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Yangzhen Hou1,2, Shulin Liu1,2, Hui Zhou1
1Department of Radiology, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410008, China.
Objective:
To compare the free-breathing motion-corrected (MOCO) sequence with the segmented breath-hold (BH) sequence in subjects undergoing late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) scans of cardiac MRI.
Materials And Methods:
Retrospectively enrolled 71 consecutive subjects underwent MOCO-LGE and BH-LGE sequences in random order. Semi-quantitative image quality (IQ) scores, image contrast-to-noise ratios (CNRs), myocardial scar size, and thickness of pericardial effusion were evaluated.
Results:
Compared to BH-LGE images, MOCO-LGE images showed improved CNR of the scar to the remote myocardium (11.46 [6.43-16.82] vs. 7.94 [4.36-12.65], P < .001) as well as higher IQ scores (4.25 ± 0.60 vs. 3.70 ± 0.88, P < .001). More subepicardial scar was seen in MOCO-LGE than BH-LGE images (83.6% vs. 43.3%, P < .001) in lateral wall, and larger scar size was measured by MOCO-LGE than BH-LGE images by using 3-standard deviation (SD) method (24.39 [16.90-33.02] vs. 15.62 [10.67-24.76], P < .001) and 5-SD method (8.44 [4.89-13.53] vs. 4.30 [1.63-8.21], P < .001). More and thicker epicardial effusions were seen in MOCO-LGE than BH-LGE images (81.7% vs. 60.6%, P = .001, and 9.16 ± 4.44 mm vs. 6.24 ± 4.16 mm, P < .001).
Conclusions:
MOCO-LGE images demonstrate superior quality compared to BH-LGE images. However, MOCO-LGE images have a tendency to overestimate the extent of subepicardial scar and pericardial effusion.
Advances In Knowledge:
Our study demonstrates that MOCO-LGE images tend to overestimate the extent of subepicardial scar and pericardial effusion in comparison to BH-LGE images, suggesting potential diagnostic misconceptions and an area for improvement.
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