Atrioventricular mechanical coupling and major adverse cardiac events in female patients following acute ST elevation myocardial infarction

Sex-specific outcome data following myocardial infarction (MI) are inconclusive with some evidence suggesting association of female sex and increased major adverse cardiac events (MACE). Since mechanistic principles remain elusive, we aimed to quantify the underlying phenotype using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) quantitative deformation imaging and tissue characterisation.

Source: International Journal of Cardiology - June 15, 2019 Category: Cardiology Authors: S ören J. Backhaus, Johannes T. Kowallick, Thomas Stiermaier, Torben Lange, Alexander Koschalka, Jenny-Lou Navarra, Johannes Uhlig, Joachim Lotz, Shelby Kutty, Boris Bigalke, Matthias Gutberlet, Gerd Hasenfuß, Holger Thiele, Ingo Eitel, Andreas Schuster Source Type: research