Cine and tagged cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in normal rat at 1.5 T: a rest and stress study

Daire, Jean-Luc; Jacob, Jean-Pascal; Hyacinthe, Jean-Noël; Croisille, Pierre; Montet-Abou, Karin; Richter, Sophie; Botsikas, Diomidis; Lepetit-Coiffé, Matthieu; Morel, Denis; Vallée, Jean-Paul

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Title		Cine and tagged cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in normal rat at 1.5 T: a rest and stress study
Authors		Daire, Jean-Luc Jacob, Jean-Pascal Hyacinthe, Jean-Noël Croisille, Pierre Montet-Abou, Karin Richter, Sophie Botsikas, Diomidis Lepetit-Coiffé, Matthieu Morel, Denis Vallée, Jean-Paul show all authors [1 - 10]
Published in		Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance. 2008, vol. 10, no. 1, p. 48
Abstract		BACKGROUND: The purpose of this study was to measure regional contractile function in the normal rat using cardiac cine and tagged cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) during incremental low doses of dobutamine and at rest. METHODS: Five rats were investigated for invasive left ventricle pressure measurements and five additional rats were imaged on a clinical 1.5 T MR system using a cine sequence (11-20 phases per cycle, 0.28/0.28/2 mm) and a C-SPAMM tag sequence (18-25 phases per cycle, 0.63/1.79/3 mm, tag spacing 1.25 mm). For each slice, wall thickening (WT) and circumferential strains (CS) were calculated at rest and at stress (2.5, 5 and 10 microg/min/kg of dobutamine). RESULTS: Good cine and tagged images were obtained in all the rats even at higher heart rate (300-440 bpm). Ejection fraction and left ventricular (LV) end-systolic volume showed significant changes after each dobutamine perfusion dose (p < 0.001). Tagged CMR had the capacity to resolve the CS transmural gradient and showed a significant increase of both WT and CS at stress compared to rest. Intra and interobserver study showed less variability for the tagged technique. In rats in which a LV catheter was placed, dobutamine produced a significant increase of heart rate, LV dP/dtmax and LV pressure significantly already at the lowest infusion dose. CONCLUSION: Robust cardiac cine and tagging CMR measurements can be obtained in the rat under incremental dobutamine stress using a clinical 1.5 T MR scanner.
Keywords		Cardiotonic Agents/administration & dosage — Dobutamine/administration & dosage — Dose-Response Relationship : Drug — Exercise Test — Magnetic Resonance Imaging : Cine — Myocardial Contraction/drug effects — Observer Variation — Rats — Rats : Sprague-Dawley — Reproducibility of Results — Stroke Volume/drug effects — Ventricular Function : Left/drug effects — Ventricular Pressure/drug effects
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-10-48 PMID: 18980685
Full text		Article (Author postprint) (1.3 MB) - Free access Other version: http://jcmr-online.com/content/10/1/48
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département d'anesthésiologie, pharmacologie, soins intensifs et urgences Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine fondamentale / Département de physiologie cellulaire et métabolisme Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale
Research group		Imagerie cardiaque fonctionnelle (541)
Citation (ISO format)		DAIRE, Jean-Luc et al. Cine and tagged cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging in normal rat at 1.5 T: a rest and stress study. In: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, 2008, vol. 10, n° 1, p. 48. doi: 10.1186/1532-429X-10-48 https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:656