Pezel T, Garot P, Kinnel M, et al. - Regardless of gender, good long-term predictors of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) were inducible ischaemia and early cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)-related revascularization. A lower incidence of MACE in the sole subset of patients with left ventricular ejection fraction < 50% was observed in relation to CMR-related revascularization.

• A total of 3664 consecutive patients referred for stress CMR were included from a large registry.

• Multivariable Cox regression showed that in both women and men, independent predictors of MACE (defined by cardiovascular mortality or recurrent non-fatal myocardial infarction) were: inducible ischaemia, late gadolinium enhancement, and CMR-related revascularization.

• For both genders, improved model discrimination for MACE was achieved with the addition of CMR-parameters.