Joshua D Robinson1,2,3, Michael J Rose4, Maria Joh5,6, Kelly Jarvis6,7, Susanne Schnell6, Alex J Barker8, Cynthia K Rigsby5,6,4, Michael Markl6,7. 1. Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, 225 E. Chicago Ave., Box 21, Chicago, IL, 60611, USA. joshuadrobinson@northwestern.edu. 2. Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. joshuadrobinson@northwestern.edu. 3. Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. joshuadrobinson@northwestern.edu. 4. Department of Medical Imaging, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 5. Department of Pediatrics, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 6. Department of Radiology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. 7. Department of Biomedical Engineering, McCormick School of Engineering, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. 8. Department of Radiology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cardiac MRI plays a central role in monitoring children with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) for long-term complications. Current risk assessment is based on volumetric and functional parameters that measure late expression of underlying physiological changes. Emerging 4-D flow MRI techniques promise new insights. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether 4-D flow MRI-derived measures of blood kinetic energy (1) differentiate children and young adults with TOF from controls and (2) are associated with disease severity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pediatric patients post TOF repair (n=21) and controls (n=24) underwent 4-D flow MRI for assessment of time-resolved 3-D blood flow. Data analysis included 3-D segmentation of the right ventricle (RV) and pulmonary artery (PA), with calculation of peak systolic and diastolic kinetic energy (KE) maps. Total KERV and KEPA were determined from the sum of the KE of all voxels within the respective time-resolved segmentations. RESULTS: KEPA was increased in children post TOF vs. controls across the cardiac cycle, with median 12.5 (interquartile range [IQR] 10.3) mJ/m2 vs. 8.2 (4.3) mJ/m2, P<0.01 in systole; and 2.3 (2.7) mJ/m2 vs. 1.4 (0.9) mJ/m2, P<0.01 in diastole. Diastolic KEPA correlated with systolic KEPA (R2 0.41, P<0.01) and with pulmonary regurgitation fraction (R2 0.65, P<0.01). Diastolic KERV showed similar relationships, denoting increasing KE with higher cardiac outputs and increased right heart volume loading. Diastolic KERV and KEPA increased with RV end-diastolic volume in a non-linear relationship (R2 0.33, P<0.01 and R2 0.50, P<0.01 respectively), with an inflection point near 120 mL/m2. CONCLUSION: Four-dimensional flow-derived KE is abnormal in pediatric patients post TOF repair compared to controls and has a direct, non-linear relationship with traditional measures of disease progression. Future longitudinal studies are needed to evaluate utility for early outcome prediction in TOF.
BACKGROUND: Cardiac MRI plays a central role in monitoring children with repaired tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) for long-term complications. Current risk assessment is based on volumetric and functional parameters that measure late expression of underlying physiological changes. Emerging 4-D flow MRI techniques promise new insights. OBJECTIVE: To assess whether 4-D flow MRI-derived measures of blood kinetic energy (1) differentiate children and young adults with TOF from controls and (2) are associated with disease severity. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pediatric patients post TOF repair (n=21) and controls (n=24) underwent 4-D flow MRI for assessment of time-resolved 3-D blood flow. Data analysis included 3-D segmentation of the right ventricle (RV) and pulmonary artery (PA), with calculation of peak systolic and diastolic kinetic energy (KE) maps. Total KERV and KEPA were determined from the sum of the KE of all voxels within the respective time-resolved segmentations. RESULTS:KEPA was increased in children post TOF vs. controls across the cardiac cycle, with median 12.5 (interquartile range [IQR] 10.3) mJ/m2 vs. 8.2 (4.3) mJ/m2, P<0.01 in systole; and 2.3 (2.7) mJ/m2 vs. 1.4 (0.9) mJ/m2, P<0.01 in diastole. Diastolic KEPA correlated with systolic KEPA (R2 0.41, P<0.01) and with pulmonary regurgitation fraction (R2 0.65, P<0.01). Diastolic KERV showed similar relationships, denoting increasing KE with higher cardiac outputs and increased right heart volume loading. Diastolic KERV and KEPA increased with RV end-diastolic volume in a non-linear relationship (R2 0.33, P<0.01 and R2 0.50, P<0.01 respectively), with an inflection point near 120 mL/m2. CONCLUSION: Four-dimensional flow-derived KE is abnormal in pediatric patients post TOF repair compared to controls and has a direct, non-linear relationship with traditional measures of disease progression. Future longitudinal studies are needed to evaluate utility for early outcome prediction in TOF.
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4-D flow; Children; Congenital heart disease; Heart; Kinetic energy; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pulmonary artery; Right ventricle; Tetralogy of Fallot
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