scholarly journals Detection of late radiation damage on left atrial fibrosis using cardiac late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 106-114 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y. Jessica Huang ◽  
Alexis Harrison ◽  
Vikren Sarkar ◽  
Prema Rassiah-Szegedi ◽  
Hui Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Late Gadolinium Enhancement ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Radiation Damage ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Atrial Fibrosis ◽  
Gadolinium Enhancement ◽  
Left Atrial Fibrosis

scholarly journals Verification of threshold for image intensity ratio analyses of late gadolinium enhancement magnetic resonance imaging of left atrial fibrosis in 1.5T scans

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Litten Bertelsen ◽  
Francisco Alarcón ◽  
Laura Andreasen ◽  
Eva Benito ◽  
Morten Salling Olesen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance Imaging ◽  
Late Gadolinium Enhancement ◽  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Elderly Patients ◽  
Healthy Volunteers ◽  
Left Atrial ◽  
Resonance Imaging ◽  
Atrial Fibrosis ◽  
Gadolinium Enhancement ◽  
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AbstractThe use of cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging left atrial late gadolinium enhancement (LA LGE) is increasing for fibrosis evaluation though the use is still limited to specialized centres due to complex image acquisition and lack of consensus on image analyses. Analysis of LA LGE with image intensity ratio (IIR) (pixel intensity of atrial wall normalized by blood pool intensity) provides an objective method to obtain quantitative data on atrial fibrosis. A threshold between healthy myocardium and fibrosis of 1.2 has previously been established in 3T scans. The aim of the study was to reaffirm this threshold in 1.5T scans. LA LGE was performed using a 1.5T magnetic resonance scanner on: 11 lone-AF patients, 11 age-matched healthy volunteers (aged 27–44) and 11 elderly patients without known history of AF but varying degrees of comorbidities. Mean values of IIR for all healthy volunteers +2SD were set as upper limit of normality and was reproduced to 1.21 and the original IIR-threshold of 1.20 was maintained. The degree of fibrosis in lone-AF patients [median 9.0% (IQR 3.9–12.0)] was higher than in healthy volunteers [2.8% (1.3–8.3)] and even higher in elderly non-AF [20.1% (10.2–35.8), p = 0.001]. The previously established IIR-threshold of 1.2 was reaffirmed in 1.5T LA LGE scans. Patients with lone AF presented with increased degrees of atrial fibrosis compared to healthy volunteers in the same age-range. Elderly patients with no history of AF showed significantly higher degrees of fibrosis compared to both groups with younger individuals.

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