Louis Flamée1, Rolf Symons1, Ganna Degtiarova2, Tom Dresselaers1, Olivier Gheysens3, Wim Wuyts4, Johan Van Cleemput5, Jan Bogaert6,7. 1. Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 2. Department of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 3. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL), Brussels, Belgium. 4. Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 5. Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, Belgium. 6. Department of Radiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. jan.bogaert@uzleuven.be. 7. Department of Imaging and Pathology, KU Leuven, University of Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. jan.bogaert@uzleuven.be.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: As prognosis in sarcoidosis is determined by cardiac involvement, the objective was to study the added value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in risk stratification. METHODS: In 114 patients (48 ± 12 years/52% male) with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis, we studied the value of clinical and CMR-derived parameters to predict future events, using sustained ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, aborted cardiac death, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) placement with appropriate shocks, hospitalization for heart failure, and death as composite endpoint. Median follow-up after CMR was 3.1 years (1.1-5.7 years). RESULTS: The ejection fraction (EF) was 58.2 ± 9.1% and 54.7 ± 10.8% for left ventricle (LV) and right ventricle (RV), respectively. LV late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) was present in 40 patients (35%) involving 5.1% of the LV mass (IQR, 3.0-12.0%), with concomitant RV involvement in 12 patients (11%). T2-weighting imaging and/or T2 mapping showed active disease in 14 patients. The composite endpoint was reached in 34 patients, with 7 deaths in the LGE-positive group (17.5%), versus two deaths in the LGE-negative group (2.7%) (p = 0.015). At univariate analysis, RVEF (p = 0.009), pulmonary arterial pressure (p = 0.002), and presence of LGE (p < 0.001) and LGE (% of LV) (p < 0.001) were significant. At multivariate analysis, only presence of LGE and LGE (% of LV) was significant (both p = 0.03). At Kaplan-Meier, presence of LGE and an LGE of 3% predicted event-free survival and patient survival. We found no difference in active versus inactive disease with regard to patient survival. CONCLUSION: Myocardial enhancement at LGE-CMR adds independent prognostic value in risk stratification sarcoidosis patients. In contrast, clinical as well as functional cardiac parameters lack discriminative power. KEY POINTS: • Sarcoidosis often affects the heart. • Comprehensive CMR, including T2 imaging and LGE enhancement CMR, allows to depict both active and inactive myocardial damage. • Patient prognosis in sarcoidosis is determined by the presence and severity of myocardial involvement at LGE CMR.
OBJECTIVES: As prognosis in sarcoidosis is determined by cardiac involvement, the objective was to study the added value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) in risk stratification. METHODS: In 114 patients (48 ± 12 years/52% male) with biopsy-proven sarcoidosis, we studied the value of clinical and CMR-derived parameters to predict future events, using sustained ventricular tachycardia, ventricular fibrillation, aborted cardiac death, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) placement with appropriate shocks, hospitalization for heart failure, and death as composite endpoint. Median follow-up after CMR was 3.1 years (1.1-5.7 years). RESULTS: The ejection fraction (EF) was 58.2 ± 9.1% and 54.7 ± 10.8% for left ventricle (LV) and right ventricle (RV), respectively. LV late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) was present in 40 patients (35%) involving 5.1% of the LV mass (IQR, 3.0-12.0%), with concomitant RV involvement in 12 patients (11%). T2-weighting imaging and/or T2 mapping showed active disease in 14 patients. The composite endpoint was reached in 34 patients, with 7 deaths in the LGE-positive group (17.5%), versus two deaths in the LGE-negative group (2.7%) (p = 0.015). At univariate analysis, RVEF (p = 0.009), pulmonary arterial pressure (p = 0.002), and presence of LGE (p < 0.001) and LGE (% of LV) (p < 0.001) were significant. At multivariate analysis, only presence of LGE and LGE (% of LV) was significant (both p = 0.03). At Kaplan-Meier, presence of LGE and an LGE of 3% predicted event-free survival and patient survival. We found no difference in active versus inactive disease with regard to patient survival. CONCLUSION: Myocardial enhancement at LGE-CMR adds independent prognostic value in risk stratification sarcoidosispatients. In contrast, clinical as well as functional cardiac parameters lack discriminative power. KEY POINTS: • Sarcoidosis often affects the heart. • Comprehensive CMR, including T2 imaging and LGE enhancement CMR, allows to depict both active and inactive myocardial damage. • Patient prognosis in sarcoidosis is determined by the presence and severity of myocardial involvement at LGE CMR.
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Heart; Magnetic resonance imaging; Sarcoidosis; Survival
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