S A Lee-Felker1, M Thomas2, E R Felker3, M Traina4, M Salih4, S Hernandez4, J Bradfield4, M Lee2, S Meymandi4. 1. Department of Radiological Sciences, Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center, United States. Electronic address: stlee@mednet.ucla.edu. 2. Department of Radiological Sciences, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center- Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, United States. 3. Department of Radiological Sciences, Ronald Reagan-UCLA Medical Center, United States. 4. Department of Cardiology, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center- Center of Excellence for Chagas Disease, United States.
Abstract
AIM: To determine whether cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) is more sensitive than electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiogram (ECHO) for detecting myocardial involvement in a Latin American migrant population with untreated Chagas disease (CD) in the United States. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All untreated CD patients with ECG and ECHO examinations who underwent cMRI at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center from September 2010 to December 2013 (n=81) were analysed in three groups: Group 1, normal ECG and ECHO examinations (n=50); Group 2, abnormal ECG and normal ECHO examinations (n=10); and Group 3, abnormal ECHO examination (n=21). Frequencies of ECG, ECHO, and cMRI findings were compared across groups. RESULTS: Seventy percent (57/81) of the study population was female, with a mean age of 47 years (range, 17-77 years). Twenty-six percent (21/81) had delayed myocardial enhancement (DME), which was most commonly inferolateral in location (27%, 32/117 segments) and transmural in pattern (56%, 65/117 segments). Eight percent (4/50), 30% (3/10), and 67% (14/21) of Groups 1-3, respectively, had DME. Of these individuals with DME, 50% (2/4), 67% (2/3), and 100% (14/14) of Groups 1-3, respectively, also had wall motion abnormality (WMA) on cMRI. In addition to the highest percentages of DME and WMA, Group 3 also had significantly higher mean myocardial mass (p<0.01), mean left ventricular end-diastolic (p<0.01) and end-systolic volumes (p<0.0005), and significantly lower mean left ventricular ejection fraction (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: cMRI may detect myocardial involvement in untreated CD that is otherwise unrecognised on ECG and ECHO.
AIM: To determine whether cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (cMRI) is more sensitive than electrocardiogram (ECG) and echocardiogram (ECHO) for detecting myocardial involvement in a Latin American migrant population with untreated Chagas disease (CD) in the United States. MATERIALS AND METHODS: All untreated CDpatients with ECG and ECHO examinations who underwent cMRI at Olive View-UCLA Medical Center from September 2010 to December 2013 (n=81) were analysed in three groups: Group 1, normal ECG and ECHO examinations (n=50); Group 2, abnormal ECG and normal ECHO examinations (n=10); and Group 3, abnormal ECHO examination (n=21). Frequencies of ECG, ECHO, and cMRI findings were compared across groups. RESULTS: Seventy percent (57/81) of the study population was female, with a mean age of 47 years (range, 17-77 years). Twenty-six percent (21/81) had delayed myocardial enhancement (DME), which was most commonly inferolateral in location (27%, 32/117 segments) and transmural in pattern (56%, 65/117 segments). Eight percent (4/50), 30% (3/10), and 67% (14/21) of Groups 1-3, respectively, had DME. Of these individuals with DME, 50% (2/4), 67% (2/3), and 100% (14/14) of Groups 1-3, respectively, also had wall motion abnormality (WMA) on cMRI. In addition to the highest percentages of DME and WMA, Group 3 also had significantly higher mean myocardial mass (p<0.01), mean left ventricular end-diastolic (p<0.01) and end-systolic volumes (p<0.0005), and significantly lower mean left ventricular ejection fraction (p<0.001). CONCLUSION: cMRI may detect myocardial involvement in untreated CD that is otherwise unrecognised on ECG and ECHO.
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