Cardiac magnetic resonance-tissue tracking for the early prediction of adverse left ventricular remodeling after ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Cardiac magnetic resonance-tissue tracking (CMR-TT)-derived myocardial strain after ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) is related to adverse cardiac events. We aimed to investigate the feasibility of CMR-TT for the early prediction of adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling after STEMI. We retrospectively searched our institution's STEMI registry for patients who underwent reperfusion therapy, post-reperfusion CMR within 1 week after STEMI, and follow-up CMR. CMR-TT analysis was performed using cine imaging of post-reperfusion CMR. Adverse LV remodeling was defined as an increase in end-diastolic LV volume by 20% or more on follow-up CMR (median interval between serial CMR exams, 197 days; interquartile, 174-241 days). A total of 82 patients (age, 59.2 +/- 11.1 years; male:female = 73:9) were included and divided into two groups: STEMI without (n = 62) and with (n = 20) adverse LV remodeling. Patients with LV remodeling showed significantly higher peak creatine kinase-MB and troponin I levels and a larger infarct size compared with those without LV remodeling (p = 0.001, p = 0.001, and p = 0.010, respectively). Global circumferential, radial, and longitudinal strain (GLS) also differed significantly between the groups (p = 0.001, p = 0.004, and p < 0.001, respectively). Logistic regression and receiver operating characteristic curve analyses demonstrated that GLS was an independent predictor of LV remodeling [odds ratio (OR) = 1.282, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.060-1.55 p = 0.011] with an optimal cut-off of - 12.84 (AUC = 0.756, 95% CI = 0.636-0.887, p < 0.001). CMR-TT-derived GLS may aid the early prediction of adverse LV remodeling after reperfusion, within 1 week after STEMI.