Table 3.
Imaging findings in 9 stroke patients undergoing cardiac MRI and coronary angiography (CA)
| Sex | Age, years | Cardiac MRI - pathological findings (segments) | Cardiac MRI WMA | MRI EF | Cardiac MRI - late gadolinium enhancement | CA - pathological findings (culprit lesion: yes/no) | LVA WMA | LVA EF | Echo – pathological findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | 71 | none | none | normal | no | none (no) | none | normal | none |
| F | 82 | stress CM | apical ballooning | reduced | no | stable lesions in RIVA and RCX ~70% stenosis (no) | apical | severely reduced | EF reduced |
| F | 71 | none | none | normal | no | none (no) | none | normal | - |
| M | 87 | ischemic CM, hypokinesis and thinned wall (5, 7, 12, 13, 16, 17) | anterior mid-ventricular, apical (RIVA), basal inferolateral (RCX) | severely reduced | transmural anterior mid-ventricular and apical (RIVA), basal inferolateral (RCX) | stable lesions RIVA and RCX ~80% stenosis, CTO RCA; BG (yes) | global | severely reduced | |
| M | 73 | none | none | normal | no | stable peripheral lesion RCX ~50% stenosis (no) | none | normal | none |
| F | 75 | none | none | normal | no | stable lesion RCA ~50% stenosis (no) | none | normal | − |
| M | 58 | HCM | none | normal | nonischemic | none (no) | none | normal | HCM |
| M | 69 | none | none | normal | no | RIVA and RCA stents (no) | none | normal | none |
| F | 79 | ischemic CM, hypokinesis and thinned wall (7, 8, 13, 14) | anterior and anterolateral (RIVA) | reduced | transmural mid-ventricular to apical anterior and anterolateral | CTO in RCA, RCX with ~80% stenosis (yes) | anterior | reduced | none |
WMA, wall motion abnormalities; EF, ejection fraction: severely reduced <40%, reduced 40–65%, normal >65%; LAV, left ventricular angiography; CM, cardiomyopathy; HCM, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; RIVA, ramus interventricuaris anterior; RCX, ramus circumflexus; RCA, right coronary artery; CTO, chronic total occlusion; BG, bypass graft.