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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-6-1
pubmed:abstractText
There is growing interest in delivering cellular agents to infarcted myocardium to prevent postinfarction left ventricular remodeling. MRI can be effectively used to differentiate infarcted from healthy myocardium. MR-guided delivery of cellular agents/therapeutics is appealing because the therapeutics can be precisely targeted to the desired location within the infarct. In this study, a steerable intramyocardial injection catheter that can be actively tracked under MRI was developed and tested. The components of the catheter were arranged to form a loopless RF antenna receiver coil that enabled active tracking. Feasibility studies were performed in canine and porcine myocardial infarction models. Myocardial delayed-enhancement (MDE) imaging identified the infarcted myocardium, and real-time MRI was used to guide left ventricular catheterization from a carotid artery approach. The distal 35 cm of the catheter was seen under MRI with a bright signal at the distal tip of the catheter. The catheter was steered into position, the distal tip was apposed against the infarct, the needle was advanced, and a bolus of MR contrast agent and tissue marker dye was injected intramyocardially, as confirmed by imaging and postmortem histology. A pilot study involving intramyocardial delivery of magnetically labeled stem cells demonstrated the utility of the active injection catheter system.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0740-3194
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
51
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1163-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Catheterization, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Contrast Media, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Dextrans, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Dogs, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Equipment Design, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Ferumoxytol, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Heart Catheterization, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Injections, Intralesional, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Iron, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Magnetic Resonance Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Magnetite Nanoparticles, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Myocardial Infarction, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Oxides, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Phantoms, Imaging, pubmed-meshheading:15170836-Swine
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
MR-trackable intramyocardial injection catheter.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21025, USA. pkarmar@mri.jhu.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.