Cross-modality Accuracy of Dual-step, Prospectively Electrocardiography-triggered Dual-source Computed Tomography Compared With Same-day Echocardiography and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Follow-up of Heart-transplant Patients

Riccardo Marano, Biagio Merlino, Luigi Natale, G Savino, Vincenzo Vingiani, Giuseppe Rovere, Anna Rita Larici, Roberto Iezzi, N Magarelli, Antonella Lombardo, M Pasquale, Riccardo Manfredi*

*Autore corrispondente per questo lavoro

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Abstract

Purpose: An accurate evaluation of left ventricular volumes, mass, and ejection fraction (EF) and an early exclusion or detection of significant coronary artery disease or cardiac allograft vasculopathy are mandatory for clinical management and prognosis assessment of heart-transplanted patients (HTP). The purpose of this article was to evaluate the role of dual-step prospective electrocardiographytriggered Dual-Source CT (pECGdual-step-DSCT) in HTP for the assessment of left-ventricular function, in comparison with echocardiography (echo) and cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) performed on the same day, and of the coronary arteries as well.\r\nMaterials and Methods: Left-ventricular EF, end-diastolic volume, end-systolic volume, stroke volume, cardiac output (CO), and mass\r\nwere assessed in 11 HTP by pECGdual-step-DSCT in comparison with CMR and echo performed on the same day. During all the\r\nexaminations, the heart rate was recorded. CT coronary artery assessment was also performed.\r\nResults: Heart rate was lower during DSCT (75.6±7.8 bpm; P<0.001). EF resulted slightly lower for DSCT (55.7%±5.0%;\r\nP≥0.05) in comparison with CMR (57.8%±5.3%; P≥ 0.05) and echo (59.2%±5.6%; P≥0.05). DSCT showed statistically significant\r\nhigher end-diastolic volume (153.7±24.2 mL), end-systolic volume (67.8±11.5 mL), and stroke volume (85.9±17.6 mL)\r\n(P< 0.01 up to 0.001) than CMR, but with a high correlation (P< 0.001). Cardiac output was almost similar for DSCT versus\r\nCMR, with a very high correlation coefficient (r=0.914; P<0.001). DSCT showed higher mass values than CMR (P<0.001), but with\r\na high correlation (r=0.866; P<0.001). DSCT versus echo results were less correlated. No significant coronary artery disease was\r\ndetected.\r\nConclusion: pECGdual-step-DSCT allows reliable assessment of leftventricular function in HTP, with good agreement and correlation\r\nwith CMR, within a global diagnostic approach including coronary artery evaluation in one single-volume acquisition.
Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)217-224
Numero di pagine8
RivistaJournal of Thoracic Imaging
Volume2018
Numero di pubblicazione33
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2018

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Radiologia, Medicina Nucleare e Diagnostica per Immagini
  • Medicina Polmonare e Respiratoria

Keywords

  • cardiac imaging
  • cardiac magnetic resonance
  • cardiac transplantation
  • dual-source computed tomography
  • left-ventricular function

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