Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging assessment of outcomes in acute myocardial infarction

Table 1 Cardiovascular magnetic resonance studies illustrating the prognostic importance of left ventricular ejection fraction in acute myocardial infarction

Ref.	Year	n	CMR time	Main findings	Follow-up
El Aidi et al[32]	2014	25497	N/A	Meta analysis of prognostic value of CMR surrogate markers. LVEF was only IP for MACE (HR 1.05 per -5%)	N/A
Husser et al[33]	2012	304	7 d	LVEF was IP for MACE (HR 0.95 for each +1% LVEF)	140 wk
Eitel et al[34]	2011	208	3 d	LVEF was IP for MACE (HR 0.95 for each +1% LVEF)	18.5 mo
Amabile et al[35]	2010	114	6 d	LVEF was IP for MACE (HR 0.96 for each +1% LVEF)	12 mo
de Waha et al[36]	2010	438	3 d	LVEF was IP for MACE (OR 1.63) and all-cause mortality (OR 2.51)	19 mo
Cochet et al[37]	2009	127	3-7 d	LVEF of < 40% was IP for MACE (OR 1.20)	12 mo
Hombach et al[6]	2005	110	6 d	LVEF was IP for 9 mo MACE (P = 0.006)	225 d

CMR time: Mean/median time of CMR post acute STEMI; MACE: Major adverse cardiovascular events; IP: Independent predictor; LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction; CMR: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance; N/A: Not available.