title: Abdominal aortic aneurysms: assessment with gadolinium-enhanced time-of-flight coronal MR angiography (MRA).
abstract: A prospective study was performed to evaluate the efficacy of a gadolinium-chelate-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) using a coronal acquisition in the preoperative assessment of aneurysms of the abdominal aorta (AAA). Twenty patients with AAA were explored with MR using a two-dimensional (2D) time-of-flight MRA technique with a coronal acquisition, before and after intravenous administration of 0.1 mmol/kg of a gadolinium-chelate. Gadolinium-chelate-enhanced MRA with a coronal acquisition decreased deleterious saturation effects within aorta and iliac arteries in 16 of 20 patients (80%) and improved the overall quality of the images of the upper and lower parts of the AAA (i.e. extent of the aneurysm). Furthermore, gadolinium-chelate-enhanced MRA with a coronal acquisition allowed a better differentiation between slow flow and mural thrombus. Gadolinium-chelate-enhanced MRA had a sensitivity of 100% and a specificity of 96% for evaluation of renal artery involvement, and a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 100% for iliac artery involvement. The results of this study show that gadolinium-chelate-enhanced MRA obtained with a coronal acquisition is efficacious for the preoperative assessment of AAA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Hôpital Bichat, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Laissy
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Soyer
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tebboune
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Tiah
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Hvass
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Menu
mesh_terms: D001012:Aorta, Abdominal / Q000473:pathology; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000453:epidemiology; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007083:Iliac Artery / Q000473:pathology; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008536:Meglumine; D008875:Middle Aged; D015588:Observer Variation; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011300:Preoperative Care; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011859:Radiography; D012077:Renal Artery / Q000473:pathology; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D008536:Meglumine; C072417:gadoterate meglumine