Left Ventricular Mid-Diastolic Wall Thickness: Normal Values for Coronary CT Angiography. 2019

Jeroen Walpot, and Daniel Juneau, and Samia Massalha, and Girish Dwivedi, and Frank J Rybicki, and Benjamin J W Chow, and João R Inácio
Division of Cardiology, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Canada (J.W., S.M., B.J.W.C.); Service de Médecine Nucléaire, Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, Canada (D.J.); Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Research, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia (G.D.); and Department of Radiology, University of Ottawa, The Ottawa Hospital, Medical Imaging and The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, 501 Smyth Rd, Office M1466B, Mailbox 232, Ottawa, ON, Canada K1H 8L6 (F.J.R., J.R.I.).

OBJECTIVE To generate normal reference values for left ventricular mid-diastolic wall thickness (LV-MDWT) measured by using CT angiography. METHODS LV-MDWT was measured in 2383 consecutive patients, without structural heart disease, undergoing prospective electrocardiographically (ECG) triggered mid-diastolic coronary CT angiography. LV-MDWT was manually measured on automatically segmented short-axis images according to the American Heart Association's 17-segment model. Commercially available automatic software was used to calculate the left ventricular (LV) mass. RESULTS Among the 2383 patients, average LV-MDWT was 7.24 mm ± 1.86 (standard deviation [SD]), with the basal anteroseptal segment being the thickest wall (8.71 mm ± 2.19) and the apical inferior segment being the thinnest wall (5.9 mm ± 1.58; P < .001). Over all LV segments, the maximum upper limit, as defined as 2 SD above the mean, was 13.6 mm for men (LV1) and 11.2 mm for women. For men, only the basal anterior segment was above 13 mm. There was a significant difference in average LV-MDWT between women and men with 6.47 mm ± 1.07 and 7.90 mm ± 1.24, respectively (P < .001). Significant differences in LV-MDWT were found in the subgroups aged less than 65 years and greater than or equal to 65 years (P < .001). There was a strong correlation between LV-MDWT and LV mass (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Normal sex- and age-specific reference ranges for LV-MDWT in prospective ECG-triggered mid-diastolic coronary CT angiography have been provided. These benchmarks may expand the diagnostic and prognostic roles of CT angiography, beyond its role in the identification of coronary artery disease.© RSNA, 2019.

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