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Sukhavasi A, Ahmad D, Austin M, Rame JE, Entwistle JW, Massey HT, Tchantchaleishvili V. Utility of Recipient Cardiothoracic Ratio in Predicting Delayed Chest Closure after Heart Transplantation. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2024; 72:253-260. [PMID: 36652964 DOI: 10.1055/a-2015-1507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Predicted cardiac mass (PCM) has been well validated for size matching donor hearts to heart transplantation recipients. We hypothesized that cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) could be reflective of recipient-specific limits of oversizing, and sought to determine the utility of donor to recipient PCM ratio (PCMR) and CTR in predicting delayed chest closure after heart transplantation. METHODS A retrospective review of prospectively collected data on 38 consecutive heart transplantations performed at our institution from 2017 to 2020 was performed. Donor and recipient PCM were estimated using Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis predictive models. Receiver operating characteristic analysis was performed to determine the discriminatory power of the ratio of PCMR to CTR in predicting delayed sternal closure. RESULTS Of the 38 patients, 71.1% (27/38) were male and the median age at transplantation was 58 (interquartile range [IQR]: 47-62) years. Ischemic cardiomyopathy was present in 31.6% of recipients (12/38). Median recipient CTR was 0.63 [IQR: 0.59-0.66]. Median donor to recipient PCMR was 1.07 [IQR: 0.96-1.19], which indicated 7% oversizing. Thirteen out of 38 (34.2%) underwent delayed sternal closure. Primary graft dysfunction occurred in 15.8% (6/38). PCMR/CTR showed good discriminatory power in predicting delayed sternal closure [area under the curve: 80.4% (65.3-95.6%)]. PCMR/CTR cut-off of 1.7 offered the best trade-off between the sensitivity (69.6%) and specificity (91.7%). CONCLUSION CTR could be helpful in guiding the recipient-specific extent of oversizing donor hearts. Maintaining the ratio of PCMR to CTR below 1.7 could avoid excessive oversizing of the donor heart.
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- Amrita Sukhavasi
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Division of Cardiology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Kim D, Lee JH, Jang MJ, Park J, Hong W, Lee CS, Yang SY, Park CM. The Performance of a Deep Learning-Based Automatic Measurement Model for Measuring the Cardiothoracic Ratio on Chest Radiographs. Bioengineering (Basel) 2023; 10:1077. [PMID: 37760179 PMCID: PMC10525628 DOI: 10.3390/bioengineering10091077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2023] [Revised: 08/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/07/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE Prior studies on models based on deep learning (DL) and measuring the cardiothoracic ratio (CTR) on chest radiographs have lacked rigorous agreement analyses with radiologists or reader tests. We validated the performance of a commercially available DL-based CTR measurement model with various thoracic pathologies, and performed agreement analyses with thoracic radiologists and reader tests using a probabilistic-based reference. MATERIALS AND METHODS This study included 160 posteroanterior view chest radiographs (no lung or pleural abnormalities, pneumothorax, pleural effusion, consolidation, and n = 40 in each category) to externally test a DL-based CTR measurement model. To assess the agreement between the model and experts, intraclass or interclass correlation coefficients (ICCs) were compared between the model and two thoracic radiologists. In the reader tests with a probabilistic-based reference standard (Dawid-Skene consensus), we compared diagnostic measures-including sensitivity and negative predictive value (NPV)-for cardiomegaly between the model and five other radiologists using the non-inferiority test. RESULTS For the 160 chest radiographs, the model measured a median CTR of 0.521 (interquartile range, 0.446-0.59) and a mean CTR of 0.522 ± 0.095. The ICC between the two thoracic radiologists and between the model and two thoracic radiologists was not significantly different (0.972 versus 0.959, p = 0.192), even across various pathologies (all p-values > 0.05). The model showed non-inferior diagnostic performance, including sensitivity (96.3% versus 97.8%) and NPV (95.6% versus 97.4%) (p < 0.001 in both), compared with the radiologists for all 160 chest radiographs. However, it showed inferior sensitivity in chest radiographs with consolidation (95.5% versus 99.9%; p = 0.082) and NPV in chest radiographs with pleural effusion (92.9% versus 94.6%; p = 0.079) and consolidation (94.1% versus 98.7%; p = 0.173). CONCLUSION While the sensitivity and NPV of this model for diagnosing cardiomegaly in chest radiographs with consolidation or pleural effusion were not as high as those of the radiologists, it demonstrated good agreement with the thoracic radiologists in measuring the CTR across various pathologies.
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- Donguk Kim
- Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea;
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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- Medical Research Collaborating Center, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
- Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Yeungnam University 170, Hyeonchung-ro, Nam-gu, Daegu 42415, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
- Department of Radiology, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang-si, Gyeonggi-do 14068, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging, HealthHub Co. Ltd., 623, Gangnam-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06524, Republic of Korea
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- Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging, HealthHub Co. Ltd., 623, Gangnam-daero, Seocho-gu, Seoul 06524, Republic of Korea
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- Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering, Medical Research Center, Seoul National University, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea;
- Department of Radiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Seoul National University Medical Research Center, 101, Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Republic of Korea
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Fu C, Wu F, Chen F, Han E, Gao Y, Xu Y. Association of serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D with gait speed and handgrip strength in patients on hemodialysis. BMC Nephrol 2022; 23:350. [PMID: 36319951 PMCID: PMC9628114 DOI: 10.1186/s12882-022-02973-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2022] [Revised: 09/23/2022] [Accepted: 10/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Muscle dysfunction is prevalent in dialysis patients. Gait speed and handgrip strength are simple and reliable methods of assessing muscle function. Numerous observational studies have linked 25-hydroxy vitamin D[25(OH)D] status with gait speed and handgrip strength in populations without kidney diseases. This study aimed to evaluate the potential associations of 25(OH)D status with gait speed and handgrip strength in patients on hemodialysis. METHODS In this observational cross-sectional study, demographic data, biological data, and dialysis parameters were collected. Gait speed and handgrip strength were measured. Multiple linear regression and logistic regression analysis were used to investigate the relationship of 25(OH)D status with gait speed and handgrip strength after adjusting for potential confounders. RESULTS Overall, a total of 118 participants undergoing hemodialysis were included. Seventy-one (60.2%) participants were male. The median 25(OH)D status in participants was 11.58 (interquartile range: 8.51 to 15.41) ng/ml. When controlling for age, gender, dialysis vintage, and other confounders with a p-value < 0.15 in univariate analyses, 25(OH)D was significantly positively associated with gait speed (β = 0.16, 95% CI 0.05 to 0.28, p = 0.006) and handgrip strength (β = 3.83, 95% CI 1.09 to 6.56, p = 0.007). CONCLUSION Our study showed that 25(OH)D status seemed to be associated with gait speed and handgrip strength in patients on hemodialysis. However, these results were not robust. The relationships between 25(OH)D status and gait speed and handgrip should be further explored.
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- Chen Fu
- grid.414360.40000 0004 0605 7104Department of Nephrology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, 100035 Beijing, China
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- grid.488137.10000 0001 2267 2324Department of Nephrology, The Chinese PLA Strategic Support Force Medical Center (The 306th Hospital of Chinese PLA), Beijing, China
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- grid.414360.40000 0004 0605 7104Department of Nephrology, Beijing Jishuitan Hospital, 100035 Beijing, China
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- grid.488137.10000 0001 2267 2324Department of Nephrology, The Chinese PLA Strategic Support Force Medical Center (The 306th Hospital of Chinese PLA), Beijing, China
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- grid.488137.10000 0001 2267 2324Department of Nephrology, The Chinese PLA Strategic Support Force Medical Center (The 306th Hospital of Chinese PLA), Beijing, China
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- grid.488137.10000 0001 2267 2324Department of Nephrology, The Chinese PLA Strategic Support Force Medical Center (The 306th Hospital of Chinese PLA), Beijing, China
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Truszkiewicz K, Poręba R, Gać P. Radiological Cardiothoracic Ratio in Evidence-Based Medicine. J Clin Med 2021; 10:jcm10092016. [PMID: 34066783 PMCID: PMC8125954 DOI: 10.3390/jcm10092016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/18/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The cardiothoracic ratio (CTR), expressing the relationship between the size of the heart and the transverse dimension of the chest measured on a chest PA radiograph, is a commonly used parameter in the assessment of cardiomegaly with a cut-off value of 0.5. A value of >0.5 should be interpreted as enlargement of the heart. The following review describes the current state of available knowledge in terms of contentious issues, limitations and useful aspects regarding the CTR. The review was carried out on the basis of an analysis of scientific articles available in the PubMed database, searched for using the following keywords: “CTR”, “cardiothoracic ratio”, “cardiopulmonary ratio”, “cardiopulmonary index”, and “heart-lung ratio”. According to the accumulated knowledge, the CTR can still be used as an important parameter that can be easily determined in establishing enlargement of the heart. However, an increased CTR does not directly relate to heart function. In the era following the development of diagnostic methods such as computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and ultrasonography, CTR modifications based on these methods are used with varying clinical usefulness. It is important to consider the definition of the CTR and remember to base measurements on PA radiographs, as attempts to mark it in other projections face many limitations.
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- Krystian Truszkiewicz
- Center for Diagnostic Imaging, University Clinical Hospital in Wrocław, Borowska 213, PL 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Occupational Diseases and Hypertension, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska 213, PL 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland;
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- Centre for Diagnostic Imaging, 4th Military Hospital, Weigla 5, PL 50-981 Wroclaw, Poland
- Department of Hygiene, Wroclaw Medical University, Mikulicza-Radeckiego 7, PL 50-368 Wroclaw, Poland
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