Real Time Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography and Dobutamine Stress Perfusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (ECHOBIKE)

Quantification of Ventricular Mechanics/Myocardial Blood Flow Reserve in Adolescents and Adults Ages 12-50 With Congenital or Acquired Heart Disease Using Bicycle Stress With Real Time Myocardial Contrast Echo and Dobutamine Stress MRI

The present study is designed to:

1. investigate the safety and efficacy of Real time myocardial echocardiography (RT-MCE) in adolescents and adults ages 12-50 with congenital and acquired congenital heart disease
2. compare RT-MCE with dobutamine stress perfusion MR for determination of coronary flow reserve and ventricular wall motion
3. assess regional myocardial mechanics using myocardial speckle tracking and MR tagging.
4. evaluate RV volume and function for a subset of subjects using novel reconstruction software

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Heart Disease; Kawasaki Disease

Detailed Description

Individuals will be identified from the cardiology database and consented during their routine follow up visits. Exercise stress, transthoracic echocardiography and cardiac MR are part of standard medical care in the follow up evaluation of adolescents and adults with repaired congenital heart disease. The use of contrast (with transthoracic echocardiography) and dobutamine stress testing (with the cardiac MR) will be performed as part of the research study. After signing consent/ assent, a study subject will have pertinent medical history (e.g. past palliation and operative repair dates and type, current medications, review of systems) and physical exam findings extracted from the medical record, especially the recording of the most recent clinic visit. If the subject is a female of child bearing age, a serum pregnancy test will be done at this time. This data will be recorded using standardized case report forms for history and physical exam. The study patients will complete a standardized interview to determine their exercise tolerance according to New York Heart Association (NYHA) classification. All patients who consent to the additional testing will require an additional 1 hour of time to the regular Echo and CMR testing.

Each patient will have the protocol supine bicycle stress with contrast echocardiogram performed at UNMC Echo lab.. The study subject will then have the clinically indicated CMR study (Philips Achieva 1.5T magnet), scheduled and performed by a qualified CMR technologist, working with a pediatric or adult cardiologist. An attempt will be made to have CMR and Echo performed on the same day to minimize physiologic variability, but will at least be done within 1 week each other. Further post-processing (wall motion analyses, speckle tracking and myocardial tagging) and image analyses will be performed by the principal investigators on standard workstations.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 124

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Nebraska
    • Omaha, Nebraska, United States, 68198
      • University of Nebraska Medical Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 12 years to 50 years (Child, Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

ages 12-50 with congenital and acquired congenital heart disease.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:• Age between 12 years and 50 years.

• Male or female.
• History of repaired congenital heart disease including atrial septal defects, aortic valve disease, tetralogy of fallot, transposition of great arteries and anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery.
• History of sequelae of heart disease acquired as an infant or child, including Kawasaki disease and coronary ectasia, and patients post anthracycline chemotherapy.
• Ability to perform Supine bicycle stress with contrast echocardiography as determined by primary cardiologist and/or Dr. Shelby Kutty.
• Ability to perform CMR with dobutamine stress as determined by the patients primary cardiologist and/or Dr. Shelby Kutty
• Signed informed consent and assent as applicable.

Exclusion Criteria:• Atrial or ventricular arrythmias that cannot be controlled to heart rates < 70/min

• Intracardiac shunts
• Known hypersensitivity to perflutren
• Known hypersensitivity to Dobutamine
• Congestive heart failure in NYHA class II, III or IV
• Claustrophobia or any other reason patient is unable to perform CMR (i.e. ferromagnetic implants causing significant artifact that alters image quality, presence of pacemaker, AICD, etc.)
• Pregnant or possibly pregnant (based on history/information obtained from the patient) or breast feeding

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Number of groups / cohorts

2

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
12-50 with heart disease
12-50 normal controls

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
The present study is designed to: (1) investigate the safety and efficacy of Real time myocardial echocardiography (RT-MCE) in adolescents and adults ages 13-40 with congenital and acquired congenital heart disease.	The present study is designed to: (1) investigate the safety and efficacy of Real time myocardial echocardiography (RT-MCE) in adolescents and adults ages 13-40 with congenital and acquired congenital heart disease.	2 years

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Compare RT-MCE with dobutamine stress perfusion MR for determination of coronary flow reserve and ventricular wall motion (3) assess regional myocardial mechanics using myocardial speckle tracking and MR tagging.	Compare RT-MCE with dobutamine stress perfusion MR for determination of coronary flow reserve and ventricular wall motion (3) assess regional myocardial mechanics using myocardial speckle tracking and MR tagging.	2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University of Nebraska
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Shelby Kutty, MD, UNMC; Principal Investigator: Thomas Porter, MD, UNMC

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Kutty S, Olson J, Danford CJ, Sandene EK, Xie F, Fletcher SE, Erickson CC, Kugler JD, Danford DA, Porter TR. Ultrasound contrast and real-time perfusion in conjunction with supine bicycle stress echocardiography for comprehensive evaluation of surgically corrected congenital heart disease. Eur Heart J Cardiovasc Imaging. 2012 Jun;13(6):500-9. doi: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer287. Epub 2011 Dec 15.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): April 1, 2009
• Primary Completion (Actual): February 1, 2019
• Study Completion (Actual): March 1, 2019

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 12, 2009
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 13, 2009
• First Posted (Estimated): March 16, 2009

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): September 25, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: September 21, 2023
• Last Verified: September 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Additional Relevant MeSH Terms: Cardiovascular Diseases; Vascular Diseases; Skin Diseases; Lymphatic Diseases; Vasculitis; Skin Diseases, Vascular; Heart Diseases; Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0599-08-FB

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO