Masateru Kawakubo1, Michinobu Nagao2, Atsushi Yamamoto3, Risako Nakao4, Yuka Matsuo3, Koichiro Kaneko3, Eri Watanabe4, Akiko Sakai4, Masayuki Sasaki1, Shuji Sakai3. 1. Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan. 2. Department of Diagnostic Imaging & Nuclear Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. nagao.michinobu@twmu.ac.jp. 3. Department of Diagnostic Imaging & Nuclear Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan. 4. Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract
PURPOSE: We developed a feature-tracking algorithm for use with electrocardiography-gated high-resolution 13 N-ammonia positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, and we hypothesized it could be used to clarify the association between right ventricular (RV) longitudinal strain (LS) and right coronary artery (RCA) ischemia. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the reduction of regional myocardial flow reserve (MFR) in RCA territories and PET-derived LS of the RV free wall. METHODS: Ninety-three patients with coronary artery stenosis > 50%, diagnosed by coronary computed tomography angiography, and 10 controls were retrospectively analyzed. RV-LS in the free wall was measured by a feature-tracking technique on the resting and stressed 13 N-ammonia PET images of horizontal long axis slices. The patients were sub-grouped according to regional MFR values at the territories of RCA, left anterior descending artery (LAD), and left circumflex coronary artery (LCx): RCA-MFR < 2.0 [n = 34], RCA-MFR ≥ 2.0 but MFR < 2.0 at LAD or LCx territories [n = 11], and MFR ≥ 2.0 for all territories [n = 48]. Stress and resting RV-LS were compared in each of the four groups. Multiple comparisons of RV-LS among the four groups were performed in the stress and resting state. RESULTS: Decreased stress RV-LS in patients with an RCA-MFR < 2.0 was observed. In the patients with MFR ≥ 2.0 for all territories, the stressed RV-LS was significantly increased compared to that in the resting state. Significantly decreased RV free wall LS during adenosine stress in patients with RCA-MFR < 2.0 was observed in the other three groups. CONCLUSIONS: We measured RV myocardial LS using feature tracking in cine imaging of 13 N-ammonia PET. The results of this study suggest that PET-derived stressed RV-LS is useful for detecting reduced RV myocardial motion due to ischemia in the RCA territory.
PURPOSE: We developed a feature-tracking algorithm for use with electrocardiography-gated high-resolution 13 N-ammonia positron emission tomography (PET) imaging, and we hypothesized it could be used to clarify the association between right ventricular (RV) longitudinal strain (LS) and right coronary artery (RCA) ischemia. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the reduction of regional myocardial flow reserve (MFR) in RCA territories and PET-derived LS of the RV free wall. METHODS: Ninety-three patients with coronary artery stenosis > 50%, diagnosed by coronary computed tomography angiography, and 10 controls were retrospectively analyzed. RV-LS in the free wall was measured by a feature-tracking technique on the resting and stressed 13 N-ammonia PET images of horizontal long axis slices. The patients were sub-grouped according to regional MFR values at the territories of RCA, left anterior descending artery (LAD), and left circumflex coronary artery (LCx): RCA-MFR < 2.0 [n = 34], RCA-MFR ≥ 2.0 but MFR < 2.0 at LAD or LCx territories [n = 11], and MFR ≥ 2.0 for all territories [n = 48]. Stress and resting RV-LS were compared in each of the four groups. Multiple comparisons of RV-LS among the four groups were performed in the stress and resting state. RESULTS: Decreased stress RV-LS in patients with an RCA-MFR < 2.0 was observed. In the patients with MFR ≥ 2.0 for all territories, the stressed RV-LS was significantly increased compared to that in the resting state. Significantly decreased RV free wall LS during adenosine stress in patients with RCA-MFR < 2.0 was observed in the other three groups. CONCLUSIONS: We measured RV myocardial LS using feature tracking in cine imaging of 13 N-ammonia PET. The results of this study suggest that PET-derived stressed RV-LS is useful for detecting reduced RV myocardial motion due to ischemia in the RCA territory.
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