ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE: To establish the criteria for reversibility of myocardial contractility in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) after coronary artery bypass grafting considering data of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and echocardiography. MATERIAL AND METHODS: We studied the results of coronary artery bypass grafting in 186 patients with CAD complicated by reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (<30%). All patients underwent cardiac MRI and echocardiography before surgery. Immediate and long-term results were evaluated according to echocardiography and MRI data. RESULTS: We confirmed the previously established predictors of improvement in left ventricular contractility: diastolic IVST ≥10.5 mm and PWT ≥9.5 mm, score of LV myocardium damage according to MRI with delayed contrast enhancement (p<0.05). Multivariate analysis makes it possible to calculate prognostic index and obtain information about further myocardial contractility after revascularization with an error of 6%. CONCLUSION: Echocardiography and contrast-enhanced cardiac MRI are valuable to assess morphological and functional state of the left ventricle in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and preoperatively determine functional reserve of the myocardium.
