Laureline Berteloot1,2, Maïa Proisy3, Jean-Philippe Jais4,5, Marilyne Lévy6, Nathalie Boddaert7,8,5, Damien Bonnet5,6, Francesca Raimondi6. 1. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants malades, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. laureline.berteloot@aphp.fr. 2. UMR 1163, Institut Imagine, Paris, France. laureline.berteloot@aphp.fr. 3. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Rennes, France. 4. Department of Biostatistics, Hôpital Necker-Enfants malades, Paris, France. 5. PRES Sorbonne Paris Cité, University René Descartes, Paris, France. 6. M3C-Necker, Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants malades, Paris, France. 7. Department of Pediatric Radiology, Hôpital Universitaire Necker-Enfants malades, Assistance Publique des Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France. 8. UMR 1163, Institut Imagine, Paris, France.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In children, idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension present echocardiographic and heart catheterization findings similar to findings in pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. OBJECTIVE: To provide a systematic analysis of CT angiography anomalies in children with idiopathic or heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension, or pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. We also sought to identify correlations between CT findings and patients' baseline characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed CT features of children with idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension or pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and 30 age-matched controls between 2008 and 2014. We compared CT findings and patient characteristics, including gene mutation type, and disease outcome until 2017. RESULTS: The pulmonary arterial hypertension group included idiopathic (n=15) and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (n=11) and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (n=4). Median age was 6.5 years. Children with pulmonary arterial hypertension showed enlargement of pulmonary artery and right cardiac chambers. A threshold for the ratio between the pulmonary artery and the ascending aorta of ≥1.2 had a sensitivity of 90% and a specificity of 100% for pulmonary arterial hypertension. All children with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease had thickened interlobular septa, centrilobular ground-glass opacities, and lymphadenopathy. In children with idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension, presence of intrapulmonary neovessels and enlargement of the right atrium were correlated with higher mean pulmonary artery pressure (P=0.011) and pulmonary vascular resistance (P=0.038), respectively. Mediastinal lymphadenopathy was associated with disease worsening within the first 2 years of follow-up (P=0.024). CONCLUSION: CT angiography could contribute to early diagnosis and prediction of severity in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
BACKGROUND: In children, idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension present echocardiographic and heart catheterization findings similar to findings in pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. OBJECTIVE: To provide a systematic analysis of CT angiography anomalies in children with idiopathic or heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension, or pulmonary veno-occlusive disease. We also sought to identify correlations between CT findings and patients' baseline characteristics. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We retrospectively analyzed CT features of children with idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension or pulmonary veno-occlusive disease and 30 age-matched controls between 2008 and 2014. We compared CT findings and patient characteristics, including gene mutation type, and disease outcome until 2017. RESULTS: The pulmonary arterial hypertension group included idiopathic (n=15) and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension (n=11) and pulmonary veno-occlusive disease (n=4). Median age was 6.5 years. Children with pulmonary arterial hypertension showed enlargement of pulmonary artery and right cardiac chambers. A threshold for the ratio between the pulmonary artery and the ascending aorta of ≥1.2 had a sensitivity of 90% and a specificity of 100% for pulmonary arterial hypertension. All children with pulmonary veno-occlusive disease had thickened interlobular septa, centrilobular ground-glass opacities, and lymphadenopathy. In children with idiopathic and heritable pulmonary arterial hypertension, presence of intrapulmonary neovessels and enlargement of the right atrium were correlated with higher mean pulmonary artery pressure (P=0.011) and pulmonary vascular resistance (P=0.038), respectively. Mediastinal lymphadenopathy was associated with disease worsening within the first 2 years of follow-up (P=0.024). CONCLUSION: CT angiography could contribute to early diagnosis and prediction of severity in children with pulmonary arterial hypertension.
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