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- Title
Delayed contrast-enhanced computed tomography in patients with known or suspected cardiac sarcoidosis: A feasibility study.
- Authors
Aikawa, Tadao; Oyama-Manabe, Noriko; Naya, Masanao; Ohira, Hiroshi; Sugimoto, Ayako; Tsujino, Ichizo; Obara, Masahiko; Manabe, Osamu; Kudo, Kohsuke; Tsutsui, Hiroyuki; Tamaki, Nagara
- Abstract
<bold>Objectives: </bold>To evaluate the diagnostic value of delayed contrast-enhanced computed tomography (DE-CT) for cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) in patients with or without implantable devices, including a quantitative comparison with late gadolinium enhancement cardiac magnetic resonance (LGE-CMR).<bold>Methods: </bold>Twenty-four patients (mean age, 64 ± 9 years; 17 women) with known or suspected CS underwent retrospective electrocardiogram-gated DE-CT at 80 kV with knowledge-based iterative model reconstruction. Fourteen patients without implantable devices also underwent LGE-CMR, while ten with pacemakers or implantable cardioverter-defibrillators did not. The presence of hyperenhanced myocardium was assessed visually and quantitatively using a 5-standard deviation threshold above the mean of remote myocardium.<bold>Results: </bold>Inter-observer agreement for visual detection of hyperenhanced segments on DE-CT was excellent in patients with implantable devices and in those without (κ = 0.91 and κ = 0.94, respectively). Comparisons of the percent area of hyperenhanced myocardium between DE-CT and LGE-CMR on both per-patient and per-segment analyses showed good correlations (r = 0.96 and r = 0.83, respectively; p < 0.001). The sensitivity and specificity of DE-CT for the diagnosis of CS were 94% and 33%.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>The extent of hyperenhanced lesion with DE-CT showed good agreement with LGE-CMR results. DE-CT showed high sensitivity for detecting CS and may be useful particularly in patients with contraindications to CMR.<bold>Key Points: </bold>• Delayed contrast-enhanced CT (DE-CT) can be applied to patients with implantable devices. • DE-CT can detect cardiac sarcoidosis (CS) lesions similarly to cardiac MRI. • DE-CT shows high sensitivity for detecting CS. • DE-CT may be useful particularly in patients with contraindications to cardiac MRI.
- Subjects
COMPUTED tomography; SARCOIDOSIS; ARTIFICIAL implants; GADOLINIUM; CARDIAC magnetic resonance imaging; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; CARDIAC pacemakers
- Publication
European Radiology, 2017, Vol 27, Issue 10, p4054
- ISSN
0938-7994
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s00330-017-4824-x