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Clinical Investigation and Reports

Reproducibility of Chronic Infarct Size Measurement by Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Heiko Mahrholdt, MD; Anja Wagner, MD; Thomas A. Holly, MD; Michael D. Elliott, MD; Robert O. Bonow, MD; Raymond J. Kim, MD; Robert M. Judd, PhD

From the Northwestern University Medical School Feinberg Cardiovascular Research Institute, Chicago, Ill.

Correspondence to Robert M. Judd, PhD, Duke Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Center, Duke University Health System, PO Box 3934, Durham, NC 27710. E-mail Robert.Judd{at}dcmrc.mc.duke.edu

Background— The reproducibility of contrast-enhanced MRI has not been established. We compared MRI reproducibility for infarct size determination with that of 99mTc-sestamibi (MIBI) single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).

Methods and Results— Patients with chronic myocardial infarction defined by enzymes (peak creatine kinase-MB 173±119 U/L) were scanned twice by MRI (MRI I and MRI II, n=20) and twice by SPECT (SPECT I and SPECT II, n=15) on the same day. The MRI contrast agent was injected during MRI I but not MRI II to test the effect of imaging time after contrast. Resting Tc-MIBI SPECT images were acquired and infarct size was determined with commercial software. Infarct size in patients scanned by MRI and SPECT was 14±6% of left ventricular mass (%LV) by MRI (range 4%LV to 27%LV) and 14±7%LV by SPECT (range 4%LV to 26%LV). MRI I and II scans were performed 10±2 and 27±3 minutes after contrast, respectively. For MRI, the difference in infarct size between scans I and II (bias) was -0.1%LV, and the coefficient of repeatability was ±2.4%LV. For SPECT, bias was -1.3%LV, and the coefficient of repeatability was ±4.0%LV. Within individual patients, no systematic differences in infarct size were detected when the 2 MRI scans were compared, the 2 SPECT scans were compared, or MRI was compared to SPECT.

Conclusion— The size of healed infarcts measured by contrast-enhanced MRI does not change between 10 and 30 minutes after contrast. The clinical reproducibility of contrast-enhanced MRI for infarct size determination compares favorably with that of routine clinical SPECT.


Key Words: reproducibility • contrast media • magnetic resonance imaging • scintigraphy




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