PURPOSE: Transmural abnormalities in myocardial blood flow (MBF) are important causes of ischaemia in patients with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. The study aimed to test whether pixel-wise parametric mapping of (13)NH3 MBF can reveal transmural abnormalities in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS: We submitted 11 HCM patients and 9 age-matched controls with physiological LV hypertrophy to rest and stress (dipyridamole) (13)NH3 PET. We measured MBF using a compartmental model, and obtained rest and stress parametric maps. Pixel MBF values were reorganized to obtain subendocardial and subepicardial MBF of LV segments. RESULTS: MBF at rest was higher in the subendocardial than in the subepicardial layer: 0.78 ± 0.19 vs. 0.60 ± 0.18 mL/min/g in HCM patients; 0.92 ± 0.24 vs. 0.75 ± 0.24 mL/min/g in controls (both p < 0.0001). Transmural perfusion gradient (TPG = subendocardial MBF/subepicardial MBF) at rest was similar: 1.35 ± 0.31 in HCM patients; 1.28 ± 0.27 in controls (NS). During stress, controls maintained higher subendocardial MBF: 2.44 ± 0.54 vs. 1.96 ± 0.67 mL/min/g tissue (p < 0.0001), with a TPG of 1.33 ± 0.35 (NS vs. rest). In HCM patients, the difference between subendocardial and subepicardial MBF was reduced (1.46 ± 0.48 vs. 1.36 ± 0.48 mL/min/g tissue, p < 0.01) and TPG decreased to 1.11 ± 0.34 (p < 0.0001 vs. rest and vs. controls). In HCM patients 8 of 176 segments had subendocardial MBF less than -2 × SD of the mean, versus none of 144 segments in controls (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Pixel-wise parametric mapping of (13)NH3 MBF enables the identification of transmural abnormalities in patients with HCM.
Validation of pixel-wise parametric mapping of myocardial blood flow with ¹³NH₃ PET in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy / Sciagrà, R; Passeri, A; Cipollini, F; Castagnoli, H; Olivotto, I; Burger, C; Cecchi, F; Pupi, A.. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND MOLECULAR IMAGING. - ISSN 1619-7070. - STAMPA. - 42:(2015), pp. 1581-1588. [10.1007/s00259-015-3101-y]
Validation of pixel-wise parametric mapping of myocardial blood flow with ¹³NH₃ PET in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
SCIAGRA', ROBERTO;PASSERI, ALESSANDRO;CIPOLLINI, FABRIZIO;CASTAGNOLI, HELGA;OLIVOTTO, IACOPO;CECCHI, FRANCO;PUPI, ALBERTO
2015
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PURPOSE: Transmural abnormalities in myocardial blood flow (MBF) are important causes of ischaemia in patients with left ventricular (LV) hypertrophy. The study aimed to test whether pixel-wise parametric mapping of (13)NH3 MBF can reveal transmural abnormalities in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). METHODS: We submitted 11 HCM patients and 9 age-matched controls with physiological LV hypertrophy to rest and stress (dipyridamole) (13)NH3 PET. We measured MBF using a compartmental model, and obtained rest and stress parametric maps. Pixel MBF values were reorganized to obtain subendocardial and subepicardial MBF of LV segments. RESULTS: MBF at rest was higher in the subendocardial than in the subepicardial layer: 0.78 ± 0.19 vs. 0.60 ± 0.18 mL/min/g in HCM patients; 0.92 ± 0.24 vs. 0.75 ± 0.24 mL/min/g in controls (both p < 0.0001). Transmural perfusion gradient (TPG = subendocardial MBF/subepicardial MBF) at rest was similar: 1.35 ± 0.31 in HCM patients; 1.28 ± 0.27 in controls (NS). During stress, controls maintained higher subendocardial MBF: 2.44 ± 0.54 vs. 1.96 ± 0.67 mL/min/g tissue (p < 0.0001), with a TPG of 1.33 ± 0.35 (NS vs. rest). In HCM patients, the difference between subendocardial and subepicardial MBF was reduced (1.46 ± 0.48 vs. 1.36 ± 0.48 mL/min/g tissue, p < 0.01) and TPG decreased to 1.11 ± 0.34 (p < 0.0001 vs. rest and vs. controls). In HCM patients 8 of 176 segments had subendocardial MBF less than -2 × SD of the mean, versus none of 144 segments in controls (p < 0.01). CONCLUSION: Pixel-wise parametric mapping of (13)NH3 MBF enables the identification of transmural abnormalities in patients with HCM.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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