Stress Cardiac MRI in Ischemic Patients

Assiut University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Ischemic Cardiomyopathy

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: MRI

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04588675

Stress cardiac MRI

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to assess the diagnostic accuracy of CMR feature-tracking (FT) at rest & during stress with low dose dobutamine (LDD) in the evaluation of viability in ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) patients and compare it with delayed gadolinium enhancement (DGE).

Enrollment: 50 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 20 to 75 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients recruited into the study have chronic LV systolic dysfunction due to coronary artery disease (CAD)

Exclusion criteria

• All patients with a contraindication to MR study:

  • Patients with implanted non-MRI compatible electronic devices (e.g. Cardiac pacemakers, intracranial metallic clips, implanted hearing aids, etc.)
  • Patients with foreign bodies in the eye.
  • Claustrophobic patients.

• Patients diagnosed with recent acute coronary syndrome within 4 weeks.

• Patients who had contraindications for MRI or contrast agents, and those with poor image quality due to either inadequate breath holding or arrhythmias