Division of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, Floor 5L, 1090, Vienna, Austria.
Division of Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology, Department of Biomedical Imaging and Image-guided Therapy, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
J Nucl Cardiol. 2022 Jun;29(3):1003-1017. doi: 10.1007/s12350-020-02391-y. Epub 2020 Oct 22.
Cardiac positron emission tomography/magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) can assess various cardiovascular diseases. In this study, we intra-individually compared right (RV) and left ventricular (LV) parameters obtained from dual-tracer PET/MRI scan.
In 22 patients with coronary heart disease (69 ± 9 years) dynamic [N]NH (NH) and [F]FDG (FDG) PET scans were acquired. The first 2 minutes were used to calculate LV and RV first-pass ejection fraction (FPEF). Additionally, LV end-systolic (LVESV) and end-diastolic (LVEDV) volume and ejection fraction (LVEF) were calculated from the early (EP) and late-myocardial phases (LP). MRI served as a reference.
RVFPEF and LVFPEF from FDG and NH as well as RVEF and LVEF from MRI were (28 ± 11%, 32 ± 15%), (32 ± 11%, 41 ± 14%) and (42 ± 16%, 45 ± 19%), respectively. LVESV, LVEDV and LVEF from EP FDG and NH in 8 and 16 gates were [71 (15 to 213 mL), 98 (16 to 241 mL), 32 ± 17%] and [50 (17 to 206 mL), 93 (13 to 219 mL), 36 ± 17%] as well as [60 (19 to 360 mL), 109 (56 to 384 mL), 41 ± 22%] and [54 (16 to 371 mL), 116 (57 to 431 mL), 46 ± 24%], respectively. Moreover, LVESV, LVEDV and LVEF acquired from LP FDG and NH were (85 ± 63 mL, 138 ± 63 mL, 47 ± 19%) and (79 ± 56 mL, 137 ± 63 mL, 47 ± 20%), respectively. The LVESV, LVEDV from MRI were 93 ± 66 mL and 153 ± 71 mL, respectively. Significant correlations were observed for RVFPEF and LVFPEF between FDG and MRI (R = .51, P = .01; R = .64, P = .001), respectively. LVESV, LVEDV, and LVEF revealed moderate to strong correlations to MRI when they acquired from EP FDG and NH in 16 gates (all R > .7, P = .000). Similarly, all LV parameters from LP FDG and NH correlated good to strongly positive with MRI (all R > .7, and P < .001), except EDV from NH3 weakly correlated to EDV of MRI (R = .54, P < .05). Generally, Bland-Altman plots showed good agreements between PET and MRI.
Deriving LV and RV functional values from various phases of dynamic NH and FDG PET is feasible. These results could open a new perspective for further clinical applications of the PET examinations.
心脏正电子发射断层扫描/磁共振成像(PET/MRI)可用于评估各种心血管疾病。在这项研究中,我们对冠状动脉疾病患者(69 ± 9 岁)进行的双示踪剂 PET/MRI 扫描,进行了个体内比较,以获得右心室(RV)和左心室(LV)参数。
22 例患者进行了[¹⁵N]NH(NH)和[¹⁸F]FDG(FDG)动态 PET 扫描。前 2 分钟用于计算 LV 和 RV 首过射血分数(FPEF)。此外,还从早期(EP)和晚期心肌相(LP)计算了 LV 收缩末期(LVESV)和舒张末期(LVEDV)容积和射血分数(LVEF)。MRI 作为参考。
FDG 和 NH 的 RVFPEF 和 LVFPEF 以及 MRI 的 RVEF 和 LVEF 分别为(28 ± 11%,32 ± 15%)、(32 ± 11%,41 ± 14%)和(42 ± 16%,45 ± 19%)。EP FDG 和 NH 的 8 个和 16 个门的 LVESV、LVEDV 和 LVEF 分别为[71(15 至 213 毫升),98(16 至 241 毫升),32 ± 17%]和[50(17 至 206 毫升),93(13 至 219 毫升),36 ± 17%]以及[60(19 至 360 毫升),109(56 至 384 毫升),41 ± 22%]和[54(16 至 371 毫升),116(57 至 431 毫升),46 ± 24%]。此外,LP FDG 和 NH 的 LVESV、LVEDV 和 LVEF 分别为(85 ± 63 毫升,138 ± 63 毫升,47 ± 19%)和(79 ± 56 毫升,137 ± 63 毫升,47 ± 20%)。MRI 的 LVESV 和 LVEDV 分别为 93 ± 66 毫升和 153 ± 71 毫升。FDG 和 MRI 之间的 RVFPEF 和 LVFPEF 存在显著相关性(R =.51,P =.01;R =.64,P =.001)。LVESV、LVEDV 和 LVEF 在 EP FDG 和 NH 的 16 个门中,与 MRI 具有中度至强相关性(所有 R >.7,P =.000)。同样,LP FDG 和 NH 的所有 LV 参数与 MRI 均呈良好至强正相关(所有 R >.7,P <.001),除了 NH3 的 EDV 与 MRI 的 EDV 弱相关(R =.54,P <.05)。一般来说,Bland-Altman 图显示 PET 和 MRI 之间具有良好的一致性。
从 NH 和 FDG PET 的各个相获得 LV 和 RV 功能值是可行的。这些结果为 PET 检查的进一步临床应用开辟了新的视角。