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Role of T1 mapping as a complementary tool to T2* for non-invasive cardiac iron overload assessment

Torlasco, C; Cassinerio, E; Roghi, A; Faini, A; Capecchi, M; Abdel-Gadir, A; Giannattasio, C; ... Pedrotti, P; + view all (2018) Role of T1 mapping as a complementary tool to T2* for non-invasive cardiac iron overload assessment. PLoS One , 13 (2) , Article e0192890. 10.1371/journal.pone.0192890. Green open access

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Abstract

BACKGROUND: Iron overload-related heart failure is the principal cause of death in transfusion dependent patients, including those with Thalassemia Major. Linking cardiac siderosis measured by T2* to therapy improves outcomes. T1 mapping can also measure iron; preliminary data suggests it may have higher sensitivity for iron, particularly for early overload (the conventional cut-point for no iron by T2* is 20ms, but this is believed insensitive). We compared T1 mapping to T2* in cardiac iron overload. METHODS: In a prospectively large single centre study of 138 Thalassemia Major patients and 32 healthy controls, we compared T1 mapping to dark blood and bright blood T2* acquired at 1.5T. Linear regression analysis was used to assess the association of T2* and T1. A "moving window" approach was taken to understand the strength of the association at different levels of iron overload. RESULTS: The relationship between T2* (here dark blood) and T1 is described by a log-log linear regression, which can be split in three different slopes: 1) T2* low, <20ms, r2 = 0.92; 2) T2* = 20-30ms, r2 = 0.48; 3) T2*>30ms, weak relationship. All subjects with T2*<20ms had low T1; among those with T2*>20ms, 38% had low T1 with most of the subjects in the T2* range 20-30ms having a low T1. CONCLUSIONS: In established cardiac iron overload, T1 and T2* are concordant. However, in the 20-30ms T2* range, T1 mapping appears to detect iron. These data support previous suggestions that T1 detects missed iron in 1 out of 3 subjects with normal T2*, and that T1 mapping is complementary to T2*. The clinical significance of a low T1 with normal T2* should be further investigated.

Type: Article
Title: Role of T1 mapping as a complementary tool to T2* for non-invasive cardiac iron overload assessment
Location: United States
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192890
Publisher version: http://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0192890
Language: English
Additional information: Copyright: © 2018 Torlasco et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Population Health Sciences > Institute of Cardiovascular Science > Clinical Science
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10044118
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