Minerva cardioangiologica
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Minerva cardioangiologica · Jun 2007
Comparative StudyImaging the whole body atherosclerosis: high resolution magnetic resonance angiography using blood-pool agent. Initial clinical experience.
Recently whole-body 3D MR angiography (MRA) with blood-pool contrast agent has become available. The purpose of this study was to introduce and evaluate this technique to demonstrate arterial steno-occlusive involvement in systemic atherosclerosis and to compare blood-pool enhanced MRA results with those of CT angiography (CTA) as reference modality. ⋯ The whole-body MRA technique is a valuable tool for comprehensive evaluation of arterial steno-occlusive involvement in systemic arterial atherosclerosis; there is a good agreement between blood-pool enhanced MRA results and CTA, used as modality of reference.