scholarly journals 395 Diagnostic role of native T1 mapping compared to conventional magnetic resonance techniques in cardiac diseases: a real-life study

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (Supplement_G) ◽  
Author(s):  
Roberto Licordari ◽  
Chrysanthos Grigoratos ◽  
Giancarlo Todiere ◽  
Andrea Barison ◽  
Gianluca Di Bella ◽  
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Abstract Aims T1 mapping is a validated technique in cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), however in real-life clinical practice its effectiveness to diagnose myocardial disease is still unclear. To compare native T1 mapping to conventional late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and T2-STIR techniques for the evaluation of a cohort of consecutive patients undergoing CMR for the suspicion of myocardial disease. Methods and results CMR was performed in 323 patients, 206 males (64%), mean age 54 ± 8 years, and in 27 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. LGE, T2-STIR, and pre- and post-contrast T1 mapping were acquired as suggested by the SCMR position paper. The CMR findings of global and regional T1 mapping were compared to the respective results of LGE and T2-STIR techniques. The main baseline indications for CMR were: suspicion of ARVC in 20%; non-ischaemic DCM in 19%; HCM in 16%; chest pain without obstructive coronary artery in 14% of patients (suspicion of MINOCA, Tako-tsubo or myocarditis); other indications (amyloidosis, scleroderma, previous myocardial infarction, pericarditis, LV non-compaction) in the remaining of cases. At T2-STIR images myocardial hyperintensity suggesting oedema was found in 41 patients (27%). LGE images were positive in 206 patients (64%). Native T1 mapping was abnormal in 171 (49%). In 206 patients (64%) a matching between LGE and native T1 was found (both positive in 132 and negative in 74). T1 was also abnormal in 32 out of 41 (78%) with oedema at T2-STIR. Overall, LGE and/or T2-STIR were abnormal in 209 patients, whereas native T1 in 154(52%). Conventional techniques and T1 mapping were concordant in 208 patients (64%). Conventional techniques were abnormal in 76 (24%) of patients with negative T1 mapping. Finally, in 39 patients T1 mapping was positive despite negative conventional techniques (12%). Among these latter 39 patients, only in 18 T2-STIR were acquired based on clinical decision. Then, the percentage of cases where T1 mapping could have an additive role would range between 6% and 12%. T1 mapping was particularly able in conditions with diffuse myocardial damage as cardiac amyloidosis, scleroderma and fabry disease (additive role in 42%). On contrast, T1 mapping was less effective in cardiac disease with regional distribution of myocardial damage as myocardial infarction, HCM, myocarditis (additive role in 1%). Conclusions T1 mapping may give additive information in 6–12% of patient but is less effective cardiac disease presenting with regional or segmental distribution of myocardial damage. Results of the present study suggest that conventional LGE/T2-STIR and T1 mapping are complementary techniques and should be used together in every CMR examination.

2021 ◽  
Vol 42 (Supplement_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Antonopoulos ◽  
M Boutsikou ◽  
S Simantiris ◽  
A Angelopoulos ◽  
G Lazaros ◽  
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Abstract Background Myocardial T1 mapping by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is a useful technique to detect diffuse myocardial fibrosis, but a major limitation of T1 mapping is the significant overlap in native T1 values between health and disease. Purpose We explored whether radiomic features from T1 maps could enhance the diagnostic value of T1 mapping in distinguishing health from disease and classifying cardiac disease phenotypes. Methods In a total of 149 patients (n=30 with no evidence of heart disease, n=30 with LVH of various etiologies, n=61 with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) and n=28 with cardiac amyloidosis) undergoing a CMR scan for various indications were included in this study. In addition to measuring native myocardial T1 values from T1 maps, we extracted a total of 843 radiomic features of myocardial texture and explored their value in disease classification. Results We first demonstrated that T1 mapping images are a rich source of extractable, quantifiable data. The first three principal components of the T1 radiomics were significantly and distinctively correlated with cardiac disease type. Unsupervised hierarchical clustering of the population by myocardial T1 radiomics was significantly associated with myocardial disease type (chi2=55.98, p<0.0001). After machine learning for feature selection, training with internal validation and external testing, a model of T1 radiomics had good diagnostic performance (AUC 0.753) for multinomial classification of disease phenotype (normal vs. LVH vs. HCM vs. amyloid). A subset of seven radiomic features outperformed mean native T1 values for classification between myocardial health vs. disease and HCM phenocopies (for normal: T1 AUC 0.549 vs. radiomics AUC 0.888, for LVH: T1 AUC 0.645 vs. radiomics AUC 0.790, for HCM T1 AUC 0.541 vs. radiomics AUC 0.638 and for amyloid T1 AUC 0.769 vs. radiomics AUC 0.840). Conclusions We have shown that specific imaging patterns in myocardial native T1 maps are linked to features of cardiac disease and we have provided for the first-time evidence that radiomic phenotyping can be used to enhance the diagnostic yield of native T1 mapping for myocardial disease detection and classification. FUNDunding Acknowledgement Type of funding sources: None.


2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Theresa Pieper ◽  
Heiner Latus ◽  
Dietmar Schranz ◽  
Joachim Kreuder ◽  
Bettina Reich ◽  
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Abstract Background Patients after aortic coarctation (CoA) repair show impaired aortic bioelasticity and altered left ventricular (LV) mechanics, predisposing diastolic dysfunction. Our purpose was to assess aortic bioelasticity and LV properties in CoA patients who underwent endovascular stenting or surgery using cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging. Methods Fifty CoA patients (20.5 ± 9.5 years) were examined by 3-Tesla CMR. Eighteen patients had previous stent implantation and 32 had surgical repair. We performed volumetric analysis of both ventricles (LV, RV) and left atrium (LA) to measure biventricular volumes, ejection fractions, left atrial (LA) volumes, and functional parameters (LAEFPassive, LAEFContractile, LAEFReservoir). Aortic distensibility and pulse wave velocity (PWV) were assessed. Native T1 mapping was applied to examine LV tissue properties. In twelve patients post-contrast T1 mapping was performed. Results LV, RV and LA parameters did not differ between the surgical and stent group. There was also no significant difference for aortic distensibility, PWV and T1 relaxation times. Aortic root distensibility correlated negatively with age, BMI, BSA and weight (p < 0.001). Native T1 values correlated negatively with age, weight, BSA and BMI (p < 0.001). Lower post-contrast T1 values were associated with lower aortic arch distensibility and higher aortic arch PWV (p < 0.001). Conclusions CoA patients after surgery or stent implantation did not show significant difference of aortic elasticity. Thus, presumably other factors like intrinsic aortic abnormalities might have a greater impact on aortic elasticity than the approach of repair. Interestingly, our data suggest that native T1 values are influenced by demographic characteristics.


2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (Supplement_2) ◽  
Author(s):  
L Zhang ◽  
Y.K Guo ◽  
Z.G Yang ◽  
M.X Yang ◽  
K.Y Diao ◽  
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Abstract Background Cardiac magnet resonance (CMR) T1 mapping allows the quantitative characterization of the severity of tissue injury and predict functional recovery in acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Purpose The study aimed to investigate whether native T1 and ECV of infarct myocardium are influenced by microvascular obstruction (MVO) and have predictive value for adverse left ventricular (LV) remodeling post-infarction. Method A cohort of 54 patients with successfully reperfused STEMI underwent CMR imaging at a 3T scanner in AMI and 3 months post-infarction. Native T1 data was acquired using a modified Look-Locker inversion recovery (MOLLI) sequence, and ECV maps were calculated using blood sampled hematocrit. Manual regions-of-interest were drawn within the infarct myocardium to measure native T1 and ECV (native T1infarct and ECVinfarct, respectively). MVO identified as a low-intensity area within the infarct zone on LGE was eliminated. Results MVO was present in 36 patients (66.67%) in AMI. ECVinfarct in patients with MVO was different from those without (58.66±8.71% vs. 49.64±8.82%, P=0.001), while no significant difference in T1infarct was observed between patients with and without MVO (1474.7±63.5ms vs. 1495.4±98.0ms, P=0.352). ECV correlated well with the change in end-diastolic volume (all patients: r=0.564, P&lt;0.001) and predicted LV remodeling in patients with and without MVO (rMVO absent = 0.626, P=0.005; rMVO present = 0.686, P&lt;0.001; all patients: r=0.622, P&lt;0.001); Native T1 was only associated with a 3-month change in LV end-diastolic volume (rMVO absent= 0.483, P=0.042) and predicted LV remodeling in patients without MVO (rMVO absent = 0.659, P=0.003). Furthermore, ECV had an association with LV remodeling (β=0.312, P=0.007) in multivariable logistic analysis. Conclusion Absolute native T1 in infarct myocardium might be affected by MVO but ECV isn't. ECV could predict LV remodeling in MI patients with and without MVO, while native T1 predict it in MI with MVO absent. Funding Acknowledgement Type of funding source: Public hospital(s). Main funding source(s): 1·3·5 project for disciplines of excellence, West China Hospital, Sichuan University


Heart Rhythm ◽  
2014 ◽  
Vol 11 (9) ◽  
pp. 1551-1559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liang-han Ling ◽  
Alex J.A. McLellan ◽  
Andrew J. Taylor ◽  
Leah M. Iles ◽  
Andris H. Ellims ◽  
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Cardiology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 138 (4) ◽  
pp. 207-217 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sophie Mavrogeni ◽  
Dimitris Apostolou ◽  
Panayiotis Argyriou ◽  
Stella Velitsista ◽  
Lilika Papa ◽  
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The increasing use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) is based on its capability to perform biventricular function assessment and tissue characterization without radiation and with high reproducibility. The use of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) gave the potential of non-invasive biopsy for fibrosis quantification. However, LGE is unable to detect diffuse myocardial disease. Native T1 mapping and extracellular volume fraction (ECV) provide knowledge about pathologies affecting both the myocardium and interstitium that is otherwise difficult to identify. Changes of myocardial native T1 reflect cardiac diseases (acute coronary syndromes, infarction, myocarditis, and diffuse fibrosis, all with high T1) and systemic diseases such as cardiac amyloid (high T1), Anderson-Fabry disease (low T1), and siderosis (low T1). The ECV, an index generated by native and post-contrast T1 mapping, measures the cellular and extracellular interstitial matrix (ECM) compartments. This myocyte-ECM dichotomy has important implications for identifying specific therapeutic targets of great value for heart failure treatment. On the other hand, T2 mapping is superior compared with myocardial T1 and ECM for assessing the activity of myocarditis in recent-onset heart failure. Although these indices can significantly affect the clinical decision making, multicentre studies and a community-wide approach (including MRI vendors, funding, software, contrast agent manufacturers, and clinicians) are still missing.


2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (5) ◽  
pp. spcone-spcone
Author(s):  
Xi Liu ◽  
Jiang-long Hou ◽  
Zhi-gang Yang ◽  
Chun-chao Xia ◽  
Lin-jun Xie ◽  
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