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- Title
Assessing Acute Pericarditis with T1 Mapping: A Supportive Contrast-Free CMR Marker.
- Authors
Cau, Riccardo; Pisu, Francesco; Montisci, Roberta; D'Angelo, Tommaso; Mantini, Cesare; Salgado, Rodrigo; Saba, Luca
- Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the impact of pericardial T1 mapping as a potential supportive non-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) parameter in the diagnosis of acute pericarditis. Additionally, we investigated the relationship between T1 mapping values in acute pericarditis patients and their demographic data, cardiovascular risk factors, clinical parameters, cardiac biomarkers, and cardiac function. Method: This retrospective study included CMR scans in 35 consecutive patients with acute pericarditis (26 males, 45.54 ± 23.38 years). Moreover, we included 17 sex- and age-matched healthy controls (12 males, mean age 47.78 ±19.38 years). CMR-derived pericardial T1 mapping values, which included all pericardial structures within the pericardial layers—encompassing both pericardial effusion and pericardial layer thickness—were analyzed and compared between acute pericarditis patients and controls. Results: Compared to the matched control group, acute pericarditis patients demonstrated significantly lower pericardial T1 mapping values (2137 ms ± 519 vs. 3268 ms ± 362, p = 0.001). In the multivariable analysis, the pericardial T1 mapping value was independently associated with the severity of pericardial late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) (β coefficient = −3.271, p = 0.003). The receiver operating characteristic curve analysis showed that the diagnostic performance of pericardial T1 mapping in discriminating acute pericarditis patients was excellent, with an area under the curve of 0.97 (95% CI = 0.94–0.98), using a threshold of 2862.5 ms. Conclusions: Pericardial T1 mapping values could serve as an additional non-contrast CMR parameter for identifying patients with acute pericarditis, demonstrating an independent association with the severity of pericardial LGE.
- Subjects
RECEIVER operating characteristic curves; MAGNETIC resonance imaging; PERICARDIAL effusion; MAGNETIC resonance; PERICARDITIS
- Publication
Tomography: A Journal for Imaging Research, 2024, Vol 10, Issue 12, p1881
- ISSN
2379-1381
- Publication type
Academic Journal
- DOI
10.3390/tomography10120137