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Native myocardial T1 and right ventricular size by CMR predict outcome in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary hypertension

Knight, Daniel S; Virsinskaite, Ruta; Karia, Nina; Cole, Alice R; Maclean, Rory H; Brown, James T; Patel, Rishi K; ... Muthurangu, Vivek; + view all (2024) Native myocardial T1 and right ventricular size by CMR predict outcome in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary hypertension. Rheumatology , Article keae141. 10.1093/rheumatology/keae141. (In press). Green open access

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OBJECTIVES: Measures of right heart size and function are prognostic in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary hypertension (SSc-PH), but the importance of myocardial tissue characterisation remains unclear. We aimed to investigate the predictive potential and interaction of cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) myocardial tissue characterisation and right heart size and function in SSc-PH. METHODS: A retrospective, single-centre, observational study of 148 SSc-PH patients confirmed by right heart catheterization who underwent clinically-indicated CMR including native myocardial T1 and T2 mapping from 2016 to 2023 was performed. RESULTS: Sixty-six (45%) patients died during follow-up (median 3.5 years, range 0.1-7.3). Patients who died were older (65 vs 60 years, p= 0.035) with more dilated (RVEDVi and RVESVi, p< 0.001), hypertrophied (RVMi, p= 0.013) and impaired (RVEF, p< 0.001) right ventricles, more dilated right atria (RAi, p= 0.043) and higher native myocardial T1 (p< 0.001).After adjustment for age, RVESVi (p = 0.0023) and native T1 (p = 0.0024) were independent predictors of all-cause mortality. Both RVESVi and native T1 remained independently predictive after adjusting for age and PH subtype (RVESVi p < 0.001, T1 p = 0.0056). Optimal prognostic thresholds for RVESVi and native T1 were ≤38 mL/m2 and ≤1119 ms, respectively (p < 0.001). Patients with RVESVi ≤ 38 mL/m2 and native T1 ≤ 1119 ms had significantly better outcomes than all other combinations (p < 0.001). Furthermore, patients with RVESVi > 38mL/m2 and native T1 ≤ 1119 ms had significantly better survival than patients with RVESVi > 38mL/m2 and native T1 > 1119ms (p = 0.017). CONCLUSION: We identified prognostically relevant CMR metrics and thresholds for patients with SSc-PH. Assessing myocardial tissue characterisation alongside RV function confers added value in SSc-PH and may represent an additional treatment target.

Type: Article
Title: Native myocardial T1 and right ventricular size by CMR predict outcome in systemic sclerosis-associated pulmonary hypertension
Location: England
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae141
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keae141
Language: English
Additional information: © The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the British Society for Rheumatology. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Keywords: CMR, T1 mapping, prognosis, pulmonary hypertension, right ventricle, systemic sclerosis
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 Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine
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 Medical Sciences > Div of Medicine > Inflammation
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10192737
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