Akiko Tanaka1, Keigo Kawaji2, Amit R Patel2, Takeyoshi Ota3. 1. Section of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 2. Section of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 3. Section of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA tota@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: An extracellular matrix patch was implanted in the porcine right ventricle for in situ myocardial regeneration. A newly developed cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol was utilized to investigate the regional physio-mechanical function of the patch. METHODS: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance was performed at 60-day after the porcine right ventricular wall full thickness substitution with an extracellular matrix cardiac patch (n = 5). Dacron patches and remote normal right ventricle served as control (n = 5/each). Late gadolinium enhancement, strain encoding and rest perfusion were measured for scar/patch detection, regional contractility and tissue perfusion. Image analyses were performed by two observers to validate interobserver reproducibility. RESULTS: All imaging sequences were successfully obtained. The patches were located with late gadolinium enhancement imaging in 95% accuracy. All the parameters demonstrated significant differences among extracellular matrix, Dacron and normal myocardium (P < 0.05), which correlated with histological findings, including constructive remodelling with nascent myocardium and profound vasculogenesis/angiogenesis in extracellular matrix patches, and scar formation in Dacron. Bland-Altman analysis demonstrated good interobserver reproducibility with minimal bias (strain encoding/peak strain: mean difference = -0.32%, 95% limits of agreement = -1.2 to 0.57, correlation = 0.97; rest perfusion/relative maximum upslope: mean difference = -0.74, 95% limits of agreement = -2.0 to 0.53, correlation = 0.92), along with excellent correlation obtained from linear regression (strain encoding: R2 = 0.93; rest perfusion: R2 = 0.85). CONCLUSIONS: With the cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol, we successfully confirmed early signs of functional myocardial regeneration in implanted extracellular matrix patches. This approach is promising in assessing in situ regional physio-mechanical properties and degree of regeneration of implanted tissue-engineered materials.
OBJECTIVES: An extracellular matrix patch was implanted in the porcine right ventricle for in situ myocardial regeneration. A newly developed cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol was utilized to investigate the regional physio-mechanical function of the patch. METHODS: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance was performed at 60-day after the porcine right ventricular wall full thickness substitution with an extracellular matrix cardiac patch (n = 5). Dacron patches and remote normal right ventricle served as control (n = 5/each). Late gadolinium enhancement, strain encoding and rest perfusion were measured for scar/patch detection, regional contractility and tissue perfusion. Image analyses were performed by two observers to validate interobserver reproducibility. RESULTS: All imaging sequences were successfully obtained. The patches were located with late gadolinium enhancement imaging in 95% accuracy. All the parameters demonstrated significant differences among extracellular matrix, Dacron and normal myocardium (P < 0.05), which correlated with histological findings, including constructive remodelling with nascent myocardium and profound vasculogenesis/angiogenesis in extracellular matrix patches, and scar formation in Dacron. Bland-Altman analysis demonstrated good interobserver reproducibility with minimal bias (strain encoding/peak strain: mean difference = -0.32%, 95% limits of agreement = -1.2 to 0.57, correlation = 0.97; rest perfusion/relative maximum upslope: mean difference = -0.74, 95% limits of agreement = -2.0 to 0.53, correlation = 0.92), along with excellent correlation obtained from linear regression (strain encoding: R2 = 0.93; rest perfusion: R2 = 0.85). CONCLUSIONS: With the cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol, we successfully confirmed early signs of functional myocardial regeneration in implanted extracellular matrix patches. This approach is promising in assessing in situ regional physio-mechanical properties and degree of regeneration of implanted tissue-engineered materials.
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