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. 2012 Aug;15(8):471-5.
doi: 10.3779/j.issn.1009-3419.2012.08.04.

[The assessment of right ventricular function and pulmonary artery hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary hypertension by 1.5T MRI]

[Article in Chinese]
Yan Han  1 , Zhenwen Yang, Tielian Yu, Jing Yu, Mina Xue, Zhang Zhang, Dong Li
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[The assessment of right ventricular function and pulmonary artery hemodynamics in patients with pulmonary hypertension by 1.5T MRI]

[Article in Chinese]
Yan Han et al. Zhongguo Fei Ai Za Zhi. 2012 Aug.

Abstract
in English, Chinese

Background and objective: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is characterized by rising pulmonary arterial pressure, decreasing right ventricular (RV) function, and ultimately, RV failure. Therefore, it is important to monitor RV function and pulmonary artery hemodynamics accurately and noninvasively. This study evaluates cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) in assessing RV function and pulmonary artery hemodynamics in patients with PH.

Methods: Cine-MRI and phase-contrast MRI (PC-MRI) were performed in 25 PH patients and 30 healthy volunteers. Cine-MRI images were post-processed on Report Card software and the following parameters were obtained: RV end-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV), stroke volume (SV), ejection fraction (EF), and myocardial mass (MM). Except for EF, all of the above parameters were normalized to body surface area (BSA). PC-MRI images were post-processed on Report Card software, peak velocity and distensibility of main pulmonary artery (MPA) could also be obtained. Student t test was employed for statistical assessment.

Results: Compared with controls, RV EDV, ESV and MM index in PH patients were significantly increased (P<0.01), EF was significantly impaired (P<0.01), peak velocity and distensibility of MPA were significantly lower (P<0.01). SV index between the two groups had no significant difference (P>0.05).

Conclusions: Cardiac MRI is of great value in the assessment of RV function and MPA hemodynamic parameters in patients with PH.

背景与目的: 肺动脉高压（pulmonary hypertension, PH）患者肺动脉压力增高，右心功能逐渐下降，最终导致右心衰竭而死亡，因而准确、无创地监测PH患者右心功能及肺动脉血液动力学改变尤为重要。本研究旨在评价心脏MRI（cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, CMRI）在评估PH患者右心功能及肺动脉血液动力学中的价值。

方法: 对25例PH患者及30例健康志愿者进行心脏电影MRI（cine-MRI）及相位对比法MRI（PC-MRI）扫描。对cine-MRI扫描图像进行后处理，计算获得右心室舒张末期容积（end-diastolic volume, EDV）、收缩末期容积（end-systolic volume, ESV）、搏出量（stroke volume, SV）、射血分数（ejection fraction, EF）及心肌质量（myocardial mass, MM），以上数据除EF外均经体表面积（body surface area, BSA）校正。对PC-MRI扫描图像进行处理并计算获得主肺动脉（main pulmonary artery, MPA）峰值流速及其顺应性。采用两独立样本t检验分析两组参数有无差异，明显性标准为P < 0.05。

结果: 与对照组相比，PH组右心室EDV、ESV及MM指数均明显高于后者（P < 0.01），EF明显低于后者（P < 0.01），SV指数与对照组无明显差异（P > 0.05），MPA峰值流速及顺应性均明显低于对照组（P < 0.01）。

结论: CMRI在PH患者右心功能及MPA血液动力学参数评估中具有重要意义。

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MPA的PC-MRI血流测量。在轴位图像上取平行于MPA走行方向（A）扫描得到MPA长轴图（B），在长轴图肺动脉瓣上方1.5 cm-2 cm处取垂直于MPA长轴方向扫描，得到相应的幅度图（C）和相位图（D）。MPA（箭）血流方向与流速编码方向一致，显示为亮信号。 Flow measurement in MPA by PC-MRI. The longaxis image of MPA (B) was prescribed parallel to the MPA long-axis in the axial image (A). An image plane was positioned perpendicular to the long-axis image of MPA, 1.5 cm-2 cm above the level of the pulmonary valve, resulting in magnitude (C) and phase-map images (D). Flow direction in MPA was the same with the velocity encoding direction, flow in MPA (arrow) was displayed as white.
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FIESTA序列心脏短轴位图。A为心室收缩末期；B为心室舒张末期。图中显示出描记右心室心内膜和心外膜轮廓的方法。 FIESTA short-axis images covering right and left ventricles. A: RV end-systolic phase; B: RV enddiastolic phase. The images showed RV endocardial and epicardial contours.
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