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Merinopoulos, Ioannis, Bhalraam, U., Kasmai, Bahman, Hewson, David, Greenwood, Richard, Eccleshall, Simon C., Smith, James 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0427-8678, Tsampasian, Vasiliki and Vassiliou, Vassilios ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4005-7752
(2024)
Myocardial inflammation after elective percutaneous coronary intervention.
Hellenic Journal of Cardiology.
ISSN 1109-9666
Abstract
Objective: It is well established that inflammation plays a central role in the sequelae of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Most of the studies to date have focused on the inflammatory reaction affecting the vessel wall after angioplasty. However, there are data to suggest that the main foci of inflammation are in fact in the myocardium beyond the vessel wall. The main aim of our study was to investigate the myocardial inflammation after elective, uncomplicated angioplasty with cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) enhanced by ultrasmall superparamagnetic particles of iron oxide (USPIO) and also blood biomarkers. This is the first study to report such findings after elective angioplasty. Methods: We assessed patients undergoing elective angioplasty for stable angina with USPIO-enhanced CMR two weeks after the procedure and compared the results with those of healthy volunteers who constituted the control group. We excluded patients with previous myocardial infarction, previous PCI, or any significant inflammatory condition. All patients also underwent blood biomarker testing at baseline (pre-PCI), 4 h, and two weeks later. Results: A total of five patients and three controls were scanned. There was a small absolute increase, although statistically insignificant, in R2∗ values in the PCI area compared with either remote myocardium from the same patient (PCI area [left anterior descending artery (LAD)] vs remote myocardium [circumflex area]: 19.3 ± 10.8 vs 9.2 ± 7.9, p = 0.1) or healthy myocardium from healthy volunteers (PCI area [LAD] vs healthy myocardium [LAD]: 19.3 ± 10.8 vs 12.2 ± 4.0, p = 0.2). PTX3 and IL-6 were the only biomarkers that changed significantly from baseline to 4 h and 2 weeks. Both biomarkers peaked at 4 h. Conclusion: We used USPIO-enhanced CMR for the first time to assess myocardial inflammation after elective, uncomplicated PCI. We have demonstrated a small numerical increase in inflammation, which was not statistically significant. This study opens the way for future studies to use this method as a means to target inflammation.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | cmr,myocardial inflammation,pci,uspio,cardiology and cardiovascular medicine ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2700/2705 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Norwich Medical School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Centres > Metabolic Health Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Cardiovascular and Metabolic Health Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences > Research Groups > Norwich Epidemiology Centre |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jul 2024 10:32 |
| Last Modified: | 30 Nov 2024 01:43 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/95754 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.hjc.2024.06.010 |
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