Phenotyping hypertrophic cardiomyopathy using cardiac diffusion magnetic resonance imaging: the relationship between microvascular dysfunction and microstructural changes.
Arka DasChristopher KellyIrvin TehChristopher NguyenLouise A E BrownAmrit ChowdharyNicholas JexSharmaine ThirunavukarasuNoor SharrackMiroslawa GoreckaPeter P SwobodaJohn P GreenwoodPeter KellmanJames C MoonRhodri H DaviesLuis R LopesGeorge JoySven PleinJürgen E SchneiderErica Dall'ArmellinaPublished in: European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging (2021)
In HCM patients, even in segments with normal wall thickness, normal perfusion, and no scar, diffusion is more isotropic than in controls, suggesting the presence of underlying cardiomyocyte disarray. Increased E2A suggests the myocardial sheetlets adopt hypercontracted angulation in systole. Increased MD, most notably in the subendocardium, is suggestive of regional remodelling which may explain the reduced subendocardial blood flow.
Keyphrases
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- left ventricular
- blood flow
- magnetic resonance imaging
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- chronic kidney disease
- peritoneal dialysis
- contrast enhanced
- molecular dynamics
- optical coherence tomography
- multiple sclerosis
- angiotensin ii
- patient reported outcomes
- endothelial cells