title: Association of cardiovascular disease risk factors with left ventricular mass, biventricular function, and the presence of silent myocardial infarction on cardiac MRI in an asymptomatic population.
abstract: The purposes of this study were to evaluate the relationship between risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and cardiac mass and function on cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and to investigate possible risk factors for silent myocardial infarction (SMI) in an asymptomatic Asian population. We included 647 asymptomatic subjects (485 males, mean age 54.8 ± 6.7 years; 162 females, mean age 55.2 ± 7.6 years) who underwent 1.5-T cardiac MRI during a health checkup. The association between biventricular functional parameters as evaluated on MRI and CVD risk factors was examined using multivariable regression and analysis of variance. The left ventricular mass-to-volume ratios were positively related to body mass index (β = 0.153, p < 0.001), systolic (β = 0.165, p = 0.001) and diastolic (β = 0.147, p = 0.002) blood pressure, triglyceride levels (β = 0.197, p = 0.006), and C-reactive protein levels (β = 0.130, p < 0.001), and were negatively related to estimated glomerular filtration rates (β = -0.076, p = 0.025). No significant relationship was present between ventricular parameters and the presence of SMI after adjusting for confounders. The prevalence (6.9 %, 7/101) of SMI in diabetics was significantly greater than that in non-diabetics patients (0.9 %, 5/546; confidence interval 1.739-12.848; p < 0.001). Traditional CVD risk factors are associated with ventricular mass, geometry and function in asymptomatic subjects. Silent MI may not independently influence ventricular mass and function and diabetes mellitus may contribute to the development of SMI.
authors.affiliation: Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Eliel
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nham
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Ilwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea.|HVSI Imaging Center, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sung Mok
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: HVSI Imaging Center, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. sc.lea@samsung.com.|Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. sc.lea@samsung.com.
authors.forename: Sang-Chol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: HVSI Imaging Center, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.|Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.|Center for Health Promotion, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jidong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sung
authors.affiliation: Center for Health Promotion, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Soo Jin
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: HVSI Imaging Center, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Shin Yi
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Jang
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology and Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, 81 Ilwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul, 06351, South Korea. yhchoe@skku.edu.|HVSI Imaging Center, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, South Korea. yhchoe@skku.edu.
authors.forename: Yeon Hyeon
authors.initials: YH
authors.lastname: Choe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D044466:Asian People; D058070:Asymptomatic Diseases; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016014:Linear Models; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D015588:Observer Variation; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right; D020257:Ventricular Remodeling
keywords: Asymptomatic subjects; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; Cardiovascular disease risk factor; Metabolic syndrome; Myocardial scar; Silent myocardial infarction; Ventricular function