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  • Title: Influence of vascular enhancement, age and gender on pulmonary perfused blood volume quantified by dual-energy-CTPA.
    Author: Meinel FG, Graef A, Sommer WH, Thierfelder KM, Reiser MF, Johnson TR.
    Journal: Eur J Radiol; 2013 Sep; 82(9):1565-70. PubMed ID: 23711422.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: To determine the influence of technical and demographic parameters on quantification of pulmonary perfused blood volume (PBV) in dual energy computed tomography pulmonary angiography (DE-CTPA). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Pulmonary PBV was quantified in 142 patients who underwent DE-CTPA for suspected pulmonary embolism but in whom no thoracic pathologies were detected. Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed to calculate the influence of age, gender, enhancement of pulmonary trunk and enhancement difference between pulmonary trunk and left atrium (as a measure of timing) on PBV values. The resulting regression coefficients were used to calculate age-specific ranges of normal for PBV values adjusted for vascular enhancement and timing. RESULTS: Enhancement of the pulmonary trunk (β=-0.29, p=0.001) and enhancement difference between pulmonary trunk and left atrium (β=-0.24, p=0.003) were found to significantly influence PBV values. Age (β=-0.33, p<0.001) but not gender (β=0.14, p=0.05) had a significant negative influence on pulmonary PBV values. There was a 20% relative decrease of pulmonary PBV from patients aged <30 to patients over 80 years of age. CONCLUSIONS: DE-CTPA derived PBV values need to be corrected for age, vascular enhancement and timing but not for gender. The age-specific ranges of normal derived from this study can be used as a reference in future studies of PBV in pulmonary pathologies.
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