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Non- invasive investigation ofcoronary
arterydisease
peak systole should return to 70– 80% of its baseline length with a
5.1 Echocardiography and stress
echocardiography for coronary
artery disease
Jae K. Oh
normal relaxation during the first third of diastole, but ischaemic
myocardium has delayed myocardial relaxation. Diastolic strain
imaging can identify this diastolic stunning phenomenon in patients with myocardial ischaemia many hours after cessation of
chest pain.
Diagnosis ofcoronary arterydisease
Coronary artery disease (CAD) produces myocardial ischaemia
and infarction which result in regional wall motion abnormalities. From multiple transducer positions, the entire left and right
ventricular wall motion or contractility can be assessed visually
and objectively using strain imaging. Based on the contractility of 16 segments of the left ventricle (LV), the wall motion
score index (WMSI) is calculated using the following scoring
system:0=normal motion, 1=mild hypokinesis, 2=moderate
hypokinesis, and 3=severe hypokinesis to akinesis. The WMSI
is an average value of summed wall motion scores. It has been
shown to correlate well with the degree of perfusion defect, and
to be prognostic after myocardial infarction. However, wall motion abnormalities can be present in patients without CAD as in
stress cardiomyopathy. Moreover, wall motion abnormalities may
not be present in patients with CAD, especially at a resting state.
There is increasing evidence that systolic and diastolic strain
imaging is more sensitive in detecting myocardial ischaemia
or coronary disease than is wall motion (Fig. 5.1.1). Strain imaging measures the extent of myocardial deformation. It has been
shown that systolic strain decreases in the area of severe coronary
artery stenosis in the absence of a wall motion abnormality.
Another interesting observation is the concept of diastolic stunning in myocardial ischaemia., Diastolic dysfunction occurs
during an early stage of ischaemia and can last for several hours
after cessation of ischaemia. Normally, shortened myocardium at
Fig.5.1.1 Strain imaging and stress echocardiography. Upper panel
shows systolic strain imaging (left) and diastolic strain imaging (right)
with areas (arrow) of decreased thickening and relaxation, respectively,
in two separate patients who had normal wall motion and were
found to have circumflex and left anterior descending coronary artery
stenosis, respectively. Bottom panel shows positive exercise (left) and
dobutamine (right) stress echocardiography end- systolic images with
administration of a contrast agent. Post- exercise images showed LV
cavity dilatation and akinetic apex. With dobutamine, the LV became
hyperdynamic and smaller until 30 mcg/ kg/ min dose, then it became
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Stressechocardiography
Stress echocardiography compares digitally obtained real- time regional wall motion images before and aer induction of stress side
by side. In patients with signicant CAD, but without myocardial
infarction, resting wall motion is usually normal and becomes abnormal only with increased demand induced by a stress. Stress can be
applied in the form of exercise or a pharmacological agent. Exercise
can be performed using a supine bike which allows imaging at peak
exercise or a treadmill which requires imaging of all LV segments
there is signicant viability, an akinetic segment contracts with a low
dose of dobutamine, and then myocardial contractility becomes reduced at a higher dose aer initial improvement if there is signicant
stenosis. is ‘biphasic’ response to dobutamine is the most specic
nding for myocardial viability. e overall sensitivity and specicity of exercise echocardiography are similar to those of exercise
thallium. e sensitivities of exercise echocardiography and exercise
thallium for CAD in patients with single- , double- , or triple- vessel
involvement were also similar (58%, 86%, and 94% versus 61%, 86%,
and 94%, respectively).
within 90 seconds of termination of exercise. Dobutamine (from 5 to
40 mcg/ kg/ min) is the most commonly used pharmacological stress
agent; it is oen used together with atropine if the target heart rate
is not achieved at its maximum dose. It is oen necessary to admin-
Detection ofcomplications ofacute
myocardialinfarction
ister a contrast agent (in about 50% of studies) to better delineate
the LV endocardial borders for better wall motion visualization (Fig.
5.1.1). Complications from stress echocardiography are uncommon
(0.7% require treatment for arrhythmia), but well- trained medical
personnel need to be present for monitoring nonetheless.
e normal response to exercise is an increase in myocardial
contractility along with an increase in LV ejection fraction and a
decrease in LV size. With myocardial ischaemia, the aected myocardial segment(s) becomes hypokinetic or even akinetic to dyskinetic.
When myocardial ischaemia is severe, the LV becomes dilated with
a reduction in the ejection fraction. However, reduction of LV ejection fraction and cavity dilatation are less common with dobutamine
even when there is severe ischaemia. When exercise is used, peak or
post- exercise wall motions are compared with those at rest. When
dobutamine is used, wall motion at incremental dosage needs to be
compared to that at a previously lower dose since wall motion may
rst improve at a low dose, but decrease again at a higher dose (Fig.
5.1.1). is concept is used for identifying myocardial viability. If
Although the incidence of haemodynamic or structural complications from acute myocardial infarction has been reduced
due to prompt revascularization by timely revascularization,
they still occur and result in signicant morbidity and mortality.
Echocardiography is the single most helpful diagnostic tool in this
situation at the patient’s bedside using transthoracic, or frequently
transoesophageal, echocardiography, which can facilitate appropriate medical and/ or surgical management to reverse the patient’s
unstable situation. ese complications include severe LV systolic
dysfunction, right ventricular infarction, coagulum tamponade due
to free wall rupture, ventricular septal rupture, papillary muscle
rupture (Fig. 5.1.2), dynamic LV outow tract obstruction with systolic anterior motion of the mitral valve, severe mitral regurgitation,
intracardiac thrombus, and even right- to- le shunt in the setting
of a right ventricular infarct. Diastolic function evaluation is also
important in patients with myocardial infarction since it estimates
LV lling pressure and predicts the long- term outcome. When a
Fig.5.1.2 Transoesophageal echocardiography of infarct complications. Transoesophageal echocardiography from two unstable patients after acute
myocardial infarction shows ruptured papillary muscle (arrow on the left) and ventricular septum (arrow on the right). Based on these images, they
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patient requires surgical treatment, transoesophageal echocardiography is performed intraoperatively to conrm the diagnosis and to
assess the surgical result.
Echocardiography duringcoronary
bypasssurgery
In many centres, intraoperative transoesophageal echocardiography is a routine part of anaesthetic management during coronary artery bypass gra (CABG) surgery. In on- pump CABG,
transoesophageal echocardiography provides clear documentation
of le and right ventricular function prior to initiation of cardiopulmonary bypass and again aer weaning from cardiopulmonary
bypass when surgical revascularization is complete. e presence of
new regional wall motion abnormality(ies) is an important indicator
of incomplete revascularization, failed gra(s), or inadequate myocardial protection during cardioplegic arrest. In o- pump CABG,
transoesophageal echocardiography provides vital early warning of
new or worsening myocardial ischaemia and dysfunction, by monitoring right and le ventricular function in real time at intervals
throughout the procedure. Worsening of ischaemic mitral regurgitation may be the rst sign of impending haemodynamic collapse
and detection of worsening ischaemic mitral regurgitation during
o- pump CABG surgery should prompt immediate modication of
surgical technique or strategy.
Echocardiography forclinical trials
incoronary arterydisease
Echocardiography is frequently utilized to provide inclusion parameters or as a secondary outcome such as ejection fraction, LV volumes, or the severity of mitral regurgitation. e STICH trial, which
2. Oh JK, Gibbons RJ, Christian TF, Gersh BJ, Click RL, Sitthisook S,
etal. Correlation of regional wall motion abnormalities detected
by two- dimensional echocardiography with perfusion defect
determined by technetium 99m sestamibi imaging in patients treated
with reperfusion therapy during acute myocardial infarction. Am
Heart J. 1996;131(1):32– 7.
3. Choi JO, Cho SW, Song YB, Cho SJ, Song BG, Lee SC, etal.
Longitudinal 2D strain at rest predicts the presence of le main and
three vessel coronary artery disease in patients without regional wall
motion abnormality. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2009;10(5):695– 701.
4. Sasaki S, Ito S, Kane G, Bois J, Anavekar N, Olson K, etal. Twodimensional diastolic speckle tracking echocardiography in the
triage of patients with acute chest pain at emergency department.
Eur Heart J. 2015;36:711– 4.
5. Ishii K, Imai M, Suyama T, Maenaka M, Nagai T, Kawanami M,
etal. Exercise- induced post- ischemic le ventricular delayed
relaxation or diastolic stunning:is it a reliable marker in detecting
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Rep. 2015;17(6):43.
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2015;23(4):153– 60.
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outcome in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy undergoing
coronary artery bypass graing with or without surgical ventricular
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compared medical therapy alone with CABG in patients with ischaemic cardiomyopathy, is a good example where echocardiography along with other imaging modalities was used to evaluate the
treatment outcome. e following observations were made using
imaging and clinical data from the STICH trial– :(1) CABG which
provided a better 10- year survival compared to medical treatment
alone was of more benet in patients with lower ejection fraction
and/ or larger LV volume; (2)the presence of viability was not associated with better survival with CABG; (3)mitral valve surgery at
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the time of CABG appeared to provide incremental benet to the
patients with moderate to severe mitral regurgitation; and (4)right
ventricular dysfunction was a reection of worse LV status with
lower LV ejection fraction, more mitral regurgitation, and higher
LV lling pressure.
Technicalaspects
Principles ofsingle- photon emission computed
tomography and positron emissiontomography
Single- photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging is
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based on the principle of perfusion- dependent tracer uptake into
myocytes. While the radiotracer decays, the subsequently emitted
photons are registered by the detectors made of very high- density
inorganic crystals. As with SPECT, the basic principle of positron
emission tomography (PET) is based on the detection of photons
originating from radionuclide decay. Contrary to SPECT, which relies on radiotracers with gamma decay, PET radionuclides exhibit
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on- site cyclotron for rapid production. Importantly and unlike any
other modality, PET allows for absolute quantication of myocar-
electrocardiogram- triggering and within a single breath- hold— can
be used to additionally assess the coronary artery calcium score.
dial blood ow (MBF) which improves accuracy for the detection of
coronary artery disease (CAD) and renders this modality the noninvasive gold standard for assessing myocardial perfusion.
Attenuationcorrection
e majority of all photons emitted during the decay process are
attenuated or deected along their path due to inhomogeneous
density of dierent structures within the human body. Hence, the
count rate at the detectors is reduced. In SPECT, the photon energies
are relatively low (e.g. 140 keV with technetium- 99m (mTc)) and,
thus, more susceptible to attenuation compared to PET (511 keV
with positron- emitting radionuclides). Among various techniques,
computed tomography (CT) has shown the most promising results
for attenuation correction. While most current PET scanners are
hybrid devices equipped with a CT system for attenuation correction by default, most current dedicated SPECT scanners do not oer
an integrated CT. However, this can easily be overcome by using a
standalone CT device to create low- dose, non- enhanced scans of the
chest which are aerwards manually co- registered with the emission scans. Furthermore, those native CT scans— if acquired with
Single- photon emission computedtomography
Radiotracers
Current radiotracers for SPECT perfusion imaging include mTc-
sestamibi, mTc- tetrofosmin, and thallium- 201 (Tl). e use of
mTc- based tracers is recommended by current guidelines because
of their higher photon energy leading to higher count rates at the
detector and, hence, better image quality at a much lower radiation
exposure compared to Tl.
Camera designs and latestadvances
Since the introduction of the rst SPECT camera, changes in
camera designs were conned to optimizing the performance of de-
tectors and to implementing multiple detectors in a single system.
Furthermore, with the increasing demand for cardiac SPECT,
manufacturers have released a number of devices that are specif-
ically dedicated to cardiac imaging (Fig. 5.2.1). Arecent revolu-
tionary advancement in technical innovation for cardiac SPECT has
(d)
(f)
Fig.5.2.1 Avariety of dedicated cardiac SPECT cameras:(a) CardiArc
(d)Ventri™, GE Healthcare; (e)D- SPECT®, Spectrum Dynamics; (f)Discovery™ NM 530c, GE Healthcare.
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been the introduction of semiconductor detector technology using
the cadmium– zinc– telluride (CZT) technique, which diers fundamentally from a conventional sodium iodide detector. It allows
direct conversion of light into an electrical signal. us, contrary
to conventional systems, CZT detectors avoid the need for bulky
photomultiplier tubes, thereby reducing the size of the detector head
and improving the theoretical in- plane resolution. Additionally, the
intrinsic spatial resolution of current CZT detectors is substantially
better than with conventional sodium iodide detectors (i.e. 4mm vs
10mm). us, instantaneous acquisition of cardiac activity from
dierent projection angles becomes possible. e combination of
this technology with modern iterative reconstruction algorithms in
such novel dedicated cardiac camera systems has led to a ve- to
tenfold increase in system sensitivity and twofold increase in image
resolution. is allows imaging of the heart in less than 5 minutes,
while at the same time yielding images with substantially better
image quality at higher resolutions than do state- of- the- art conventional SPECT cameras. As an alternative to shortened acquisition
time, this new technology can be used to reduce tracer activity and,
consequently, eective radiation exposure.
Clinicalvalue
Perfusion abnormalities, induced through physical exercise or
pharmacological stimulation using intravenous dobutamine or
adenosine, are used to detect obstructive CAD. e functional information provided by SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging has
been demonstrated to confer excellent diagnostic value in CAD
detection. Furthermore, and unlike any other modality, SPECT
possesses long- term follow- up information in tens of thousands of
patients, which rmly establish the important role of this modality
for risk stratication of CAD patients, for guiding patient management, and for optimization of downstream resource utilization.
being tested in phase III trials. Radionuclide tracers should ideally
full several radiokinetic properties, such as high rst- pass extraction fraction and a linear correlation of tracer uptake with MBF rate.
Moreover, prolonged retention in the heart to give a stable distribution and high count statistics is necessary so that electrocardiogramgating is possible for the simultaneous assessment of both perfusion
and le ventricular function.
Detection ofischaemia
Compared to the more widely available SPECT technique, PET
oers several advantages for the detection and characterization of
CAD. PET scanners have higher spatial resolutions and count sensitivities than do SPECT scanners. Available PET studies with NNH or Rb report a high diagnostic performance with weighted
sensitivity and specicity of 90% and 89%, respectively, which is
approximately 3– 5% higher than it is for SPECT imaging. Hence,
especially in patients aer coronary artery bypass graing, PET is
generally regarded as the preferred imaging method to assess ischaemia. Available data documenting the predictive value of PET
consistently demonstrated a graded inverse relationship between
the extent of perfusion abnormalities on PET and cardiovascular
outcomes.
The added value ofmyocardial blood
flowquantification
One of the most distinct advantages of PET over other imaging modalities is the ability to provide regional absolute quantication of
MBF. While there are not enough data to support an added diagnostic value of quantitative MBF measurements over perfusion
imaging alone, the potential clinical utility of measuring MBF has
been shown in prognostic studies demonstrating an independent
prognostic value of myocardial perfusion abnormalities and coronary ow reserve assessed with N- NH PET over a follow- up
of 5.4years. Of note, in patients with normal perfusion, abnormal
Positron emissiontomography
Radiotracers
ere are several radiolabelled compounds which are used in cardiac PET applications. e most common are summarized in Tab l e
5.2.1. Of them, N- ammonia, O- water, and Rb are clinically
used for myocardial perfusion imaging, while F- FDG is used to assess myocardial viability. Apromising radionuclide agent not yet in
clinical use is F- urpiridaz, holding great potential and currently
coronary ow reserve was independently associated with a higher
annual event rate over 3years compared with normal coronary ow
reserve (6.3% vs 1.4%).
Assessment ofmyocardialviability
Dysfunctional but viable myocardium can exist in a state of hibernation (where glucose uptake is preserved or even increased but contractility impaired) and can recover its contractility upon adequate
restoration of blood ow. FDG PET studies have a weighted sensitivity and specicity of 92% and 63%, respectively, to predict regional
Table5.2.1 Characteristics ofthe most common cardiac PET tracers
Physical half- life 2 min 10 min 78 sec 110 min
Labelled compound
Radionuclide production Cyclotron Cyclotron Generator Cyclotron
Uptake mechanism Free diffusion Metabolically trapped in
Indication Myocardial perfusion Myocardial perfusion Myocardial perfusion Glucose metabolism/ viability
Myocardial blood flow
quantification
15
O- H2O
15
O- water
Excellent Good Moderate –
13
N- NH
3
13
N- ammonia
myocardium
82
Rb
82
Rubidium
Na/ K- ATPase Metabolically
trapped in myocardium
18
F- FDG
18
F- fluorodeoxyglucose
Glucose transport/ hexokinase
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Fig.5.2.2 Cardiac hybrid image of a patient after coronary artery bypass grafting. The right internal thoracic artery graft to the right coronary artery
appears unremarkable with normal perfusion of the inferior wall, while the venous graft to the first diagonal branch and the left circumflex artery shows
significant stenosis (arrow) leading to a large ischaemic area of the anterolateral wall (arrowheads).
functional recovery, and 83% and 64%, respectively, to predict
global recovery of le ventricular function aer revascularization.
Nonetheless, only limited prospective data is available assessing the
impact on prognosis of viability assessment by FDG PET.
Hybridimaging
Rapid advances in coronary computed tomography angiography
(CCTA) technology have facilitated hybrid PET/ CCTA and SPECT/
CCTA imaging allowing comprehensive assessment of anatomical and functional information simultaneously. Hybrid imaging
is especially helpful in patients with multivessel disease, signicant
side- branch disease, and chronic total occlusions. Moreover, it is
most useful to exactly allocate an ischaemic myocardial region to its
subtended coronary artery or bypass gra, respectively (Fig. 5.2.2),
which allows development of appropriate treatment strategies and
target vessel revascularization. Beside its superior diagnostic accuracy, recent studies have documented the prognostic value of cardiac hybrid imaging.,
Conclusion
Nuclear imaging has contributed signicantly to our increasing
understanding of CAD and is now considered a cornerstone for
the diagnosis and management of CAD. Compared to conventional
stress electrocardiography, imaging- based diagnostic stress tests
oer superior diagnostic accuracy and therefore recent guidelines
endorse the use of imaging in chronic coronary syndromes patients
whenever local availability and expertise allows.
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5.3 Magnetic resonanceimaging
Alexander Gotschy and Robert Manka
Introduction
Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is a multifunctional imaging modality that allows the assessment of various parameters of
cardiovascular function and morphology such as ejection fraction,
coronary artery status, myocardial perfusion and viability, tissue
characterization, vascular ow, and others. e most important
tasks for non- invasive imaging in coronary artery disease (CAD)
are the identication of ischaemia and the detection of viability in
ischaemic regions to decide which myocardial segments will prot
from revascularization. Due to technical developments such as parallel imaging, k- t- undersampling strategies, or compressed sensing,
the examination times to obtain such information with CMR may
be reduced to less than 40 minutes. Compared with nuclear imaging
modalities for the assessment of myocardial perfusion, CMR has
the advantage of no exposure to ionizing radiation for the patient.
ACMR examination for perfusion and viability is usually embedded
in a CMR protocol that contains at least cine sequences for the assessment of cardiac function and volumes (Fig. 5.3.1). Other imaging modules can be added as required.
(a)(b) (c)
(d) (e)(f)
Fig.5.3.1 Exemplary still frames of cine sequences (steady- state free precession or spoiled gradient echo) in the three long- axis views— two-
chamber view (a), three- chamber view (b), and four- chamber view (c)— and short- axis orientation— basal (d), mid- ventricular (e), and apical (f)— for the
assessment of left ventricular and right ventricular geometry, global function, wall motion abnormalities, pericardial effusion, and qualitative evaluation
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Imaging ofmyocardialischaemia
For the detection of ischaemia, CMR provides two techniques that
are relevant for clinical practice. First, CMR perfusion imaging
during vasodilator (adenosine or regadenoson)- induced hyperaemia, and second, dobutamine stress CMR (DSMR) to reveal
stress- induced wall motion abnormalities caused by ischaemia.
Both methods have proven excellent prognostic value in patients
with known or suspected CAD.– CMR perfusion imaging visualizes the passage of a gadolinium- based contrast agent (CA)
through the myocardium under hyperaemic conditions. Since coronary arteries with relevant stenoses cannot adequately respond to
the vasodilator, CA inux is delayed leading to a dark delineation
of ischaemic territories (Fig. 5.3.2a). e rst- pass of the CA lasts
about 10 seconds, therefore the CMR sequence is performed during
a breath- hold to eliminate respiratory motion artifacts. Aer the
vasodilator stress, a CMR perfusion image at rest may be obtained to
rule out false- positive results due to imaging artifacts (Fig. 5.3.2b).
Usually, three axial slices are acquired, to assess perfusion decits in
the basal, mid- ventricular, and apical segments of the myocardium.
Novel three- dimensional CMR perfusion techniques allow for the
assessment of the myocardial ischaemic burden as percentage of
the myocardium at risk and have proven to be highly accurate and
reproducible in the evaluation of CAD. CMR perfusion imaging
can be performed at 1.5 telsa (T)and 3 T; however, most clinical
evidence is based on data obtained at 1.5 T.In addition, CMR allows
the direct evaluation of the coronary arteries using magnetic resonance coronary angiography. In a clinical trial, adding a magnetic
resonance coronary angiography examination to a standard CMR
perfusion protocol led to enhanced diagnostic accuracy. In experimental studies, combining three- dimensional CMR perfusion with
a magnetic resonance coronary angiography examination allowed
the generation of hybrid images depicting the coronary tree with
the underlying myocardial perfusion, demonstrating the potential
to unambiguously correlate coronary stenoses with non- distinct
perfusion decits. Large multicentre trials have demonstrated the
superiority of CMR perfusion imaging compared to single- photon
emission computed tomography perfusion imaging, showing a signicantly higher sensitivity and better performance in particular in
patients with multivessel disease.– Adenosine- based vasodilator
stress is contraindicated in patients with high- grade atrioventricular
block, sinus node dysfunction, and severe obstructive lung disease/
asthma as well as signicant hypo- or hypertension or acute heart
failure.
As an alternative to CMR perfusion imaging, DSMR can be performed to investigate myocardial ischaemia. ADSMR examination
is similar to stress echocardiography. Under the pharmacological
stress of increasing doses of dobutamine, ischaemic regions are
identied by monitoring regional le ventricular wall motion in
four standard cine- CMR sequences (two- chamber, three- chamber,
(b)
(a)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Fig.5.3.2 This 62- year- old patient with known CAD and a history of myocardial infarction in the left circumflex artery territory 6years ago was
referred for CMR with clinical suspicion of progression of the CAD. CMR perfusion revealed a vasodilator- induced hypoperfusion ((a) left to right:basal,
mid- ventricular, apical) in the anterior and anterioseptal segments that was not present at rest (b). LGE imaging (c)showed preserved viability in the
ischaemic regions but a myocardial scar in the lateral segments corresponding to the prior myocardial infarction. The ischaemic regions correlated with
a subtotal occlusion of the left anterior descending artery in the coronary angiography (d)while the right coronary artery shown only non- significant
wall irregularities (e).

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0–25%
(a)(b) (c) (d)
60–79% 42%10%
26–50% 51–75% 76–100%
2%
Likelihood of increased contractility after revascularization
Fig.5.3.3 In ischaemic segments, the potential for functional recovery depends on the transmural extend of scar. This figure shows LGE images of
four different patients with increasing transmurality of scar from left to right:(a) no scar, (b)subendocardial lateral scar of 25– 50% transmurality, (c)large
septal and anterior scar with 50– 75% transmurality, (d)extensive transmural scar in the anteroseptal, anterior, and inferior segments. The lower row
depicts the likelihood of increased contractility after revascularization corresponding to the different stages of transmurality.
Kim RJ, Wu E, Rafael A, Chen EL, Parker MA, Simonetti O, etal. The use of contrast- enhanced magnetic resonance imaging to identify reversible myocardial dysfunction. N Engl J
Med. 2000;343(20):1445– 53.
four- chamber, and short- axis view). Compared with stress echocardiography, DSMR has shown a signicantly higher diagnostic accuracy. In a direct comparison with vasodilator CMR perfusion
imaging, DSMR showed similar performance for the assessment
of CAD. e complication rate of DSMR is comparable to those
of other imaging modalities using dobutamine/ atropine stress and
consists mostly of acute rhythm disorders. In rare cases, sustained
(event rate 0.1%) or non- sustained (0.4%) ventricular tachycardia
or atrial brillation (1.6%) may occur, making the availability of experienced personnel, continuous rhythm monitoring, and the debrillation equipment/ advanced cardiac life support imperative.
Contraindications for the administration of dobutamine are acute
coronary syndromes, severe aortic stenosis, severe hypertension,
hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, acute peri- / endocarditis,
and glaucoma.
Imaging ofmyocardialviability
e investigation of myocardial viability is important to discriminate dysfunctional, ischaemic myocardium that has the potential to recover aer revascularization from non- viable necrotic
or scar tissue. Both states may appear as hypoperfused regions in
CMR perfusion imaging or regions with impaired wall motion in
DSMR, respectively. Myocardial stunning as well as hibernation
can impair wall motion in viable myocardium. Using CMR, the
late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) method is a sensitive technique to dierentiate viable myocardial tissue from irreversibly
damaged myocardium and scar tissue. e LGE technique uses
gadolinium- based CAs that can only disperse in the extracellular
space. About 10– 20 minutes aer administration, the distribution
of the CA reaches an equilibrium. e infarcted myocardium and
scar tissue has a higher percentage of extracellular space compared
to viable myocardium so that gadolinium accumulates in those
scarred tissues. erefore, necrotic myocardium and scare tissue
are delineated as areas of hyperenhancement in T- weighted LGE
images. For imaging LGE, T- weighted inversion recovery gradient
echo sequences are used (Fig. 5.3.2c). Typically, those sequences
are run in the standard two- chamber, three- chamber, and fourchamber views with an additional stack of short- axis views. With
a high spatial resolution that ranges from 1.5 × 1.5mm² to the
submillimetre level, CMR- based LGE imaging allows for the detection of microinfarcts and infarcts with incomplete transmurality.
e transmurality of a necrotic or scar region correlates inversely
with the potential to recover aer revascularization (Fig. 5.3.3).
High rates of functional recovery can be observed in ischaemic
segments with less than 50% transmural scar (Fig. 5.3.3a,b),
while segments with a larger transmurality of LGE exhibit a low
likelihood of increased contractility aer revascularization (Fig.
5.3.3c,d). Positron emission tomography and single- photon emis-
sion computed tomography are also established methods for the
assessment of myocardial viability and scar tissue aer myocardial infarction. However, compared with those nuclear imaging
techniques, CMR provides a higher spatial resolution, leading to
a better diagnostic accuracy for the detection of subendocardial
scar tissue.
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