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Prevalence and Correlates of Myocardial Scar in a US Cohort.
Article in JAMA, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04395846 (Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction), which is not on this map. Cited by 87 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction: Observation of Its Progression and Prognosis (HOPP-BERN)
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87 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 140 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Myocardial Fibrosis in Young and Veteran Athletes: Evidence from a Systematic Review of the Current Literature.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Review
- Association of Cardiovascular Fibrosis, Remodeling, and Dysfunction With Frailty, Prefrailty, and Functional Performance: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2024Article
- Association between subclinical atherosclerosis burden and unrecognized myocardial infarction detected by cardiac magnetic resonance in middle-aged low-risk adults.European heart journal. Cardiovascular Imaging · 2024Article
- Role of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance in the Assessment of Patients with Premature Ventricular Contractions: A Narrative Review.Anatolian journal of cardiology · 2024Article
- Long-term cardiotoxicity in germ cell cancer survivors after platinum-based chemotherapy: cardiac MR shows impaired systolic function and tissue alterations.European radiology · 2024Article
- Myocardial Fibrosis in the Indeterminate Form of Chagas Disease: Harbinger of Cardiomyopathy or Silent Vestige?Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging · 2024Article
- Myocardial scar and left ventricular ejection fraction classification for electrocardiography image using multi-task deep learning.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- A structural heart-brain axis mediates the association between cardiovascular risk and cognitive function.Imaging neuroscience (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2024Article
- Absence of cardiac impairment in patients after severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus type 2 infection: A long-term follow-up study.Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance · 2024Article
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Abstract
importanceMyocardial scarring leads to cardiac dysfunction and poor prognosis. The prevalence of and factors associated with unrecognized myocardial infarction and scar have not been previously defined using contemporary methods in a multiethnic US population.
objectiveTo determine prevalence of and factors associated with myocardial scar in middle- and older-aged individuals in the United States. DESIGN, SETTING, AND
participantsThe Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) study is a population-based cohort in the United States. Participants were aged 45 through 84 years and free of clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) at baseline in 2000-2002. In the 10th year examination (2010-2012), 1840 participants underwent cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging with gadolinium to detect myocardial scar. Cardiovascular disease risk factors and coronary artery calcium (CAC) scores were measured at baseline and year 10. Logistic regression models were used to estimate adjusted odds ratios (ORs) for myocardial scar. EXPOSURES: Cardiovascular risk factors, CAC scores, left ventricle size and function, and carotid intima-media thickness. MAIN OUTCOMES AND MEASURES: Myocardial scar detected by CMR imaging.
resultsOf 1840 participants (mean [SD] age, 68 [9] years, 52% men), 146 (7.9%) had myocardial scars, of which 114 (78%) were undetected by electrocardiogram or by clinical adjudication. In adjusted models, age, male sex, body mass index, hypertension, and current smoking at baseline were associated with myocardial scar at year 10. The OR per 8.9-year increment was 1.61 (95% CI, 1.36-1.91; P < .001); for men vs women: OR, 5.76 (95% CI, 3.61-9.17; P < .001); per 4.8-SD body mass index: OR, 1.32 (95% CI, 1.09-1.61, P = .005); for hypertension: OR, 1.61 (95% CI, 1.12-2.30; P = .009); and for current vs never smokers: 2.00 (95% CI, 1.22-3.28; P = .006). Age-, sex-, and ethnicity-adjusted CAC scores at baseline were also associated with myocardial scar at year 10. Compared with a CAC score of 0, the OR for scores from 1 through 99 was 2.4 (95% CI, 1.5-3.9); from 100 through 399, 3.0 (95% CI, 1.7-5.1), and 400 or higher, 3.3 (95% CI, 1.7-6.1) (P ≤ .001). The CAC score significantly added to the association of myocardial scar with age, sex, race/ethnicity, and traditional CVD risk factors (C statistic, 0.81 with CAC vs 0.79 without CAC, P = .01). CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: The prevalence of myocardial scars in a US community-based multiethnic cohort was 7.9%, of which 78% were unrecognized by electrocardiography or clinical evaluation. Further studies are needed to understand the clinical consequences of these undetected scars.
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