Cardiovascular magnetic resonance predictors of heart failure in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the role of myocardial replacement fibrosis and the microcirculation.
Claire E RaphaelFrances MitchellGajen Sunthar KanaganayagamAlphonsus C LiewElisa Di PietroMiguel Silva VieiraLina KanapeckaiteSimon NewsomeJohn GregsonRuth OwenLi-Yueh HsuVassilis VassiliouRobert CooperAamir Ali MrcpTevfik F IsmailBrandon WongKristi SunPeter GatehouseDavid FirminStuart CookMichael FrenneauxAndrew AraiRory O'HanlonDudley J PennellSanjay K PrasadPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2021)
The annual incidence of HF in a contemporary ambulatory HCM population undergoing CMR is low. Myocardial fibrosis and LVESVI are strongly predictive of future HF, however CMR visual assessment of myocardial perfusion was not.