title: Detection of atherosclerosis: systemic imaging for systemic disease with whole-body three-dimensional MR angiography--initial experience.
abstract: In 100 consecutive patients with peripheral vascular disease whole-body three-dimensional magnetic resonance (MR) angiography was performed by using the rolling table platform system with a 1.5-T MR unit and five three-dimensional MR angiographic data sets during 72 seconds (0.2 mol per kilogram of body weight of gadobenate dimeglumine). Apart from the proved peripheral vascular disease, additional clinically relevant disease was found in 33 segments in 25 patients as follows: renal arterial narrowing (n = 15), carotid arterial stenosis (n = 12), subclavian arterial stenosis (n = 2), and abdominal aortic aneurysms (n = 4). Confirmatory studies performed in 11 patients in this study revealed no false-positive or false-negative findings at examination.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Essen, Hufelandstrasse 55, 45122 Essen, Germany. mathias.goyen@uni-essen.de
authors.forename: Mathias
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Goyen
authors.forename: Christoph U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Herborn
authors.forename: Knut
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kröger
authors.forename: Thomas C
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Lauenstein
authors.forename: Jörg F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Debatin
authors.forename: Stefan G
authors.initials: SG
authors.lastname: Ruehm
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*