STEMI as compared with the post-acute STEMI groups (0.63 ± 0.23 vs 0.37 ± 0.24, p
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 1533-1543 |
Number of pages | 11 |
Journal | The International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 7 |
Early online date | 17 Feb 2022 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jul 2022 |
Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)
- ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
- Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
- Left atrium
- Left atrium function