Abstract
Background Previous studies have demonstrated that late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)predicted independently cardiac adverse outcomes in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). ACM patients did not have a better outcome than DCM and prognosis was poorer after development of heart failure. There is no report about the association between alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) outcomes and LGE.
Highlights
Previous studies have demonstrated that late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)predicted independently cardiac adverse outcomes in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM)
The incidence of cardiac events was significantly higher in patients with LGE than that without LGE (37.5% vs. 8.7%, P=0.003)
When entered into multivariate Cox regression analysis, the presence of LGE yields hazard ratio (HR) of 4.62 for cardiac events (P=0.007), the extent of LGE retains its independent predictive value in LGE (+) patients with HR of 1.13
Summary
Previous studies have demonstrated that late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) on cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)predicted independently cardiac adverse outcomes in dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). ACM patients did not have a better outcome than DCM and prognosis was poorer after development of heart failure. There is no report about the association between alcoholic cardiomyopathy (ACM) outcomes and LGE
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