Lei Wang1, Min Liu1, Pei Yao Zhang1, Jin Zhu Dai1, Hai Yi Ma1, Xin Cao Tao2, Wan Mu Xie2, Jun Wan2, An Jing3. 1. Department of Radiology, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China. 2. Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, China. 3. Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic Resonance Ltd., Shenzhen, China.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Cardiac flow closely interact with function, however, the correlation of right ventricular (RV) flow and function remains unknown, thus our objective is to observe right ventricular flow with four-dimensional phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (4D flow CMR) in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and to analyze flow components with RV function and hemodynamics. METHODS: This study retrospectively enrolled 30 patients with PAH (mean age: 49±13 years, 16 females) and 14 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers as controls (mean age: 44±12 years, 9 females). All patients who underwent CMR and right heart catheterization (RHC) within 1 week between January 2019 and July 2020 were included. Hemodynamics were measured with RHC. RV flow components, including the percentages of direct flow (RVPDF), retained inflow (RVPRI), delayed ejection flow (RVPDEF) and residual volume (RVPRVo) were quantified using 4D flow CMR. The associations between RV flow components and other CMR metrics, clinical data, and hemodynamics were analyzed by Spearman's correlation analysis. RESULTS: In patients with PAH, RVPDF was decreased and RVPRVo was increased compared with the normal control group. The sum of RVPDF and RVPDEF RV was significantly correlated with RV ejection fraction (RVEF) (r=0.802, P<0.001), and there was no notable difference between RVEF and the sum of RVPDF and RVPDEF (t=0.251, P=0.831). Both RVPDF and RVPRVo were correlated (in opposite directions) with the RV end-diastolic volume index, RV end-systolic volume index, RV global longitudinal strain, and RVEF. RVPDF was negatively correlated with pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), and positively correlated with cardiac output and cardiac index. RVPRVo was positively correlated with PVR and negatively correlated with cardiac output and cardiac index. CONCLUSIONS: RV blood flow components qualified with 4D flow CMR is a valuable noninvasive method for the assessment of RV function and hemodynamics in patients with PAH. 2021 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: Cardiac flow closely interact with function, however, the correlation of right ventricular (RV) flow and function remains unknown, thus our objective is to observe right ventricular flow with four-dimensional phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (4D flow CMR) in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and to analyze flow components with RV function and hemodynamics. METHODS: This study retrospectively enrolled 30 patients with PAH (mean age: 49±13 years, 16 females) and 14 age- and sex-matched healthy volunteers as controls (mean age: 44±12 years, 9 females). All patients who underwent CMR and right heart catheterization (RHC) within 1 week between January 2019 and July 2020 were included. Hemodynamics were measured with RHC. RV flow components, including the percentages of direct flow (RVPDF), retained inflow (RVPRI), delayed ejection flow (RVPDEF) and residual volume (RVPRVo) were quantified using 4D flow CMR. The associations between RV flow components and other CMR metrics, clinical data, and hemodynamics were analyzed by Spearman's correlation analysis. RESULTS: In patients with PAH, RVPDF was decreased and RVPRVo was increased compared with the normal control group. The sum of RVPDF and RVPDEF RV was significantly correlated with RV ejection fraction (RVEF) (r=0.802, P<0.001), and there was no notable difference between RVEF and the sum of RVPDF and RVPDEF (t=0.251, P=0.831). Both RVPDF and RVPRVo were correlated (in opposite directions) with the RV end-diastolic volume index, RV end-systolic volume index, RV global longitudinal strain, and RVEF. RVPDF was negatively correlated with pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), and positively correlated with cardiac output and cardiac index. RVPRVo was positively correlated with PVR and negatively correlated with cardiac output and cardiac index. CONCLUSIONS: RV blood flow components qualified with 4D flow CMR is a valuable noninvasive method for the assessment of RV function and hemodynamics in patients with PAH. 2021 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
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4D flow cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (4D flow CMR); hemodynamics; pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH); right heart catheterization (RHC); right ventricular function
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