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Gadoxetate disodium-related event during image acquisition: a prospective multi-institutional study for better MR practice

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Abstract

Purpose

To acknowledge the facts of gadoxetate disodium-related events in Japan and to achieve better MR practice by analyzing large cohort data with various MR parameters.

Materials and methods

This prospective multi-institutional study included 1993 patients (1201 men, mean age 66.4 ± 12.8 years), who received dynamic MRI with gadoxetate disodium (gadoxetate group, n = 1646) or extracellular gadolinium-based contrast agents (other-GBCAs group, n = 347) between January and November 2016. Recorded data covered adverse reactions including dyspnea, breath-hold failure during acquisition, respiratory artifacts rated with a four-point scale, and MR parameters. We compared data between the two groups in whole cohort and age-, gender-, and institution-matched subcohort using χ2 test (n = 640). Logistic regression model was used to reveal independent associates of substantial artifacts in arterial phase imaging.

Results

Transient dyspnea rarely occurred in gadoxetate or other-GBCAs group (both < 1%). Gadoxetate group (vs other-GBCAs group) showed higher rates of breath-hold failure (whole cohort, 18.2% vs 7.7%, p < 0.001; subcohort, 17.6% vs 6.3%, p < 0.001) and substantial artifacts in arterial phase (7.2% vs 2.2%, p = 0.001; 7.4% vs 1.7%, p = 0.001). With single arterial phase protocol, substantial artifacts under gadoxetate were independently associated with age (odds ratio [OR] = 1.04, p < 0.001), hearing difficulty (OR = 2.92, p = 0.008), breath-hold practice required (OR = 1.61, p = 0.039), and short acquisition time (OR = 0.43, p = 0.005). Multiple arterial phase acquisition did not reduce the incident rate of substantial artifacts.

Conclusion

Gadoxetate disodium was associated with breath-hold failure and substantial artifacts in arterial phase imaging, but not with dyspnea in Japan. Shorter acquisition time should be used to sustain image quality in gadoxetate disodium-enhanced arterial phase imaging.

Key Points

• Gadoxetate disodium administration leads to breath-hold failure and substantial imaging artifacts in arterial phase MRI in Japan.

• Contrast agent-induced dyspnea in arterial phase and adverse reactions are rare in Japan, without showing differences between gadoxetate disodium or other extracellular gadolinium-based contrast agents.

• Shorter acquisition time significantly reduces gadoxetate-induced imaging artifacts in the arterial phase.

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Abbreviations

BMI:

Body mass index

CI:

Confidence interval

COPD:

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

GBCA:

Gadolinium-based contrast agent

MRI:

Magnetic resonance imaging

OR:

Odds ratio

PVP:

Portal venous phase

SD:

Standard deviation

TSM:

Transient severe motion

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  1. Department of Radiology, University of Yamanashi, 1110 Shimokato, Chuo, Yamanashi, 409-3898, Japan

    Marie-Luise Kromrey, Tatsuya Shimizu & Utaroh Motosugi

  2. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Neuroradiology, University Medicine Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany

    Marie-Luise Kromrey

  3. Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Japan

    Masatoshi Hori

  4. Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

    Satoshi Goshima

  5. Department of Radiology, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

    Kazuto Kozaka

  6. Department of Radiology, Kindai University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

    Tomoko Hyodo

  7. Diagnostic Radiology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

    Yuko Nakamura

  8. Department of Clinical Radiology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Akihiro Nishie

  9. Department of Radiology, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

    Tsutomu Tamada & Akihiko Kanki

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Kromrey, ML., Hori, M., Goshima, S. et al. Gadoxetate disodium-related event during image acquisition: a prospective multi-institutional study for better MR practice. Eur Radiol 30, 281–290 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-019-06358-7

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