Phase-Resolved Functional Lung (PREFUL) MRI to Quantify Ventilation : Feasibility and Physiological Relevance in Severe Asthma

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RATIONALE AND OBJECTIVES: Emergent evidence in several respiratory diseases supports translational potential for Phase-Resolved Functional Lung (PREFUL) MRI to spatially quantify ventilation but its feasibility and physiological relevance have not been demonstrated in patients with asthma. This study compares PREFUL-derived ventilation defect percent (VDP) in severe asthma patients to healthy controls and measures its responsiveness to bronchodilator therapy and relation to established measures of airways disease.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: Forty-one adults with severe asthma and seven healthy controls performed same-day free-breathing 1H MRI, 129Xe MRI, spirometry, and oscillometry. A subset of participants (n = 23) performed chest CT and another subset of participants with asthma (n = 19) repeated 1H MRI following the administration of a bronchodilator. VDP was calculated for both PREFUL and 129Xe MRI. Additionally, the percent of functional small airways disease was determined from CT parametric response maps (PRMfSAD).

RESULTS: PREFUL VDP measured pre-bronchodilator (19.1% [7.4-43.3], p = 0.0002) and post-bronchodilator (16.9% [6.1-38.4], p = 0.0007) were significantly greater than that of healthy controls (7.5% [3.7-15.5]) and was significantly decreased post-bronchodilator (from 21.9% [10.1-36.9] to 16.9% [6.1-38.4], p = 0.0053). PREFUL VDP was correlated with spirometry (FEV1%pred: r = -0.46, p = 0.0023; FVC%pred: r = -0.35, p = 0.024, FEV1/FVC: r = -0.46, p = 0.0028), 129Xe MRI VDP (r = 0.39, p = 0.013), and metrics of small airway disease (CT PRMfSAD: r = 0.55, p = 0.021; Xrs5 Hz: r = -0.44, p = 0.0046, and AX: r = 0.32, p = 0.044).

CONCLUSION: PREFUL-derived VDP is responsive to bronchodilator therapy in asthma and is associated with measures of airflow obstruction and small airway dysfunction. These findings validate PREFUL VDP as a physiologically relevant and accessible ventilation imaging outcome measure in asthma.

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2024

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2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2024

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Academic radiology - (2024) vom: 19. Feb.

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Englisch

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Friedlander, Yonni [VerfasserIn]
Munidasa, Samal [VerfasserIn]
Thakar, Ashutosh [VerfasserIn]
Ragunayakam, Nandhitha [VerfasserIn]
Venegas, Carmen [VerfasserIn]
Kjarsgaard, Melanie [VerfasserIn]
Zanette, Brandon [VerfasserIn]
Capaldi, Dante P I [VerfasserIn]
Santyr, Giles [VerfasserIn]
Nair, Parameswaran [VerfasserIn]
Svenningsen, Sarah [VerfasserIn]

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Date Revised 20.02.2024

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10.1016/j.acra.2024.01.039

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