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Magnetic Resonance Detects Structural Heart Disease in Patients with Frequent Ventricular Ectopy and Normal Echocardiographic Findings
The prognosis of patients with ventricular ectopy and a normal heart, as evaluated by echocardiography, is virtually unknown. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can detect focal ventricular anomalies that could act as a possible site of origin for premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). The aim of...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8392672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34441439 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11081505 |
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author | Scorza, Raffaele Jansson, Anders Sörensson, Peder Rosenqvist, Mårten Frykman, Viveka |
author_facet | Scorza, Raffaele Jansson, Anders Sörensson, Peder Rosenqvist, Mårten Frykman, Viveka |
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description | The prognosis of patients with ventricular ectopy and a normal heart, as evaluated by echocardiography, is virtually unknown. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can detect focal ventricular anomalies that could act as a possible site of origin for premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of cardiac anomalies in patients with normal findings at echocardiogram. Methods: Fifty-one consecutive patients (23 women, 28 men, mean age 59 years) with very high PVC burden (>10,000 PVC/day) and normal findings at standard echocardiography and exercise test were examined with CMR. The outcome was pathologic findings, defined as impaired ejection fraction, regional wall motion abnormalities, abnormal ventricular volume, myocardial edema and fibrosis. Results: Sixteen out of 51 patients (32%) had structural ventricular abnormalities at CMR. In five patients CMR showed impairment of the left ventricular and/or right ventricular systolic function, and six patients had a dilated left and/or right ventricle. Regional wall motion abnormalities were seen in six patients and fibrosis in four. No patient had CMR signs of edema or met CMR criteria for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Five patients had extra-ventricular findings (enlarged atria in three cases, enlarged thoracic aorta in one case and pericardial effusion in one case). Conclusions: In this study 16 out of 51 patients with a high PVC burden and normal findings at echocardiography showed signs of pathology in the ventricles with CMR. These findings indicate that CMR should be considered in evaluating patients with a high PVC burden and a normal standard investigation. |
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spelling | pubmed-83926722021-08-28 Magnetic Resonance Detects Structural Heart Disease in Patients with Frequent Ventricular Ectopy and Normal Echocardiographic Findings Scorza, Raffaele Jansson, Anders Sörensson, Peder Rosenqvist, Mårten Frykman, Viveka Diagnostics (Basel) Article The prognosis of patients with ventricular ectopy and a normal heart, as evaluated by echocardiography, is virtually unknown. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can detect focal ventricular anomalies that could act as a possible site of origin for premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of cardiac anomalies in patients with normal findings at echocardiogram. Methods: Fifty-one consecutive patients (23 women, 28 men, mean age 59 years) with very high PVC burden (>10,000 PVC/day) and normal findings at standard echocardiography and exercise test were examined with CMR. The outcome was pathologic findings, defined as impaired ejection fraction, regional wall motion abnormalities, abnormal ventricular volume, myocardial edema and fibrosis. Results: Sixteen out of 51 patients (32%) had structural ventricular abnormalities at CMR. In five patients CMR showed impairment of the left ventricular and/or right ventricular systolic function, and six patients had a dilated left and/or right ventricle. Regional wall motion abnormalities were seen in six patients and fibrosis in four. No patient had CMR signs of edema or met CMR criteria for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Five patients had extra-ventricular findings (enlarged atria in three cases, enlarged thoracic aorta in one case and pericardial effusion in one case). Conclusions: In this study 16 out of 51 patients with a high PVC burden and normal findings at echocardiography showed signs of pathology in the ventricles with CMR. These findings indicate that CMR should be considered in evaluating patients with a high PVC burden and a normal standard investigation. MDPI 2021-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC8392672/ /pubmed/34441439 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11081505 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Scorza, Raffaele Jansson, Anders Sörensson, Peder Rosenqvist, Mårten Frykman, Viveka Magnetic Resonance Detects Structural Heart Disease in Patients with Frequent Ventricular Ectopy and Normal Echocardiographic Findings |
title | Magnetic Resonance Detects Structural Heart Disease in Patients with Frequent Ventricular Ectopy and Normal Echocardiographic Findings |
title_full | Magnetic Resonance Detects Structural Heart Disease in Patients with Frequent Ventricular Ectopy and Normal Echocardiographic Findings |
title_fullStr | Magnetic Resonance Detects Structural Heart Disease in Patients with Frequent Ventricular Ectopy and Normal Echocardiographic Findings |
title_full_unstemmed | Magnetic Resonance Detects Structural Heart Disease in Patients with Frequent Ventricular Ectopy and Normal Echocardiographic Findings |
title_short | Magnetic Resonance Detects Structural Heart Disease in Patients with Frequent Ventricular Ectopy and Normal Echocardiographic Findings |
title_sort | magnetic resonance detects structural heart disease in patients with frequent ventricular ectopy and normal echocardiographic findings |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8392672/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34441439 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics11081505 |
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