Right Ventricular to Left Ventricular (RV/LV) Blood Pool T2 Ratio Is Associated With Invasive Hemodynamics Across Pulmonary Hypertension Subgroups.

Authors

Ipek Buber, Paul Heerdt, Inderjit Singh, Cihan Ilyas Sevgican, Jérôme Lamy, Jie Xiang, Joseph Philip, Steffen Huber, Dana C Peters

Published in

Pulmonary circulation. Volume 16. Issue 3. Pages e70381. Epub Aug 07, 2026.

Abstract

Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is defined by elevated mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP). Pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and SvO₂ (mixed venous oxygenation), measured by right heart catheterization (RHC), are key determinants of disease severity and prognosis. The right-to-left ventricular (RV/LV) blood-pool T2 ratio (T2_RV/LV) by MRI has been proposed as a surrogate of RV-LV blood oxygenation differences and SvO₂. Therefore, we analyzed 31 consecutive patients with PH (precapillary = 13, postcapillary = 6, combined = 12) compared to data from four patients with no PH and 21 healthy subjects. All subjects underwent 1.5 T MRI with cine for RV/LV and atrial volumes and T2 mapping. Blood T2_RV/LV was measured on mid-ventricular short-axis images. Hemodynamic data (including mPAP, PVR, pulmonary arterial wedge pressure (PAWP) and oxygen saturations) were obtained from recent (within 1.5 months) RHC. We found that the T2_RV/LV was significantly lower in PH patients than in healthy controls (0.76 ± 0.09 vs. 0.91 ± 0.05; p < 0.001) and correlated with pulmonary artery oxygen saturations (SvO₂) (r = 0.77; p < 0.001). It also correlated with PVR (ρ = -0.74; p < 0.001), mPAP (r = -0.54; p < 0.001), RVEF (r = -0.61; p < 0.001). In multivariable analysis, T2_RV/LV independently predicted mPAP (p < 0.001; R ²= 0.64 with LA volume index and RVEF) and PVR (p < 0.001; R ²= 0.63 with RVEF). Inter- and intra-observer variability for T2_RV/LV was excellent (R = 0.96-0.97). In conclusion, blood T2_RV/LV independently predicts invasive hemodynamic indices and is a non-invasive biomarker of SvO₂, which might enable noninvasive risk stratification and treatment monitoring in PH.

PMID:
42569061
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