title: Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance tomoangiography: a new imaging technique for studying thoracic great vessels.
abstract: The authors propose a new imaging approach for studying thoracic great vessels, using high-speed MR imaging combined with intravenous rapid bolus injection of a paramagnetic contrast media. The decrease of the T1 relaxation time of flowing blood induced by the contrast agent (Gd-DOTA) caused an increased signal intensity within the vessel lumen for a time period allowing multiplanar imaging of various vascular structures. The intraluminal signal enhancement is mainly related to the blood concentration of the contrast agent as in conventional X-ray angiography. Information on the aorta and pulmonary arteries obtained by the so-called contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance tomoangiography appears complementary to that obtained with other vascular MR imaging procedures such as cine-MRI and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA).
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Cardio-vasculaire et Pneumologique, Lyon, France.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Revel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Loubeyre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Delignette
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Douek
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Amiel
mesh_terms: D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000473:pathology*; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D005682:Gadolinium; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D006571:Heterocyclic Compounds; D009942:Organometallic Compounds; C050823:gadolinium 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N'',N'''-tetraacetate; D005682:Gadolinium