Adipose replacement and wall motion abnormalities in right ventricle arrhythmias: evaluation by MR imaging. Retrospective evaluation on 124 patients
| Autor: | Molinari, G., Francesco Sardanelli, Zandrino, F., Parodi, R. C., Bertero, G., Richaiardi, E., Donna, P. D., Gaita, F., Masperone, M. A. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Male Adolescent Bundle-Branch Block Middle Aged Magnetic Resonance Imaging Sensitivity and Specificity Severity of Illness Index Statistics Nonparametric Electrocardiography Reference Values Case-Control Studies Tachycardia Ventricular Humans Female Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia Aged Retrospective Studies |
| Zdroj: | Scopus-Elsevier |
| Popis: | We reevaluated the magnetic resonance (MR) examinations of 38 healthy volunteers (control group, CG) and of 124 patients with RV arrhythmia with left bundle branch block (LBBB) morphology: 45 with episodes of RV sustained tachycardia and of polymorphic RV premature beats (RVST-PPB group); 36 with only RV outflow tract sustained or not sustained tachycardia (RVOTT group); 43 with RV monomorphic premature beats (RVMPB group). All the examinations were reevaluated in a blinded fashion for detecting myocardial adipose replacement (AR) and wall bulges or aneurysms. In RVST-PPB patients, no AR was observed in 9%; 1 RV region involvement, 0%; 2 regions, 4%;or = 3 regions, 87%; left ventricle (LV), 15%. RVOTT patients: 28%, 53%, 14%, 5%, and 0% [corrected], respectively. RVMPB patients: 33%, 46%, 19%, 2%, and 0% [corrected], respectively. In CG, AR was observed in 11% (in RV outflow tract), RV bulges were detected in 75% [corrected] of RVST-PPB, 39% of RVOTT, and 14% of RVMPB patients, none of the CG; RV aneurysms in 33% of RVST-PPB patients, none of RVOTT patients, RVMBP patients, and CG. A significant difference among groups for RV and LV AR as well as RV bulges and aneurysms was found (p0.0001). In the direct comparisons, significant differences were found for: disease duration (RVST-PPB vs. RVMPB, p = 0.0396); RV AR (all the patients groups vs. CG, RVST-PPB vs. RVOTT or RVMPB, p0.0001); RV aneurysms (RVST-PPB vs. CG, RVST-PPB vs. RVOTT or RVMPB, p0.0002); bulges (all comparisons, p0.0174). AR is confirmed as a structural substrate in RV arrhythmias. Number and extension of MR abnormalities are correlated to different degrees of RV arrhythmias. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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