Thoracic aortic dissection and aneurysm: evaluation with nonenhanced true FISP MR angiography in less than 4 minutes.

Pereles, F Scott; McCarthy, Richard M; Baskaran, Visveshwar; Carr, James C; Kapoor, Vipul; Krupinski, Elizabeth A; Finn, J Paul · Radiology · 2002

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

Comprehensive aortic magnetic resonance (MR) examinations currently include multiple nonenhanced and contrast material-enhanced sequences. The authors hypothesized that the nonenhanced true fast imaging with steady-state precession (FISP) portion alone of their comprehensive imaging protocol would be adequate to confidently confirm or exclude dissection or aneurysm of the aorta. In a retrospective review of 29 comprehensive thoracic aortic MR examinations, nonenhanced true FISP MR imaging alone was 100% accurate for determining the presence or absence of dissection or aneurysm.

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