Cardiomyopathies, Myocardial Injury, Healthy
Conditions
Brief summary
Various factors affect the performance of the heart: The contractile properties of myocardial muscle cells are the fundamental devices for translating tension-generation and shortening of the cardiac muscle into pressure-generation and blood volume ejection from the heart into the body. On the other hand, the performance of heart can be analyzed with respect to input and output of blood to/from the hollow cardiac muscle and evaluated in terms of the performance of a pump: With every heartbeat blood is sucked from a low-pressure system (veins) and pumped to the arterial high-pressure system via one-way valves, whereas efficiency, ejected blood volume, blood flow and pressures are linked by hemodynamic laws. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the gold standard technique to determine cardiac function and muscle mass, as well as for non-invasive diagnosis of myocardial necrosis/fibrosis. Furthermore, new CMR imaging techniques enabling the measurement of myocardial magnetic relaxation times for characterization of myocardial morphology and the acquisition of time-resolved, three-dimensional blood flow velocity fields in the heart and surrounding vessels, represent promising tools for the evaluation of the interaction between myocardial morphology and cardiac function. Aim of this explorative study is to 1. identify myocardial pathology-associated blood flow patterns in the heart and surrounding great vessels, and 2. correlate characteristic blood flow patterns in the heat (existence of vortices, vorticity, vortex formation, propagation dynamics …) with myocardial injuries.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTSingle Group Assignment
Sponsors
Anniversary Fund of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Medical University of Graz
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
20 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
* patients age 20-80 years, * patients with and without ischemic or non-ischemic myocardial injuries scheduled for routine cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, * ability to hold the breath, * ability to give informed consent
Exclusion criteria
* patients with metal devices or other magnetic material in or on the subjects body which will be hazardous for magnetic resonance investigation (e.g. heart pace-maker, brain aneurysm clip, nerve stimulators, electrodes, penile implants, colored contact lenses, patch to deliver medications through the skin, any metal implants as rods, joints, plates, pins, screws, nails or clips, embolization coil, or any metal fragments or shrapnel in the body), * patients with tendency toward claustrophobia, * hemodynamically unstable patients, * patients with (major) arrhythmia * pregnancy, * impaired kidney function indicated by creatin clearance lower than 60 ml/min (creatin clearance will be calculated according to Cockroft-Gault formula)
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Myocardial pathology-associated blood flow patterns in the heart and surrounding great vessels | 2 years | Morphologic, functional and blood flow CMR parameters will be evaluated with different techniques. Cardiac blood flow pattern parameters will be correlated with myocardial injury derived non-invasively from late gadolinium enhancement |
Countries
Austria
Outcome results
None listed