Can Spleen T1 Mapping Be Used as a Marker of Adenosine Response in Cardiac MRI?
5 affiliations
- 1Department of Radiology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
- 2IdiSNA, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
- 3Department of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Imaging, School of Health Technologies, University of Costa Rica.
- 4Siemens Healthcare, Madrid, Spain.
- 5Department of Cardiology, Clinica Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain.
Abstract
Splenic switch-off, defined as the visible reduction in splenic perfusion during adenosine stress, can be used as a marker of adequate adenosine response in cardiac stress MRI studies, which can be assessed after the study. Moreover, there is some evidence regarding the use of T1 mapping for the evaluation of splenic switch-off during the study. The aim of this work is to further investigate splenic T1 mapping as a method for quantitatively assessing splenic switch-off, given the limited existing data. Patients with suspected coronary artery disease were scanned at 1.5 T with the routine clinical protocol for stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), including a T1 mapping sequence at rest and during adenosine stress. Visual assessment of first-pass images was used as the reference standard for detecting splenic switch-off. Semi-quantitative analysis of splenic perfusion was performed based on the signal intensity curves and signal changes (ΔSI) were calculated. T1 maps were used to obtain T1 value changes in the spleen from rest to stress (ΔT1spleen). Statistical analysis was assessed using an align rank transform followed by a mixed analysis of variance, with Bonferroni corrected post hoc tests. A total of 74.5% (n = 35/47) of analyzed patients experienced splenic switch-off according to the visual assessment. Statistically significant differences were found in splenic T1 between rest and stress only in the switch-off group (p < 0.001), with lower T1 values during stress. There was significant positive weak correlation (ρs = 0.37, p = 0.01) between splenic ΔT1 and ΔSI based on first-pass. ROC curves demonstrated that ΔT1spleen classified the failed switch-off and positive switch-off groups with a specificity of 75% and a sensitivity of 80% (AUC: 81.2%, 95% CI: 66.7%-95.8%). This work indicates that the splenic T1 value change has the potential to identify splenic switch-off during adenosine stress CMR in a clinical population.
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BibTeX
@article{solisbarquero2026spleen,
title = {{Can Spleen T1 Mapping Be Used as a Marker of Adenosine Response in Cardiac MRI?}},
author = {Sergio M Solis-Barquero and Ana Ezponda and Verónica Aramendía-Vidaurreta and Marta Vidorreta and Marina Pascual and Gorka Bastarrika and Maria A Fernández-Seara},
journal = {NMR in biomedicine},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.1002/nbm.70430},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42956826},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Can Spleen T1 Mapping Be Used as a Marker of Adenosine Response in Cardiac MRI?
AU - Sergio M Solis-Barquero
AU - Ana Ezponda
AU - Verónica Aramendía-Vidaurreta
AU - Marta Vidorreta
AU - Marina Pascual
AU - Gorka Bastarrika
AU - Maria A Fernández-Seara
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/29
JO - NMR in biomedicine
DO - 10.1002/nbm.70430
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42956826
AB - Splenic switch-off, defined as the visible reduction in splenic perfusion during adenosine stress, can be used as a marker of adequate adenosine response in cardiac stress MRI studies, which can be assessed after the study. Moreover, there is some evidence regarding the use of T1 mapping for the evaluation of splenic switch-off during the study. The aim of this work is to further investigate splenic T1 mapping as a method for quantitatively assessing splenic switch-off, given the limited existing data. Patients with suspected coronary artery disease were scanned at 1.5 T with the routine clinical protocol for stress perfusion cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), including a T1 mapping sequence at rest and during adenosine stress. Visual assessment of first-pass images was used as the reference standard for detecting splenic switch-off. Semi-quantitative analysis of splenic perfusion was performed based on the signal intensity curves and signal changes (ΔSI) were calculated. T1 maps were used to obtain T1 value changes in the spleen from rest to stress (ΔT1spleen). Statistical analysis was assessed using an align rank transform followed by a mixed analysis of variance, with Bonferroni corrected post hoc tests. A total of 74.5% (n = 35/47) of analyzed patients experienced splenic switch-off according to the visual assessment. Statistically significant differences were found in splenic T1 between rest and stress only in the switch-off group (p < 0.001), with lower T1 values during stress. There was significant positive weak correlation (ρs = 0.37, p = 0.01) between splenic ΔT1 and ΔSI based on first-pass. ROC curves demonstrated that ΔT1spleen classified the failed switch-off and positive switch-off groups with a specificity of 75% and a sensitivity of 80% (AUC: 81.2%, 95% CI: 66.7%-95.8%). This work indicates that the splenic T1 value change has the potential to identify splenic switch-off during adenosine stress CMR in a clinical population.
SN - 0952-3480
SN - 1099-1492
ER -