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Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) can detect focal ventricular anomalies that could act as a possible site of origin for premature ventricular contractions (PVCs). The aim of this study was to investigate the presence of cardiac anomalies in patients with normal findings at echocardiogram. Methods: Fifty-one consecutive patients (23 women, 28 men, mean age 59 years) with very high PVC burden (&gt;10,000 PVC\/day) and normal findings at standard echocardiography and exercise test were examined with CMR. The outcome was pathologic findings, defined as impaired ejection fraction, regional wall motion abnormalities, abnormal ventricular volume, myocardial edema and fibrosis. Results: Sixteen out of 51 patients (32%) had structural ventricular abnormalities at CMR. In five patients CMR showed impairment of the left ventricular and\/or right ventricular systolic function, and six patients had a dilated left and\/or right ventricle. Regional wall motion abnormalities were seen in six patients and fibrosis in four. No patient had CMR signs of edema or met CMR criteria for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy. Five patients had extra-ventricular findings (enlarged atria in three cases, enlarged thoracic aorta in one case and pericardial effusion in one case). Conclusions: In this study 16 out of 51 patients with a high PVC burden and normal findings at echocardiography showed signs of pathology in the ventricles with CMR. These findings indicate that CMR should be considered in evaluating patients with a high PVC burden and a normal standard investigation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/diagnostics11081505","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,22]],"date-time":"2021-08-22T21:42:12Z","timestamp":1629668532000},"page":"1505","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":7,"title":["Magnetic Resonance Detects Structural Heart Disease in Patients with Frequent Ventricular Ectopy and Normal Echocardiographic Findings"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"11","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4781-9588","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Raffaele","family":"Scorza","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiovascular Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, 18288 Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Anders","family":"Jansson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiovascular Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, 18288 Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-5828-0015","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Peder","family":"S\u00f6rensson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medicine, Solna, Karolinska University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, 17177 Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"M\u00e5rten","family":"Rosenqvist","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiovascular Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, 18288 Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Viveka","family":"Frykman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Cardiovascular Unit, Department of Clinical Sciences, Danderyd University Hospital, Karolinska Institutet, 18288 Stockholm, Sweden"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,8,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"151","DOI":"10.1016\/j.amjcard.2010.09.002","article-title":"Relation of Atrial and\/or Ventricular Premature Complexes on a Two-Minute Rhythm Strip to the Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death (the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities [ARIC] Study)","volume":"107","author":"Cheriyath","year":"2011","journal-title":"Am. 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