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Anthony C, Imran M, Pouliopoulos J, Emmanuel S, Iliff J, Liu Z, Moffat K, Ru Qiu M, McLean CA, Stehning C, Puntmann V, Vassiliou V, Ismail TF, Gulati A, Prasad S, Graham RM, McCrohon J, Holloway C, Kotlyar E, Muthiah K, Keogh AM, Hayward CS, Macdonald PS, Jabbour A. Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance for Rejection Surveillance After Cardiac Transplantation. Circulation 2022; 145:1811-1824. [PMID: 35621277 DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.121.057006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is the gold standard method for surveillance of acute cardiac allograft rejection (ACAR) despite its invasive nature. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR)-based myocardial tissue characterization allows detection of myocarditis. The feasibility of CMR-based surveillance for ACAR-induced myocarditis in the first year after heart transplantation is currently undescribed. METHODS CMR-based multiparametric mapping was initially assessed in a prospective cross-sectional fashion to establish agreement between CMR- and EMB-based ACAR and to determine CMR cutoff values between rejection grades. A prospective randomized noninferiority pilot study was then undertaken in adult orthotopic heart transplant recipients who were randomized at 4 weeks after orthotopic heart transplantation to either CMR- or EMB-based rejection surveillance. Clinical end points were assessed at 52 weeks. RESULTS Four hundred one CMR studies and 354 EMB procedures were performed in 106 participants. Forty heart transplant recipients were randomized. CMR-based multiparametric assessment was highly reproducible and reliable at detecting ACAR (area under the curve, 0.92; sensitivity, 93%; specificity, 92%; negative predictive value, 99%) with greater specificity and negative predictive value than either T1 or T2 parametric CMR mapping alone. High-grade rejection occurred in similar numbers of patients in each randomized group (CMR, n=7; EMB, n=8; P=0.74). Despite similarities in immunosuppression requirements, kidney function, and mortality between groups, the rates of hospitalization (9 of 20 [45%] versus 18 of 20 [90%]; odds ratio, 0.091; P=0.006) and infection (7 of 20 [35%] versus 14 of 20 [70%]; odds ratio, 0.192; P=0,019) were lower in the CMR group. On 15 occasions (6%), patients who were randomized to the CMR arm underwent EMB for clarification or logistic reasons, representing a 94% reduction in the requirement for EMB-based surveillance. CONCLUSIONS A noninvasive CMR-based surveillance strategy for ACAR in the first year after orthotopic heart transplantation is feasible compared with EMB-based surveillance. REGISTRATION HREC/13/SVH/66 and HREC/17/SVH/80. AUSTRALIAN NEW ZEALAND CLINICAL TRIALS REGISTRY ACTRN12618000672257.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chris Anthony
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
| | - Jim Pouliopoulos
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Medical Imaging Department (K.M.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,UNSW, Sydney, Australia (J.P., R.M.G., A.M.K., P.S.M., A.J.)
| | - Sam Emmanuel
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Medical Imaging Department (K.M.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
| | - James Iliff
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
| | - Zhixin Liu
- Stats Central, Mark Wainwright Analytical Centre, UNSW, Sydney, Australia (Z.L.)
| | - Kirsten Moffat
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Medical Imaging Department (K.M.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
| | - Min Ru Qiu
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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- Institute for Experimental and Translational Cardiovascular Imaging, Goethe University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany (V.P.)
| | - Vass Vassiliou
- CMR, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College London, UK (V.V., A.G., S.P.).,Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, UK (V.V.)
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- CMR, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College London, UK (V.V., A.G., S.P.)
| | - Sanjay Prasad
- CMR, Royal Brompton Hospital, Imperial College London, UK (V.V., A.G., S.P.)
| | - Robert M Graham
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Medical Imaging Department (K.M.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,UNSW, Sydney, Australia (J.P., R.M.G., A.M.K., P.S.M., A.J.)
| | - Jane McCrohon
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
| | - Cameron Holloway
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
| | - Eugene Kotlyar
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
| | - Kavitha Muthiah
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia
| | - Anne M Keogh
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,UNSW, Sydney, Australia (J.P., R.M.G., A.M.K., P.S.M., A.J.)
| | - Christopher S Hayward
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia (J.P., S.E., R.M.G., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.)
| | - Peter S Macdonald
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia (J.P., S.E., R.M.G., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.).,UNSW, Sydney, Australia (J.P., R.M.G., A.M.K., P.S.M., A.J.)
| | - Andrew Jabbour
- Heart and Lung Transplant Unit (C.A., M.I., J.P., S.E., J.I., M.R.Q., R.M.G., J.M., C.H., E.K., K.M., A.M.K., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.), St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, Australia.,Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, Australia (J.P., S.E., R.M.G., C.S.H., P.S.M., A.J.).,UNSW, Sydney, Australia (J.P., R.M.G., A.M.K., P.S.M., A.J.)
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