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Pashakhanloo F, Panfilov AV. Minimal Functional Clusters Predict the Probability of Reentry in Cardiac Fibrotic Tissue. Phys Rev Lett 2021; 127:098101. [PMID: 34506203 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.098101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2020] [Accepted: 07/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
Abstract
Cardiac fibrosis is a well-known arrhythmogenic condition which can lead to sudden cardiac death. Physically, fibrosis can be viewed as a large number of small obstacles in an excitable medium, which may create nonlinear wave turbulence or reentry. The relation between the specific texture of fibrosis and the onset of reentry is of great theoretical and practical importance. Here, we present a conceptual framework which combines functional aspects of propagation manifested as conduction blocks, with reentry wavelength and geometrical clusters of fibrosis. We formulate them into the single concept of minimal functional cluster and through extensive simulations show that it characterizes the path of reexcitation accurately, and importantly its size distribution quantitatively predicts the reentry probability for different fibrosis densities and tissue excitabilities.
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- Farhad Pashakhanloo
- Cardiovascular Division, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, Ghent, 9000, Belgium
- Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- World-Class Research Center "Digital biodesign and personalized healthcare", Sechenov University, 119146 Moscow, Russia
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Yu JK, Liang JA, Franceschi WH, Huang Q, Pashakhanloo F, Sung E, Boyle PM, Trayanova NA. Assessment of arrhythmia mechanism and burden of the infarcted ventricles following remuscularization with pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte patches using patient-derived models. Cardiovasc Res 2021; 118:1247-1261. [PMID: 33881518 DOI: 10.1093/cvr/cvab140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/06/2020] [Revised: 01/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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AIMS Direct remuscularization with pluripotent stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes (PSC-CMs) seeks to address the onset of heart failure post-myocardial infarction (MI) by treating the persistent muscle deficiency that underlies it. However, direct remuscularization with PSC-CMs could potentially be arrhythmogenic. We investigated two possible mechanisms of arrhythmogenesis-focal vs reentrant-arising from direct remuscularization with PSC-CM patches in two personalized, human ventricular computer models of post-MI. Moreover, we developed a principled approach for evaluating arrhythmogenicity of direct remuscularization that factors in the VT propensity of the patient-specific post-MI fibrotic substrate and use it to investigate different conditions of patch remuscularization. METHODS & RESULTS Two personalized, human ventricular models of post-MI (P1 & P2) were constructed from late gadolinium enhanced (LGE)-magnetic resonance images (MRI). In each model, remuscularization with PSC-CM patches were simulated under different treatment conditions that included patch engraftment, patch myofibril orientation, remuscularization site, patch size (thickness and diameter), and patch maturation. To determine arrhythmogenicity of treatment conditions, VT burden of heart models was quantified prior to and after simulated remuscularization and compared. VT burden was quantified based on inducibility (i.e., weighted sum of pacing sites that induced) and severity (i.e., the number of distinct VT morphologies induced). Prior to remuscularization, VT burden was significant in P1 (0.275) and not in P2 (0.0, not VT inducible). We highlight that reentrant VT mechanisms would dominate over focal mechanisms; spontaneous beats emerging from PSC-CM grafts were always a fraction of resting sinus rate. Moreover, incomplete patch engraftment can be particularly arrhythmogenic, giving rise to particularly aberrant electrical activation and conduction slowing across the PSC-CM patches along with elevated VT burden when compared to complete engraftment. Under conditions of complete patch engraftment, remuscularization was almost always arrhythmogenic in P2 but certain treatment conditions could be anti-arrhythmogenic in P1. Moreover, the remuscularization site was the most important factor affecting VT burden in both P1 and P2. Complete maturation of PSC-CM patches, both ionically and electrotonically, at the appropriate site could completely alleviate VT burden. CONCLUSION We identified that reentrant VT would be the primary VT mechanism in patch remuscularization. To evaluate the arrhythmogenicity of remuscularization, we developed a principled approach that factors in the propensity of the patient-specific fibrotic substrate for VT. We showed that arrhythmogenicity is sensitive to the patient-specific fibrotic substrate and remuscularization site. We demonstrate that targeted remuscularization can be safe in the appropriate individual and holds the potential to nondestructively eliminate VT post-MI in addition to addressing muscle deficiency underlying heart failure progression. TRANSLATIONAL PERSPECTIVE If safety from ventricular arrhythmias can be addressed, direct remuscularization with PSC-CMs-achieved either through engineered myocardial patches or intramyocardial injections-holds the potential to halt heart failure progression post-MI. Using personalized 3 D models of the post-MI ventricles derived from LGE-MRI, we provide evidence that arrhythmogenesis following remuscularization with PSC-CM patches is driven by a reentrant as opposed to focal VT mechanism. Moreover, the existing patient-specific fibrotic substrate together with the remuscularization site were primary determinants of arrhythmogenesis. These results suggest that the clinical safety of remuscularization can be achieved through patient-specific optimization guided in-part by computational modeling.
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- Joseph K Yu
- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.,Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Alliance for Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Innovation (ADVANCE), Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 216 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.,Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.,Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Alliance for Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Innovation (ADVANCE), Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 216 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.,Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA.,Center for Cardiovascular Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 208 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, 21218, USA.,Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.,Alliance for Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Innovation (ADVANCE), Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N Charles Street, 216 Hackerman, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Mancio J, Pashakhanloo F, El-Rewaidy H, Jang J, Joshi G, Csecs I, Ngo L, Rowin E, Manning W, Maron M, Nezafat R. Machine learning phenotyping of scarred myocardium from cine in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging 2021; 23:532-542. [PMID: 33779725 DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeab056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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AIMS Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) with late-gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is increasingly being used in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) for diagnosis, risk stratification, and monitoring. However, recent data demonstrating brain gadolinium deposits have raised safety concerns. We developed and validated a machine-learning (ML) method that incorporates features extracted from cine to identify HCM patients without fibrosis in whom gadolinium can be avoided. METHODS AND RESULTS An XGBoost ML model was developed using regional wall thickness and thickening, and radiomic features of myocardial signal intensity, texture, size, and shape from cine. A CMR dataset containing 1099 HCM patients collected using 1.5T CMR scanners from different vendors and centres was used for model development (n=882) and validation (n=217). Among the 2613 radiomic features, we identified 7 features that provided best discrimination between +LGE and -LGE using 10-fold stratified cross-validation in the development cohort. Subsequently, an XGBoost model was developed using these radiomic features, regional wall thickness and thickening. In the independent validation cohort, the ML model yielded an area under the curve of 0.83 (95% CI: 0.77-0.89), sensitivity of 91%, specificity of 62%, F1-score of 77%, true negatives rate (TNR) of 34%, and negative predictive value (NPV) of 89%. Optimization for sensitivity provided sensitivity of 96%, F2-score of 83%, TNR of 19% and NPV of 91%; false negatives halved from 4% to 2%. CONCLUSION An ML model incorporating novel radiomic markers of myocardium from cine can rule-out myocardial fibrosis in one-third of HCM patients referred for CMR reducing unnecessary gadolinium administration.
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- Jennifer Mancio
- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Biostatistics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, 677 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- HCM Institute, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Centre, 860 Washington St Building, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA.,Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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- HCM Institute, Division of Cardiology, Tufts Medical Centre, 860 Washington St Building, 6th Floor, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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- Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
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Csecs I, Pashakhanloo F, Paskavitz A, Jang J, Al-Otaibi T, Neisius U, Manning WJ, Nezafat R. Association Between Left Ventricular Mechanical Deformation and Myocardial Fibrosis in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathy. J Am Heart Assoc 2020; 9:e016797. [PMID: 33006296 PMCID: PMC7792406 DOI: 10.1161/jaha.120.016797] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
Background In patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy, nonischemic fibrosis detected by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance is related to adverse cardiovascular outcomes. However, its relationship with left ventricular (LV) mechanical deformation parameters remains unclear. We sought to investigate the association between LV mechanics and the presence, location, and extent of fibrosis in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Methods and Results We retrospectively identified 239 patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy (67% male; 55±14 years) referred for a clinical cardiovascular magnetic resonance. LGE was present in 109 patients (46%), most commonly (n=52; 22%) in the septum. LV deformation parameters did not differentiate between LGE‐positive and LGE‐negative groups. Global longitudinal, radial, and circumferential strains, twist and torsion showed no association with extent of fibrosis. Patients with septal fibrosis had a more depressed LV ejection fraction (30±12% versus 35±14%; P=0.032) and more impaired global circumferential strain (−7.9±3.5% versus −9.7±4.4%; P=0.045) and global radial strain (10.7±5.2% versus 13.3±7.7%; P=0.023) than patients without septal LGE. Global longitudinal strain was similar in both groups. While patients with septal‐only LGE (n=28) and free wall–only LGE (n=32) had similar fibrosis burden, the septal‐only LGE group had more impaired LV ejection fraction and global circumferential, longitudinal, and radial strains (all P<0.05). Conclusions There is no association between LV mechanical deformation parameters and presence or extent of fibrosis in patients with nonischemic cardiomyopathy. Septal LGE was associated with poor global LV function, more impaired global circumferential and radial strains, and more impaired global strain rates.
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- Ibolya Csecs
- Department of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA
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- Department of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA
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- Department of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA
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- Department of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA
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- Department of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA
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- Department of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA
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- Department of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA
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- Department of Medicine Beth Israel Deaconess Medical CenterHarvard Medical School Boston MA
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Kucukseymen S, Yavin H, Barkagan M, Jang J, Shapira-Daniels A, Rodriguez J, Shim D, Pashakhanloo F, Pierce P, Botzer L, Manning WJ, Anter E, Nezafat R. Discordance in Scar Detection Between Electroanatomical Mapping and Cardiac MRI in an Infarct Swine Model. JACC Clin Electrophysiol 2020; 6:1452-1464. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jacep.2020.08.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/23/2020] [Revised: 07/29/2020] [Accepted: 08/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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El-Rewaidy H, Fahmy AS, Pashakhanloo F, Cai X, Kucukseymen S, Csecs I, Neisius U, Haji-Valizadeh H, Menze B, Nezafat R. Multi-domain convolutional neural network (MD-CNN) for radial reconstruction of dynamic cardiac MRI. Magn Reson Med 2020; 85:1195-1208. [PMID: 32924188 DOI: 10.1002/mrm.28485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 07/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/29/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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PURPOSE Cardiac MR cine imaging allows accurate and reproducible assessment of cardiac function. However, its long scan time not only limits the spatial and temporal resolutions but is challenging in patients with breath-holding difficulty or non-sinus rhythms. To reduce scan time, we propose a multi-domain convolutional neural network (MD-CNN) for fast reconstruction of highly undersampled radial cine images. METHODS MD-CNN is a complex-valued network that processes MR data in k-space and image domains via k-space interpolation and image-domain subnetworks for residual artifact suppression. MD-CNN exploits spatio-temporal correlations across timeframes and multi-coil redundancies to enable high acceleration. Radial cine data were prospectively collected in 108 subjects (50 ± 17 y, 72 males) using retrospective-gated acquisition with 80%:20% split for training/testing. Images were reconstructed by MD-CNN and k-t Radial Sparse-Sense(kt-RASPS) using an undersampled dataset (14 of 196 acquired views; relative acceleration rate = 14). MD-CNN images were evaluated quantitatively using mean-squared-error (MSE) and structural similarity index (SSIM) relative to reference images, and qualitatively by three independent readers for left ventricular (LV) border sharpness and temporal fidelity using 5-point Likert-scale (1-non-diagnostic, 2-poor, 3-fair, 4-good, and 5-excellent). RESULTS MD-CNN showed improved MSE and SSIM compared to kt-RASPS (0.11 ± 0.10 vs. 0.61 ± 0.51, and 0.87 ± 0.07 vs. 0.72 ± 0.07, respectively; P < .01). Qualitatively, MD-CCN significantly outperformed kt-RASPS in LV border sharpness (3.87 ± 0.66 vs. 2.71 ± 0.58 at end-diastole, and 3.57 ± 0.6 vs. 2.56 ± 0.6 at end-systole, respectively; P < .01) and temporal fidelity (3.27 ± 0.65 vs. 2.59 ± 0.59; P < .01). CONCLUSION MD-CNN reduces the scan time of cine imaging by a factor of 23.3 and provides superior image quality compared to kt-RASPS.
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- Hossam El-Rewaidy
- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.,Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc., Cary, North Carolina, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Munich, Germany
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- Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Csecs I, Pashakhanloo F, Al-Otaibi T, Nezafat R. LEFT VENTRICULAR MYOCARDIAL DEFORMATION IN NON-ISCHEMIC IDIOPATHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY WITH VENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA. J Am Coll Cardiol 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(20)32421-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Jang J, Whitaker J, Leshem E, Ngo LH, Neisius U, Nakamori S, Pashakhanloo F, Menze B, Manning WJ, Anter E, Nezafat R. Local Conduction Velocity in the Presence of Late Gadolinium Enhancement and Myocardial Wall Thinning: A Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Study in a Swine Model of Healed Left Ventricular Infarction. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2020; 12:e007175. [PMID: 31006313 DOI: 10.1161/circep.119.007175] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Conduction velocity (CV) is an important property that contributes to the arrhythmogenicity of the tissue substrate. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between local CV versus late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and myocardial wall thickness in a swine model of healed left ventricular infarction. METHODS Six swine with healed myocardial infarction underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging and electroanatomic mapping. Two healthy controls (one treated with amiodarone and one unmedicated) underwent electroanatomic mapping with identical protocols to establish the baseline CV. CV was estimated using a triangulation technique. LGE+ regions were defined as signal intensity >2 SD than the mean of remote regions, wall thinning+ as those with wall thickness <2 SD than the mean of remote regions. LGE heterogeneity was defined as SD of LGE in the local neighborhood of 5 mm and wall thickness gradient as SD within 5 mm. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance and electroanatomic mapping data were registered, and hierarchical modeling was performed to estimate the mean difference of CV (LGE+/-, wall thinning+/-), or the change of the mean of CV per unit change (LGE heterogeneity, wall thickness gradient). RESULTS Significantly slower CV was observed in LGE+ (0.33±0.25 versus 0.54±0.36 m/s; P<0.001) and wall thinning+ regions (0.38±0.28 versus 0.55±0.37 m/s; P<0.001). Areas with greater LGE heterogeneity ( P<0.001) and wall thickness gradient ( P<0.001) exhibited slower CV. CONCLUSIONS Slower CV is observed in the presence of LGE, myocardial wall thinning, high LGE heterogeneity, and a high wall thickness gradient. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance may offer a valuable imaging surrogate for estimating CV, which may support noninvasive identification of the arrhythmogenic substrate.
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- Jihye Jang
- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.J., E.L., L.H.N., U.N., S.N., F.P., W.J.M., E.A., R.N.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.,Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Germany (J.J., B.M.)
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- Division of Imaging Sciences and Biomedical Engineering, King's College London, United Kingdom (J.W.)
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.J., E.L., L.H.N., U.N., S.N., F.P., W.J.M., E.A., R.N.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.J., E.L., L.H.N., U.N., S.N., F.P., W.J.M., E.A., R.N.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.J., E.L., L.H.N., U.N., S.N., F.P., W.J.M., E.A., R.N.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.J., E.L., L.H.N., U.N., S.N., F.P., W.J.M., E.A., R.N.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.J., E.L., L.H.N., U.N., S.N., F.P., W.J.M., E.A., R.N.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Department of Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Germany (J.J., B.M.)
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.J., E.L., L.H.N., U.N., S.N., F.P., W.J.M., E.A., R.N.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.,Department of Radiology (W.J.M.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.J., E.L., L.H.N., U.N., S.N., F.P., W.J.M., E.A., R.N.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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- Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine (J.J., E.L., L.H.N., U.N., S.N., F.P., W.J.M., E.A., R.N.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Pashakhanloo F, Herzka DA, Halperin H, McVeigh ER, Trayanova NA. Role of 3-Dimensional Architecture of Scar and Surviving Tissue in Ventricular Tachycardia: Insights From High-Resolution Ex Vivo Porcine Models. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2019; 11:e006131. [PMID: 29880529 DOI: 10.1161/circep.117.006131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/23/2017] [Accepted: 04/05/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND An improved knowledge of the spatial organization of infarct structure and its contribution to ventricular tachycardia (VT) is important for designing optimal treatments. This study explores the relationship between the 3-dimensional structure of the healed infarct and the VT reentrant pathways in high-resolution models of infarcted porcine hearts. METHODS Structurally detailed models of infarcted ventricles were reconstructed from ex vivo late gadolinium enhancement and diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging data of 8 chronically infarcted porcine hearts at submillimeter resolution (0.25×0.25×0.5 mm3). To characterize the 3-dimensional structure of surviving tissue in the zone of infarct, a novel scar-mapped thickness metric was introduced. Further, using the ventricular models, electrophysiological simulations were conducted to determine and analyze the 3-dimensional VT pathways that were established in each of the complex infarct morphologies. RESULTS The scar-mapped thickness metric revealed the heterogeneous organization of infarct and enabled us to systematically characterize the distribution of surviving tissue thickness in 8 hearts. Simulation results demonstrated the involvement of a subendocardial tissue layer of varying thickness in the majority of VT pathways. Importantly, they revealed that VT pathways are most frequently established within thin surviving tissue structures of thickness ≤2.2 mm (90th percentile) surrounding the scar. CONCLUSIONS The combination of high-resolution imaging data and ventricular simulations revealed the 3-dimensional distribution of surviving tissue surrounding the scar and demonstrated its involvement in VT pathways. The new knowledge obtained in this study contributes toward a better understanding of infarct-related VT.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering (F.P., D.A.H., E.R.M., N.A.T.)
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering (F.P., D.A.H., E.R.M., N.A.T.).,Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. Departments of Bioengineering, Medicine, and Radiology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla (E.R.M.)
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Trayanova NA, Pashakhanloo F, Wu KC, Halperin HR. Imaging-Based Simulations for Predicting Sudden Death and Guiding Ventricular Tachycardia Ablation. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2019; 10:CIRCEP.117.004743. [PMID: 28696219 DOI: 10.1161/circep.117.004743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2017] [Accepted: 06/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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- Natalia A Trayanova
- From the Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering (N.A.T., F.P.) and Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering (H.R.H.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (K.C.W., H.R.H.).
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- From the Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering (N.A.T., F.P.) and Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering (H.R.H.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (K.C.W., H.R.H.)
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- From the Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering (N.A.T., F.P.) and Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering (H.R.H.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (K.C.W., H.R.H.)
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- From the Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering (N.A.T., F.P.) and Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering (H.R.H.), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD (K.C.W., H.R.H.)
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Deng D, Murphy MJ, Hakim JB, Franceschi WH, Zahid S, Pashakhanloo F, Trayanova NA, Boyle PM. Sensitivity of reentrant driver localization to electrophysiological parameter variability in image-based computational models of persistent atrial fibrillation sustained by a fibrotic substrate. Chaos 2017; 27:093932. [PMID: 28964164 PMCID: PMC5605332 DOI: 10.1063/1.5003340] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2017] [Accepted: 09/04/2017] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia, causing morbidity and mortality in millions worldwide. The atria of patients with persistent AF (PsAF) are characterized by the presence of extensive and distributed atrial fibrosis, which facilitates the formation of persistent reentrant drivers (RDs, i.e., spiral waves), which promote fibrillatory activity. Targeted catheter ablation of RD-harboring tissues has shown promise as a clinical treatment for PsAF, but the outcomes remain sub-par. Personalized computational modeling has been proposed as a means of non-invasively predicting optimal ablation targets in individual PsAF patients, but it remains unclear how RD localization dynamics are influenced by inter-patient variability in the spatial distribution of atrial fibrosis, action potential duration (APD), and conduction velocity (CV). Here, we conduct simulations in computational models of fibrotic atria derived from the clinical imaging of PsAF patients to characterize the sensitivity of RD locations to these three factors. We show that RDs consistently anchor to boundaries between fibrotic and non-fibrotic tissues, as delineated by late gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging, but those changes in APD/CV can enhance or attenuate the likelihood that an RD will anchor to a specific site. These findings show that the level of uncertainty present in patient-specific atrial models reconstructed without any invasive measurements (i.e., incorporating each individual's unique distribution of fibrotic tissue from medical imaging alongside an average representation of AF-remodeled electrophysiology) is sufficiently high that a personalized ablation strategy based on targeting simulation-predicted RD trajectories alone may not produce the desired result.
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- Dongdong Deng
- Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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- Institute for Computational Medicine and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, USA
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Pashakhanloo F, Herzka DA, Mori S, Zviman M, Halperin H, Gai N, Bluemke DA, Trayanova NA, McVeigh ER. Submillimeter diffusion tensor imaging and late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance of chronic myocardial infarction. J Cardiovasc Magn Reson 2017; 19:9. [PMID: 28122618 PMCID: PMC5264305 DOI: 10.1186/s12968-016-0317-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2016] [Accepted: 12/20/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Knowledge of the three-dimensional (3D) infarct structure and fiber orientation remodeling is essential for complete understanding of infarct pathophysiology and post-infarction electromechanical functioning of the heart. Accurate imaging of infarct microstructure necessitates imaging techniques that produce high image spatial resolution and high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The aim of this study is to provide detailed reconstruction of 3D chronic infarcts in order to characterize the infarct microstructural remodeling in porcine and human hearts. METHODS We employed a customized diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) technique in conjunction with late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) on a 3T clinical scanner to image, at submillimeter resolution, myofiber orientation and scar structure in eight chronically infarcted porcine hearts ex vivo. Systematic quantification of local microstructure was performed and the chronic infarct remodeling was characterized at different levels of wall thickness and scar transmurality. Further, a human heart with myocardial infarction was imaged using the same DTI sequence. RESULTS The SNR of non-diffusion-weighted images was >100 in the infarcted and control hearts. Mean diffusivity and fractional anisotropy (FA) demonstrated a 43% increase, and a 35% decrease respectively, inside the scar tissue. Despite this, the majority of the scar showed anisotropic structure with FA higher than an isotropic liquid. The analysis revealed that the primary eigenvector orientation at the infarcted wall on average followed the pattern of original fiber orientation (imbrication angle mean: 1.96 ± 11.03° vs. 0.84 ± 1.47°, p = 0.61, and inclination angle range: 111.0 ± 10.7° vs. 112.5 ± 6.8°, p = 0.61, infarcted/control wall), but at a higher transmural gradient of inclination angle that increased with scar transmurality (r = 0.36) and the inverse of wall thickness (r = 0.59). Further, the infarcted wall exhibited a significant increase in both the proportion of left-handed epicardial eigenvectors, and in the angle incoherency. The infarcted human heart demonstrated preservation of primary eigenvector orientation at the thinned region of infarct, consistent with the findings in the porcine hearts. CONCLUSIONS The application of high-resolution DTI and LGE-CMR revealed the detailed organization of anisotropic infarct structure at a chronic state. This information enhances our understanding of chronic post-infarction remodeling in large animal and human hearts.
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- Farhad Pashakhanloo
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD USA
- Departments of Bioengineering, Medicine, Radiology, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive-MC0412,La Jolla, San Diego, 92093-0412 CA USA
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Pashakhanloo F, Herzka DA, Ashikaga H, Mori S, Gai N, Bluemke DA, Trayanova NA, McVeigh ER. Myofiber Architecture of the Human Atria as Revealed by Submillimeter Diffusion Tensor Imaging. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol 2016; 9:e004133. [PMID: 27071829 DOI: 10.1161/circep.116.004133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 112] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 03/15/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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BACKGROUND Accurate knowledge of the human atrial fibrous structure is paramount in understanding the mechanisms of atrial electric function in health and disease. Thus far, such knowledge has been acquired from destructive sectioning, and there is a paucity of data about atrial fiber architecture variability in the human population. METHODS AND RESULTS In this study, we have developed a customized 3-dimensional diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging sequence on a clinical scanner that makes it possible to image an entire intact human heart specimen ex vivo at submillimeter resolution. The data from 8 human atrial specimens obtained with this technique present complete maps of the fibrous organization of the human atria. The findings demonstrate that the main features of atrial anatomy are mostly preserved across subjects although the exact location and orientation of atrial bundles vary. Using the full tractography data, we were able to cluster, visualize, and characterize the distinct major bundles in the human atria. Furthermore, quantitative characterization of the fiber angles across the atrial wall revealed that the transmural fiber angle distribution is heterogeneous throughout different regions of the atria. CONCLUSIONS The application of submillimeter diffusion tensor magnetic resonance imaging provides an unprecedented level of information on both human atrial structure, as well as its intersubject variability. The high resolution and fidelity of this data could enhance our understanding of structural contributions to atrial rhythm and pump disorders and lead to improvements in their targeted treatment.
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- Farhad Pashakhanloo
- From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (F.P., D.A.H., N.A.T., E.R.M.), Medicine (H.A.), and Radiology (S.M., E.R.M), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD (N.G, D.A.B.); and Departments of Bioengineering, Medicine, and Radiology, University of California, San Diego (E.R.M.)
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- From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (F.P., D.A.H., N.A.T., E.R.M.), Medicine (H.A.), and Radiology (S.M., E.R.M), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD (N.G, D.A.B.); and Departments of Bioengineering, Medicine, and Radiology, University of California, San Diego (E.R.M.)
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- From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (F.P., D.A.H., N.A.T., E.R.M.), Medicine (H.A.), and Radiology (S.M., E.R.M), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD (N.G, D.A.B.); and Departments of Bioengineering, Medicine, and Radiology, University of California, San Diego (E.R.M.)
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- From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (F.P., D.A.H., N.A.T., E.R.M.), Medicine (H.A.), and Radiology (S.M., E.R.M), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD (N.G, D.A.B.); and Departments of Bioengineering, Medicine, and Radiology, University of California, San Diego (E.R.M.)
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- From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (F.P., D.A.H., N.A.T., E.R.M.), Medicine (H.A.), and Radiology (S.M., E.R.M), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD (N.G, D.A.B.); and Departments of Bioengineering, Medicine, and Radiology, University of California, San Diego (E.R.M.)
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- From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (F.P., D.A.H., N.A.T., E.R.M.), Medicine (H.A.), and Radiology (S.M., E.R.M), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD (N.G, D.A.B.); and Departments of Bioengineering, Medicine, and Radiology, University of California, San Diego (E.R.M.)
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- From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (F.P., D.A.H., N.A.T., E.R.M.), Medicine (H.A.), and Radiology (S.M., E.R.M), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD (N.G, D.A.B.); and Departments of Bioengineering, Medicine, and Radiology, University of California, San Diego (E.R.M.)
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- From the Departments of Biomedical Engineering (F.P., D.A.H., N.A.T., E.R.M.), Medicine (H.A.), and Radiology (S.M., E.R.M), Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD; Radiology and Imaging Sciences, National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD (N.G, D.A.B.); and Departments of Bioengineering, Medicine, and Radiology, University of California, San Diego (E.R.M.).
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Ukwatta E, Arevalo H, Rajchl M, White J, Pashakhanloo F, Prakosa A, Herzka DA, McVeigh E, Lardo AC, Trayanova NA, Vadakkumpadan F. Image-based reconstruction of three-dimensional myocardial infarct geometry for patient-specific modeling of cardiac electrophysiology. Med Phys 2016; 42:4579-90. [PMID: 26233186 DOI: 10.1118/1.4926428] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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PURPOSE Accurate three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of myocardial infarct geometry is crucial to patient-specific modeling of the heart aimed at providing therapeutic guidance in ischemic cardiomyopathy. However, myocardial infarct imaging is clinically performed using two-dimensional (2D) late-gadolinium enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (LGE-CMR) techniques, and a method to build accurate 3D infarct reconstructions from the 2D LGE-CMR images has been lacking. The purpose of this study was to address this need. METHODS The authors developed a novel methodology to reconstruct 3D infarct geometry from segmented low-resolution (Lo-res) clinical LGE-CMR images. Their methodology employed the so-called logarithm of odds (LogOdds) function to implicitly represent the shape of the infarct in segmented image slices as LogOdds maps. These 2D maps were then interpolated into a 3D image, and the result transformed via the inverse of LogOdds to a binary image representing the 3D infarct geometry. To assess the efficacy of this method, the authors utilized 39 high-resolution (Hi-res) LGE-CMR images, including 36 in vivo acquisitions of human subjects with prior myocardial infarction and 3 ex vivo scans of canine hearts following coronary ligation to induce infarction. The infarct was manually segmented by trained experts in each slice of the Hi-res images, and the segmented data were downsampled to typical clinical resolution. The proposed method was then used to reconstruct 3D infarct geometry from the downsampled images, and the resulting reconstructions were compared with the manually segmented data. The method was extensively evaluated using metrics based on geometry as well as results of electrophysiological simulations of cardiac sinus rhythm and ventricular tachycardia in individual hearts. Several alternative reconstruction techniques were also implemented and compared with the proposed method. RESULTS The accuracy of the LogOdds method in reconstructing 3D infarct geometry, as measured by the Dice similarity coefficient, was 82.10% ± 6.58%, a significantly higher value than those of the alternative reconstruction methods. Among outcomes of electrophysiological simulations with infarct reconstructions generated by various methods, the simulation results corresponding to the LogOdds method showed the smallest deviation from those corresponding to the manual reconstructions, as measured by metrics based on both activation maps and pseudo-ECGs. CONCLUSIONS The authors have developed a novel method for reconstructing 3D infarct geometry from segmented slices of Lo-res clinical 2D LGE-CMR images. This method outperformed alternative approaches in reproducing expert manual 3D reconstructions and in electrophysiological simulations.
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- Eranga Ukwatta
- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Cardiovascular MR Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta T2N 2T9, Canada
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 and Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins Institute of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21224
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205; and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins Institute of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205
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Zahid S, Whyte KN, Schwarz EL, Blake RC, Boyle PM, Chrispin J, Prakosa A, Ipek EG, Pashakhanloo F, Halperin HR, Calkins H, Berger RD, Nazarian S, Trayanova NA. Feasibility of using patient-specific models and the "minimum cut" algorithm to predict optimal ablation targets for left atrial flutter. Heart Rhythm 2016; 13:1687-98. [PMID: 27108938 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2016.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2015] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Left atrial flutter (LAFL) occurs in patients after atrial fibrillation ablation. Identification of optimal ablation targets to terminate LAFL remains challenging. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to use patient-specific models to simulate LAFL and predict optimal ablation targets using a novel approach based on flow network theory. METHODS Late gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance scans from 10 patients with LAFL were used to construct atrial models incorporating fibrosis by investigators blinded to procedural findings. Rapid pacing was applied in silico to induce LAFL. In each LAFL, we represented reentrant wave propagation as an electric flow network and identified the "minimum cut" (MC), which was the smallest amount of tissue that separated the flow into 2 discontinuous components. In silico ablation was applied at MCs, and targets were compared to those that terminated LAFL during catheter ablation. RESULTS Patient-specific atrial models were successfully generated from patient scans. LAFL was induced in 7 of 10 models. Ablation of MCs terminated LAFL in 4 models and produced new, slower LAFL morphologies in the other 3. For the latter cases, flow analysis was repeated to identify MCs of emergent LAFLs. Ablation of these MCs terminated emergent LAFLs. The MC-based ablation lesions in simulations were similar in length and location to ablation targets that terminated LAFL during catheter ablation for these 7 patients. CONCLUSION Personalized atrial simulations can predict ablation targets for LAFL. These simulations provide a powerful tool for planning ablation procedures and may reduce procedural times and complications.
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- Sohail Zahid
- Institute for Computational Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- CardioSolv Ablation Technologies Inc, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Deng D, Arevalo H, Pashakhanloo F, Prakosa A, Ashikaga H, McVeigh E, Halperin H, Trayanova N. Accuracy of prediction of infarct-related arrhythmic circuits from image-based models reconstructed from low and high resolution MRI. Front Physiol 2015; 6:282. [PMID: 26528188 PMCID: PMC4602125 DOI: 10.3389/fphys.2015.00282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2015] [Accepted: 09/22/2015] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Identification of optimal ablation sites in hearts with infarct-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) remains difficult to achieve with the current catheter-based mapping techniques. Limitations arise from the ambiguities in determining the reentrant pathways location(s). The goal of this study was to develop experimentally validated, individualized computer models of infarcted swine hearts, reconstructed from high-resolution ex-vivo MRI and to examine the accuracy of the reentrant circuit location prediction when models of the same hearts are instead reconstructed from low clinical-resolution MRI scans. To achieve this goal, we utilized retrospective data obtained from four pigs ~10 weeks post infarction that underwent VT induction via programmed stimulation and epicardial activation mapping via a multielectrode epicardial sock. After the experiment, high-resolution ex-vivo MRI with late gadolinium enhancement was acquired. The Hi-res images were downsampled into two lower resolutions (Med-res and Low-res) in order to replicate image quality obtainable in the clinic. The images were segmented and models were reconstructed from the three image stacks for each pig heart. VT induction similar to what was performed in the experiment was simulated. Results of the reconstructions showed that the geometry of the ventricles including the infarct could be accurately obtained from Med-res and Low-res images. Simulation results demonstrated that induced VTs in the Med-res and Low-res models were located close to those in Hi-res models. Importantly, all models, regardless of image resolution, accurately predicted the VT morphology and circuit location induced in the experiment. These results demonstrate that MRI-based computer models of hearts with ischemic cardiomyopathy could provide a unique opportunity to predict and analyze VT resulting for from specific infarct architecture, and thus may assist in clinical decisions to identify and ablate the reentrant circuit(s).
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- Dongdong Deng
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute Baltimore, MD, USA ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute Baltimore, MD, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD, USA
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Ukwatta E, Rajchl M, White J, Pashakhanloo F, Herzka DA, McVeigh E, Lardo AC, Trayanova N, Vadakkumpadan F. Image-based Reconstruction of 3D Myocardial Infarct Geometry for Patient Specific Applications. Proc SPIE Int Soc Opt Eng 2015; 9413. [PMID: 26633913 DOI: 10.1117/12.2082113] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
Abstract
Accurate reconstruction of the three-dimensional (3D) geometry of a myocardial infarct from two-dimensional (2D) multi-slice image sequences has important applications in the clinical evaluation and treatment of patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. However, this reconstruction is challenging because the resolution of common clinical scans used to acquire infarct structure, such as short-axis, late-gadolinium enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (LGE-CMR) images, is low, especially in the out-of-plane direction. In this study, we propose a novel technique to reconstruct the 3D infarct geometry from low resolution clinical images. Our methodology is based on a function called logarithm of odds (LogOdds), which allows the broader class of linear combinations in the LogOdds vector space as opposed to being limited to only a convex combination in the binary label space. To assess the efficacy of the method, we used high-resolution LGE-CMR images of 36 human hearts in vivo, and 3 canine hearts ex vivo. The infarct was manually segmented in each slice of the acquired images, and the manually segmented data were downsampled to clinical resolution. The developed method was then applied to the downsampled image slices, and the resulting reconstructions were compared with the manually segmented data. Several existing reconstruction techniques were also implemented, and compared with the proposed method. The results show that the LogOdds method significantly outperforms all the other tested methods in terms of region overlap.
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- Eranga Ukwatta
- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Computing, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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- Stephenson Cardiovascular MR Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States ; School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States ; School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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- Institute for Computational Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States ; Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States
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Ling Z, McManigle J, Zipunnikov V, Pashakhanloo F, Khurram IM, Zimmerman SL, Philips B, Marine JE, Spragg DD, Ashikaga H, Calkins H, Nazarian S. The association of left atrial low-voltage regions on electroanatomic mapping with low attenuation regions on cardiac computed tomography perfusion imaging in patients with atrial fibrillation. Heart Rhythm 2015; 12:857-64. [PMID: 25595922 DOI: 10.1016/j.hrthm.2015.01.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2014] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (CE-MDCT) could identify ventricular fibrosis after myocardial infarction. However, whether CE-MDCT can characterize atrial low-voltage regions remains unknown. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to examine the association of CE-MDCT image attenuation with left atrial (LA) low bipolar voltage regions in patients undergoing repeat ablation for atrial fibrillation recurrence. METHODS We enrolled 20 patients undergoing repeat ablation for atrial fibrillation recurrence. All patients underwent preprocedural 3-dimensional CE-MDCT of the LA, followed by voltage mapping (>100 points) of the LA during the ablation procedure. Epicardial and endocardial contours were manually drawn around LA myocardium on multiplanar CE-MDCT axial images. Segmented 3-dimensional images of the LA myocardium were reconstructed. Electroanatomic map points were retrospectively registered to the corresponding CE-MDCT images. RESULTS A total of 2028 electroanatomic map points obtained in sinus rhythm from the LA endocardium were registered to the segmented LA wall CE-MDCT images. In a linear mixed model, each unit increase in the local image attenuation ratio was associated with 25.2% increase in log bipolar voltage (P = .046) after adjusting for age, sex, body mass index, and LA volume, as well as clustering of data by patient and LA regions. CONCLUSION We demonstrate that the image attenuation ratio derived from CE-MDCT is associated with LA bipolar voltage. The potential ability to image fibrosis via CE-MDCT may provide a useful alternative in patients with contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging.
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Affiliation(s)
- Zhiyu Ling
- Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, China; Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
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- Department of Medicine/Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Dewire J, Khurram IM, Pashakhanloo F, Spragg D, Marine JE, Berger RD, Ashikaga H, Rickard J, Zimmerman SL, Zipunnikov V, Calkins H, Nazarian S. The association of pre-existing left atrial fibrosis with clinical variables in patients referred for catheter ablation of atrial fibrillation. Clin Med Insights Cardiol 2014; 8:25-30. [PMID: 25368540 PMCID: PMC4213197 DOI: 10.4137/cmc.s15036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/23/2014] [Revised: 05/18/2014] [Accepted: 05/21/2014] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Atrial fibrillation (AF) recurrence after ablation is associated with left atrial (LA) fibrosis on late gadolinium enhanced (LGE) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). We sought to determine pre-ablation, clinical characteristics that associate with the extent of LA fibrosis in patients undergoing catheter ablation for AF. METHODS AND RESULTS Consecutive patients presenting for catheter ablation of AF were enrolled and underwent LGE-MRI prior to initial AF ablation. The extent of fibrosis as a percentage of total LA myocardium was calculated in all patients prior to ablation. The cohort was divided into quartiles based on the percentage of fibrosis. Of 60 patients enrolled in the cohort, 13 had <5% fibrosis (Group 1), 15 had 5-7% fibrosis (Group 2), 17 had 8-13% fibrosis (Group 3), and 15 had 14-36% fibrosis (Group 4). The extent of LA fibrosis was positively associated with time in continuous AF, and the presence of persistent or longstanding persistent AF. However, no statistically significant difference was observed in the presence of comorbid conditions, age, BMI, LA volume, or family history of AF among the four groups. After adjusting for diabetes and hypertension in a multivariable linear regression model, paroxysmal AF remained independently and negatively associated with the extent of fibrosis (-4.0 ± 1.8, P = 0.034). CONCLUSION The extent of LA fibrosis in patients undergoing AF ablation is associated with AF type and time in continuous AF. Our results suggest that the presence and duration of AF are primary determinants of increased atrial LGE.
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- Jane Dewire
- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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- Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. ; Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
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