Rungroj Krittayaphong1, Shuo Zhang2,3, Prajak Tanapibunpon4, Yodying Kaolawanich1, Supaporn Nakyen4. 1. Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand. 2. Philips Healthcare, Singapore. 3. Philips Healthcare, Hamburg, Germany. 4. Her Majesty Cardiac Center, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: This study aims to examine scar detectability using dark-blood late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) with simplified timing scheme and fixed parameters comparing to two conventional bright-blood approaches in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. METHODS: Three LGE techniques were performed in all patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease at 3 T: dark blood two-dimensional (2D) phase-sensitive inversion recovery (PSIR) preceded with a T2-preparation pulse (DB-LGE), conventional three-dimensional (3D) gradient-echo inversion recovery (3D-IR) and conventional 2D PSIR. Timing parameters in DB-LGE were tested in five clinically confirmed coronary artery disease patients with scars and fixed for the rest of the study. Two independent readers evaluated images at both patient and segment levels. Image quality and contrast ratio between scar and adjacent tissues were assessed. Concordance between the three techniques and detection rate based on expert consensus were reported. RESULTS: Forty-six patients were recruited in the study (average age 66.8 years, 69.6% male). DB-LGE demonstrated superior image quality (P=0.001 vs. 3D-IR) and scar-to-blood contrast ratio (P<0.001 vs. 3D-IR and PSIR). Among 41 patients with suspected coronary artery disease, myocardial scar was present in 30 patients (73.2%), all detected by DB-LGE, yielding a detection rate of 100% compared to 93.3% and 96.7% for bright-blood 3D-IR and PSIR. For subendocardial scar detection among 656 segments, DB-LGE had a detection rate of 99.4% compared to 57.8% for 3D-IR and 61.0% for PSIR (both P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: DB-LGE improves detection of myocardial scar compared with conventional bright-blood LGE techniques, particularly of subendocardial scar. 2022 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
BACKGROUND: This study aims to examine scar detectability using dark-blood late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) with simplified timing scheme and fixed parameters comparing to two conventional bright-blood approaches in patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease. METHODS: Three LGE techniques were performed in all patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease at 3 T: dark blood two-dimensional (2D) phase-sensitive inversion recovery (PSIR) preceded with a T2-preparation pulse (DB-LGE), conventional three-dimensional (3D) gradient-echo inversion recovery (3D-IR) and conventional 2D PSIR. Timing parameters in DB-LGE were tested in five clinically confirmed coronary artery disease patients with scars and fixed for the rest of the study. Two independent readers evaluated images at both patient and segment levels. Image quality and contrast ratio between scar and adjacent tissues were assessed. Concordance between the three techniques and detection rate based on expert consensus were reported. RESULTS: Forty-six patients were recruited in the study (average age 66.8 years, 69.6% male). DB-LGE demonstrated superior image quality (P=0.001 vs. 3D-IR) and scar-to-blood contrast ratio (P<0.001 vs. 3D-IR and PSIR). Among 41 patients with suspected coronary artery disease, myocardial scar was present in 30 patients (73.2%), all detected by DB-LGE, yielding a detection rate of 100% compared to 93.3% and 96.7% for bright-blood 3D-IR and PSIR. For subendocardial scar detection among 656 segments, DB-LGE had a detection rate of 99.4% compared to 57.8% for 3D-IR and 61.0% for PSIR (both P<0.001). CONCLUSIONS: DB-LGE improves detection of myocardial scar compared with conventional bright-blood LGE techniques, particularly of subendocardial scar. 2022 Quantitative Imaging in Medicine and Surgery. All rights reserved.
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Coronary artery disease (CAD); dark blood scar imaging; late gadolinium enhancement (LGE); myocardial infarction; phase-sensitive inversion recovery (PSIR)
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