Is there a role for diastolic function assessment in era of delayed enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance imaging? A multimodality imaging study in patients with advanced ischemic cardiomyopathy

Abstract

Background Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) identifies important prognostic variables in ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients such as left ventricular (LV) volumes, LV ejection fraction (LVEF), peri-infarct zone, and myocardial scar burden (MSB). It is unknown whether Doppler-based diastolic dysfunction (DDF) retains its prognostic value in ICM patients, in the context of current imaging, medical, and device therapies. Methods Diastolic function was evaluated in ICM patients (LVEF 40% and ≥70% stenosis in ≥1 coronary artery) who underwent transthoracic echocardiogram and delayed hyperenhancement CMR studies within 7 days. The association of DDF with the combined end point was assessed afte..