Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging predictors of short-term outcomes after high risk coronary surgery

Sheriff, Mohammed J
Mouline, Omar
Hsu, Chijen
Grieve, Stuart M
Wilson, Michael K
Bannon, Paul G
Vallely, Michael P
Puranik, Rajesh

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Publication date

January 2016

DOI

10.1016/j.hlc.2015.11.011

Publisher

Elsevier BV

ISSN

1443-9506

Journal

Heart Lung and Circulation

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Abstract

Background: The euroSCORE II is a widely used pre-coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CAGS) risk score, but its predictive power lacks the specificity to predict outcomes in high-risk patients ( 16) and left ventricular (LV) dysfunction (<40%) based on 2D-echocardiography who underwent CAGS and in whom CMRI (1.5T) was performed preoperatively were retrospectively studied. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging parameters were assessed in patients who either had complications immediately post-surgery (n=35), six weeks post-surgery (n=20) or were uncomplicated. Results: The average age of patients recruited was 69±5 years with high euroSCORE II (22±4) and low 2D-echocardiography LV ejection fraction (38%±2%). Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging ...