Volume 52, Issue 6 pp. 1714-1721
Original Research

Radiomic Analysis of Native T1 Mapping Images Discriminates Between MYH7 and MYBPC3-Related Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy

Jie Wang MD

Jie Wang MD

Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Both authors contributed equally to this work.

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Fuyao Yang BMSci

Fuyao Yang BMSci

Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Both authors contributed equally to this work.

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Wentao Liu BMSci

Wentao Liu BMSci

Medical Big Data Center, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P. R. China

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Jiayu Sun MD

Jiayu Sun MD

Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P. R. China

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Yuchi Han MD, MMSc

Yuchi Han MD, MMSc

Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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Dong Li PhD

Dong Li PhD

Division of Hospital Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

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Georgios V. Gkoutos PhD

Georgios V. Gkoutos PhD

College of Medical and Dental Sciences, Institute of Cancer and Genomic Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

MRC Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), London, UK

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Yanjie Zhu PhD

Corresponding Author

Yanjie Zhu PhD

Paul C. Lauterbur Research Centre for Biomedical Imaging, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, P. R. China

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Yucheng Chen MD

Corresponding Author

Yucheng Chen MD

Department of Cardiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China

Department of Radiology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P. R. China

Center of Rare diseases, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, P. R. China

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First published: 11 June 2020
Citations: 18

Abstract

Background

The phenotype via conventional cardiac MRI analysis of MYH7 (β-myosin heavy chain)- and MYBPC3 (β-myosin-binding protein C)-associated hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) groups is similar. Few studies exist on the genotypic–phenotypic association as assessed by machine learning in HCM patients.

Purpose

To explore the phenotypic differences based on radiomics analysis of T1 mapping images between MYH7 and MYBPC3-associated HCM subgroups.

Study Type

Prospective observational study.

Subjects

In all, 102 HCM patients with pathogenic, or likely pathogenic mutation, in MYH7 (n = 68) or MYBPC3 (n = 34) genes.

Field Strength/Sequence

Cardiac MRI was performed at 3.0T with balanced steady-state free precession (bSSFP), phase-sensitive inversion recovery (PSIR) late gadolinium enhancement (LGE), and modified Look–Locker inversion recovery (MOLLI) T1 mapping sequences.

Assessment

All patients underwent next-generation sequencing and Sanger genetic sequencing. Left ventricular native T1 and LGE were analyzed. One hundred and fifty-seven radiomic features were extracted and modeled using a support vector machine (SVM) combined with principal component analysis (PCA). Each subgroup was randomly split 4:1 (feature selection / test validation).

Statistical Tests

Mann–Whitney U-tests and Student's t-tests were performed to assess differences between subgroups. A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve was used to assess the model's ability to stratify patients based on radiomic features.

Results

There were no significant differences between MYH7- and MYBPC3-associated HCM subgroups based on traditional native T1 values (global, basal, and middle short-axis slice native T1; P = 0.760, 0.914, and 0.178, respectively). However, the SVM model combined with PCA achieved an accuracy and area under the curve (AUC) of 92.0% and 0.968 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.968–0.971), respectively. For the test validation dataset, the accuracy and AUC were 85.5% and 0.886 (95% CI: 0.881–0.901), respectively.

Data Conclusion

Radiomic analysis of native T1 mapping images may be able to discriminate between MYH7- and MYBPC3-associated HCM patients, exceeding the performance of conventional native T1 values.

Level of Evidence

3

Technical Efficacy Stage

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Conflict of Interest

All authors declare that they have no competing interests regarding this study.

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