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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2011-1-25
pubmed:abstractText
We sought to investigate the T(1) kinetics of blood and myocardium after three infusion schemes of gadobenate dimeglumine (Gd-BOPTA) and subsequently compared contrast-enhanced whole-heart coronary MRI after a bolus Gd-BOPTA infusion with nonenhanced coronary MRI at 1.5 T. Blood and myocardium T(1) was measured in seven healthy adults, after each underwent three Gd-BOPTA infusion schemes (bolus: 0.2 mmol/kg at 2 mL/sec, hybrid: 0.1 mmol/kg at 2 mL/sec followed by 0.1 mmol/kg at 0.1 mL/sec, and slow: 0.2 mmol/kg at 0.3 mL/sec). Fourteen additional subjects underwent contrast-enhanced coronary MRI with an inversion-recovery steady-state free precession sequence after bolus Gd-BOPTA infusion. Images were compared with nonenhanced T(2) -prepared steady-state free precision whole-heart coronary MRI in signal-to-noise ratio, contrast-to-noise ratio, depicted vessel length, vessel sharpness, and subjective image quality. Bolus and slow infusion schemes resulted in similar T(1) during coronary MRI, whereas the hybrid infusion method yielded higher T(1) values. A bolus infusion of Gd-BOPTA significantly improved signal-to-noise ratio, contrast-to-noise ratio, depicted coronary artery length, and subjective image quality, when all segments were collectively compared but not when compared segment by segment. In conclusion, whole-heart steady-state free precision coronary MRI at 1.5 T can benefit from a bolus infusion of 0.2 mmol/kg Gd-BOPTA.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1522-2594
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
65
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
392-8
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2011
pubmed:articleTitle
Contrast-enhanced whole-heart coronary MRI with bolus infusion of gadobenate dimeglumine at 1.5 T.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular Division), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02215, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural