Results
Title

Magnetic resonance evaluation of cardiac thrombi and masses by T1 and T2 mapping: an observational study.

Authors

Caspar, Thibault; El Ghannudi, Soraya; Ohana, Mickaël; Labani, Aïssam; Lawson, Aubrietia; Ohlmann, Patrick; Morel, Olivier; De Mathelin, Michel; Roy, Catherine; Gangi, Afshin; Germain, Philippe

Abstract

The purpose of this work was to evaluate CMR T1 and T2 mapping sequences in patients with intracardiac thrombi and masses in order to assess T1 and T2 relaxometry usefulness and to allow better etiological diagnosis. This observational study of patients scheduled for routine CMR was performed from September 2014 to August 2015. All patients referred to our department for a 1.5 T CMR were screened to participate. T1 mapping were acquired before and after Gadolinium injection; T2 mapping images were obtained before injection. 41 patients were included. 22 presented with cardiac thrombi and 19 with cardiac masses. The native T1 of thrombi was 1037 ± 152 ms (vs 1032 ± 39 ms for myocardium, p = 0.88; vs 1565 ± 88 ms for blood pool, p 70 ms. T1 and T2 mapping CMR sequences can be useful and represent a new approach for the evaluation of cardiac thrombi and masses.

Subjects

THROMBOSIS diagnosis; CARDIAC magnetic resonance imaging; GADOLINIUM; BLOOD testing; CALCIFICATION; THERAPEUTICS

Publication

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging, 2017, Vol 33, Issue 4, p551

ISSN

1569-5794

Publication type

Academic Journal

DOI

10.1007/s10554-016-1034-6