Dynamic gadolinium-enhanced three-dimensional abdominal MR arteriography

J Magn Reson Imaging. 1993 Nov-Dec;3(6):877-81. doi: 10.1002/jmri.1880030614.

Abstract

The abdominal aorta and renal, visceral, and iliac arteries were evaluated in 16 patients with three-dimensional Fourier transform imaging enhanced with gadopentetate dimeglumine. By imaging dynamically during the arterial phase of a 5-minute injection (0.2 mmol/kg), highly significant (P < .0001) preferential arterial enhancement (signal-to-noise ratio +/- standard deviation, 10 +/- 0.9), with minimal enhancement of the inferior vena cava (5.1 +/- 1.4) or background tissues (fat, 4.3 +/- 0.7; muscle, 2.4 +/- 0.5), was achieved in every patient. In six patients with angiographic and/or surgical correlation, 10 of 10 stenoses and two of two occlusions were correctly identified. No in-plane saturation or pulsatility artifact was identified in any of the 16 patients. In conclusion, dynamic imaging during the injection of gadopentetate dimeglumine is a promising technique for evaluation of the abdominal aorta and branch vessels.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Abdomen / blood supply*
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / complications
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / diagnosis
  • Arterial Occlusive Diseases / diagnosis
  • Blood Vessels / pathology
  • Contrast Media
  • Coronary Disease / complications
  • Female
  • Gadolinium DTPA
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Hypertension / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Male
  • Organometallic Compounds*
  • Pentetic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / pathology

Substances

  • Contrast Media
  • Organometallic Compounds
  • Pentetic Acid
  • Gadolinium DTPA