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JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR CARDIOLOGY
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SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s12350-023-03212-8
Keywords
Myocardial ischemia; sex; psychological stress
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Microcirculatory dysfunction during psychological stress may result in diffuse myocardial ischemia. A novel quantification method for diffuse ischemia during mental stress (dMSI) was developed and its relationship with outcomes after a myocardial infarction (MI) was examined. The study found that higher levels of dMSI were associated with an increased risk of adverse events, particularly in women.
Microcirculatory dysfunction during psychological stress may lead to diffuse myocardial ischemia. We developed a novel quantification method for diffuse ischemia during mental stress (dMSI) and examined its relationship with outcomes after a myocardial infarction (MI). We studied 300 patients <= 61 years of age (50% women) with a recent MI. Patients underwent myocardial perfusion imaging with mental stress and were followed for 5 years. dMSI was quantified from cumulative count distributions of rest and stress perfusion. Focal ischemia was defined in a conventional fashion. The main outcome was a composite outcome of recurrent MI, heart failure hospitalizations, and cardiovascular death. A dMSI increment of 1 standard deviation was associated with a 40% higher risk for adverse events (HR 1.4, 95% CI 1.2-1.5). Results were similar after adjustment for viability, demographic and clinical factors and focal ischemia. In sex-specific analysis, higher levels of dMSI (per standard deviation increment) were associated with 53% higher risk of adverse events in women (HR 1.5, 95% CI 1.2-2.0) but not in men (HR 0.9, 95% CI 0.5-1.4), P 0.001. A novel index of diffuse ischemia with mental stress was associated with recurrent events in women but not in men after MI.
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