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Quantification of extracellular matrix expansion by CMR in infiltrative heart disease Mongeon FP; Jerosch-Herold M; Coelho-Filho OR; Blankstein R; Falk RH; Kwong RYJACC Cardiovasc Imaging 2012[Sep]; 5 (9): 897-907OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to perform direct quantification of myocardial extracellular volume fraction (ECF) with T1-weighted cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging in patients suspected to have infiltrative heart disease. BACKGROUND: Infiltrative heart disease refers to accumulation of abnormal substances within the myocardium. Qualitative assessment of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) remains the most commonly used method for CMR evaluation of patients suspected with myocardial infiltration. This technique is widely available and can be performed in a reproducible and standardized manner. However, the degree of extracellular matrix expansion due to myocardial infiltration in the intercellular space has, to date, not been amenable to noninvasive quantification with LGE. METHODS: We performed 3-T CMR in 38 patients (mean age 68 +/- 15 years) who were referred for assessment of infiltrative heart disease and also in 9 healthy volunteers as control subjects. The T1 quantification by Look-Locker gradient-echo before and after contrast determined segmental myocardial partition coefficients. The ECF was obtained by referencing the tissue partition coefficient for gadolinium to the plasma volume fraction in blood, derived from serum hematocrit. Cine CMR and LGE imaging in matching locations were also performed. RESULTS: Seventeen patients (45%) had cardiac amyloidosis (CA) (biopsy-confirmed or clinically highly probable), 20 (53%) had a non-amyloid cardiomyopathy, and 1 had lysosomal storage disease. Median global ECF was substantially higher in CA patients (0.49) compared with non-amyloid cardiomyopathy patients (0.33, p < 0.0001) and volunteers (0.24, p = 0.0001). The ECF strongly correlated with visually assessed segmental LGE (r = 0.80, p < 0.0001) and LV mass index (r = 0.69, p < 0.0001), reflecting severity of myocardial infiltration. In patients with CA, ECF was highest in segments with LGE, although it remained elevated in segments without qualitative LGE. CONCLUSIONS: The CMR ECF quantification identified substantial expansion of the interstitial space in patients with CA compared with volunteers. Further studies using this technique for diagnosis and assessment of the severity of myocardial infiltration are warranted.|*Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine[MESH]|Aged[MESH]|Aged, 80 and over[MESH]|Amyloidosis/pathology[MESH]|Biopsy[MESH]|Cardiomyopathies/*pathology[MESH]|Chi-Square Distribution[MESH]|Contrast Media[MESH]|Cross-Sectional Studies[MESH]|Extracellular Matrix/*pathology[MESH]|Gadolinium DTPA[MESH]|Humans[MESH]|Linear Models[MESH]|Lysosomal Storage Diseases/pathology[MESH]|Middle Aged[MESH]|Myocardium/*pathology[MESH]|Predictive Value of Tests[MESH]|Retrospective Studies[MESH]|Severity of Illness Index[MESH] |
