Affiliation:
1. Department of Radiology The First Hospital of China Medical University Shenyang China
2. NHC Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology (China Medical University), National Clinical Research Center for Laboratory Medicine The First Hospital of China Medical University Shenyang China
3. Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences Shenyang China
4. Key Laboratory of AIDS Immunology of Liaoning Province Shenyang China
5. Collaborative Innovation Center for Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases Hangzhou China
6. Department of Radiology Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University Shenyang China
Abstract
BackgroundThere are known cardiac manifestations of HIV, but the findings in asymptomatic subjects are still not fully explored.PurposeTo evaluate for the presence of subclinical myocardial injury in asymptomatic people living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) by cardiac MRI and to explore the possible association between subclinical myocardial injury and HIV‐related clinical characteristics.Study TypeCross‐sectional.PopulationA total of 80 asymptomatic PLWH (age: 53 years [47–56 years]; 90% male) and 50 age‐ and sex‐matched healthy participants.Field Strength/SequenceA 3‐T, cine sequence, T1, T2, and T2* mapping.AssessmentFunction analysis was derived from short axis, two‐, three‐, and four‐chamber cine images by feature tracking. Regions of interest were manually selected in the midventricular septum T1, T2, and T2* mapping sequences. PLWH were evaluated for T1 increment (△T1 mapping = native T1 − cutoff values) and HIV‐related clinical characteristics, particularly the nadir CD4 count. And PLWH were stratified into two groups according to the cutoff value of native T1: elevated native T1 and normal.Statistical TestsT test, Wilcoxon rank‐sum test, Chi‐square test, Spearman rank correlation, and logistic regression. P <0.05 indicated statistical significance.ResultsAsymptomatic PLWH revealed significantly higher native myocardial T1 values (1241 ± 29 msec vs. 1189 ± 21 msec), T2 values (40.7 ± 1.5 msec vs. 37.9 ± 1.4 msec), and lower LVGRS (30.2% ± 6.2% vs. 35.8% ± 6.4%), LVGCS (−18.0% ± 2.5% vs. −19.5% ± 2.0%), and LVGLS (−16.0% ± 3.8% vs. −17.9% ± 2.6%) but showed no difference in T2* values (17.3 msec [16.3–19.1 msec] vs. 18.3 msec [16.5–19.3 msec], P = 0.201). A negative correlation between the native T1 increment in PLWH with subclinical myocardial injury and the nadir CD4 count (u = −0.316). Nadir CD4 count <500 cells/mm3 was associated with higher odds of elevated native T1 myocardial values (odds ratio, 6.12 [95% CI, 1.07–34.91]) in PLWH.Data ConclusionSubclinical myocardial inflammation and dysfunction were present in asymptomatic PLWH, and a lower nadir CD4 count may be a risk factor for subclinical myocardial injury.Evidence Level1.Technical EfficacyStage 2.
Funder
National Natural Science Foundation of China
Subject
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
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