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Cardiac Magnetic Resonance for the Evaluation of Suspected Cardiac Thrombus: Conventional and Emerging Techniques
Published on: June 11, 2019
MR Angiography Series: Noncardiac Chest MR Angiography
Christopher J François1, Elizabeth M Hecht1, Giles Roditi1
1From the Department of Radiology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First St SW, Rochester, MN 55905 (C.J.F.); Department of Radiology, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY (E.M.H.); Department of Radiology, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde, Glasgow, UK (G.R.); and Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, Calif (J.P.F).
Abstract:
This review guides readers through the selection and setup of standardized noncardiac chest MRA protocols, including contrast-enhanced MRA (CE-MRA) and noncontrast MRA (NC-MRA), sequences that can be used in a variety of clinical situations. After reviewing basic principles described in the first three tutorials in this series on CE-MRA and NC-MRA, this online presentation details the use of MRA in specific clinical scenarios: thoracic aortic aneurysm, aortic dissection, congenital heart disease, vasculitis, central veins, and pulmonary embolus. Tips and tricks for optimization of the sequences, image acquisition, and image interpretation are provided. This module is the fourth in a series created on behalf of the Society for Magnetic Resonance Angiography (SMRA), a group of researchers and clinicians who are passionate about the benefits of MRA but understand its challenges. The full digital presentation is available online. ©RSNA, 2022.
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