Congenital heart disease in adults: Quantitative and qualitative evaluation of IR FLASH and IR SSFP MRA techniques using a blood pool contrast agent in the steady state and comparison to first pass MRA

• Published in: European journal of radiology Vol. 84; no. 10; pp. 1921 - 1929
• Main Authors: Febbo, Jennifer A, Galizia, Mauricio S, Murphy, Ian G, Popescu, Andrada, Bi, Xiaoming, Turin, Alexander, Collins, Jeremy, Markl, Michael, Edelman, Robert R, Carr, James C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ireland Elsevier Ireland Ltd 01.10.2015
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; Aorta - abnormalities; Aortic Diseases - diagnosis; Aortic Valve - abnormalities; Blood-pool contrast agent; Congenital heart disease; Contrast Media - administration & dosage; Dilatation, Pathologic - diagnosis; Female; Gadolinium - administration & dosage; Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnosis; Humans; Image Enhancement - methods; Image Processing, Computer-Assisted - methods; Magnetic Resonance Angiography - methods; Male; Middle Aged; MRA; Organometallic Compounds - administration & dosage; Pulmonary Artery - abnormalities; Radiology; Retrospective Studies; Young Adult; MRA; Congenital heart disease; Blood-pool contrast agent
• ISSN: 0720-048X; 1872-7727
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2015.06.030

Highlights • IR-SSFP shows best results in CHD in adults when blood pool agents are administered. • Higher image quality and fewer artefacts observed. • Higher diagnostic confidence. • Seven out of twenty-three cases had congenital defects seen using IR-SSFP that were not observed with FP-MRA.