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August 29, 2018PLoS ONEOpen Access

Right ventricular strain assessment by cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial feature tracking allows optimized risk stratification in Takotsubo syndrome

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Why the study?

Does right ventricular myocardial strain assessment using CMR-FT improve risk stratification for long-term mortality in patients with Takotsubo syndrome?

Population

134 patients with Takotsubo syndrome undergoing cardiovascular magnetic resonance at median 2 days after…

Comparison

Right ventricular myocardial strain assessment… vs Sole visual assessment of RV contraction…

Design

Cohort

Authors

TSThomas StiermaierTLTorben LangeACAmedeo Chiribiri

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Overview

May support RV strain for identifying higher-risk Takotsubo patients; leaves open prospective validation before changing risk stratification practice.

Structured PICO

Does right ventricular myocardial strain assessment using CMR-FT improve risk stratification for long-term mortality in patients with Takotsubo syndrome?

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Population
134 patients with Takotsubo syndrome undergoing cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) at median 2 days after admission to 2 experienced centers.
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Intervention
Right ventricular (RV) myocardial strain assessment using cardiovascular magnetic resonance myocardial feature tracking (CMR-FT) with a cutoff of -17.24%
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Comparator
Sole visual assessment of RV contraction abnormalities
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Outcome
Long-term mortalityhard clinical

CMR-derived right ventricular longitudinal strain provides superior prognostic value for long-term mortality in Takotsubo syndrome compared to visual assessment alone.

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Stiermaier et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a7d4414b97b7d2d4f83e262https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0202146
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