An interventional study of Cardiac magnetic resonance sequence T1 mapping in Cardiomyopathy, sponsored by The Hospital for Sick Children. Completed at 1 site in Canada. Open to participants aged 6 Years to 17 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-09-19.
Sponsored by The Hospital for Sick Children · Not applicable, Interventional, and Diagnostic
Diffuse fibrosis (or scarring) of the heart muscle is found in a variety of congenital heart diseases and in cardiomyopathies (heart muscle disease), and is considered a mediator of decreased cardiac function. The detection and quantification of diffuse myocardial fibrosis has recently become feasible non-invasively, using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), applying a new technique labeled T1 mapping. With this technique, the part of the heart tissue which is not made up of muscle cells (extracellular volume) can be quantified, as long as the individual's hematocrit (cellular volume in the blood) is known. The extracellular volume in the heart tissue is regarded as a quantifiable marker for the extent of diffuse myocardial fibrosis.
In the proposed study this new T1 mapping technique shall be applied in patients with different forms of congenital heart disease (n=130), cardiomyopathies (n=40) and in control subjects (n=30). The additional scan time due to participation in the study will be approximately 5-10 minutes, without changing the clinical protocol.
The main objective is to study the presence and extent of myocardial fibrosis by T1 mapping CMR in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathies, in comparison to cardiovascularly healthy controls.
A better understanding of the mechanisms by which the heart muscle fails in pediatric heart disease may result in novel therapies directed at preventing rather than treating ventricular failure. The most likely mediator candidate for cardiac demise in congenital heart disease as well as the cardiomyopathies is diffuse myocardial fibrosis and non-favorable chronic biventricular remodeling. As such, fibrosis may be a marker, if not a mediator, preceding the onset of actual echocardiographic and clinical deterioration, opening opportunities for more timely and targeted treatment. Chronic stressors of myocardial function (hypoxemia, abnormal afterload or preload) appear to promote fibrosis. In some groups of patients, a genetically upregulated collagen metabolism seems to play a role. In adult patients with dilated cardiomyopathy the extent of myocardial fibrosis is predictive of outcome.
With cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, the characterization of myocardial tissue is possible. Whereas standard late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) CMR can only identify patchy scars neighboring healthy tissue, quantification of diffuse myocardial fibrosis in the living has become feasible with the T1 mapping technique. Both techniques (T1 mapping and LGE) are based on the principle that MR contrast medium (gadolinium) is trapped in between collagen fibres and is retained in areas of fibrosis while it is quickly washed out of healthy myocardium. As gadolinium is a T1 shortening agent, the fibrosed tissue with its 'trapped' gadolinium has a shorter T1 time than healthy tissue. T1 mapping measures the T1 time constant, which has been shown to correlate with the degree of fibrosis. In a refined approach of this technique, which we will use, it is now possible to quantify the extracellular space (equivalent to the degree of fibrosis) by T1 mapping. This method has been validated against the current gold standard of surgical myocardial biopsy.
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Inclusion Criteria: Patients with cardiomyopathies (clinically established diagnosis of dilated or hypertrophic cardiomyopathy) / Patients with congenital heart disease (Diagnosis of Transposition of the great arteries after arterial switch operation, repaired Tetralogy of Fallot, patients after single ventricle palliation at the Fontan stage) scheduled for an MR investigation including gadolinium (MRI contrast medium)
Exclusion Criteria:- Consent / assent refusal by guardian / patient
Clinically established diagnosis of dilated, hypertrophic or arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy Adding T1 mapping sequence to the clinical cardiac magnetic resonance scan Administering Multihance 0.2ml/kg as part of clinical scan Obtaining bloodwork for assessment of hematocrit and collagen biomarkers
Other: Cardiac magnetic resonance sequence T1 mapping
Diagnosis of Transposition of the great arteries after arterial switch operation, repaired Tetralogy of Fallot, patients after single ventricle palliation at the Fontan stage, native and repaired Aortic Coarctation Adding T1 mapping sequence to the clinical cardiac magnetic resonance scan Administering Multihance 0.2ml/kg as part of clinical scan Obtaining bloodwork for assessment of hematocrit and collagen biomarkers
Other: Cardiac magnetic resonance sequence T1 mapping
Patients undergoing a non-cardiac MR investigation (musculoskeletal / abdomen / brain) without a history of cardiac disease Adding limited cardiac sequence to the clinical magnetic resonance scan including T1 mapping Administering Multihance 0.2ml/kg as part of clinical scan Obtaining bloodwork for assessment of hematocrit and collagen biomarkers
Other: Cardiac magnetic resonance sequence T1 mapping
Adding T1 mapping sequence to the clinical cardiac magnetic resonance scan Obtaining bloodwork for assessment of hematocrit and collagen biomarkers
Measuring degree of diffuse myocardial fibrosis
Participants will be followed for the duration of hospital visit, which is approximately 2 hours for the MRI part, and eventually longer, depending on possible other appointments on that day
Time frame: Once at the end of the visit
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