Assessment of liver T1 mapping in fontan patients and its correlation with magnetic resonance elastography-derived liver stiffness

OBJECTIVES: To explore the utility of liver T1 mapping in Fontan patients and its correlation to magnetic resonance elastography (MRE)-derived liver stiffness.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Liver disease is a major long-term extra cardiac complication in the Fontan population. MRE is frequently used to quantify liver stiffness in Fontan patients; however, it has certain limitations. Native T1 mapping by cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is useful in assessment of cardiac fibrosis, but its potential in evaluating liver fibrosis and its correlation to MRE-derived liver stiffness in Fontan patients have not been reported.

METHODS: Fontan patients who underwent CMR and MRE were included. Liver Native T1, extracellular volume (ECV) and delta coefficients were measured and correlated with MRE-derived liver stiffness in all Fontan patients. Native liver T1 in Fontan patients were compared to normal controls with biventricular circulation and no known liver disease.

RESULTS: A total of 17 Fontan patients and 7 normal controls were included in this study. Fontan patients had significantly higher liver native T1 (690 ± 41 ms vs 620 ± 35 ms; p < 0.001) as compared to controls. There was strong positive correlation between MRE derived liver stiffness and liver native T1 (r = 0.81, p < 0.001).

CONCLUSIONS: Liver native T1 was significantly elevated in Fontan patients compared to controls and strongly correlated with MRE-derived liver stiffness. This technique may prove to be a useful noninvasive imaging biomarker for assessing liver fibrosis in the Fontan population.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:44

Enthalten in:

Abdominal radiology (New York) - 44(2019), 7 vom: 01. Juli, Seite 2403-2408

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ramachandran, Preeti [VerfasserIn]
Serai, Suraj D [VerfasserIn]
Veldtman, Gruschen R [VerfasserIn]
Lang, Sean M [VerfasserIn]
Mazur, Wojciech [VerfasserIn]
Trout, Andrew T [VerfasserIn]
Dillman, Jonathan R [VerfasserIn]
Fleck, Robert J [VerfasserIn]
Taylor, Michael D [VerfasserIn]
Alsaied, Tarek [VerfasserIn]
Moore, Ryan A [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Congenital heart disease
Fontan
Journal Article
Liver fibrosis
Parametric mapping
Single ventricle

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Date Completed 09.09.2020

Date Revised 09.09.2020

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s00261-019-01990-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM295257490