title: Interventional MRI in the cardiovascular system.
abstract: Endovascular stent-graft placement for thoracic aortic disease such as aortic dissection or aortic aneurysms is usually performed under conventional X-ray guidance. The experimental concept of using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for image-based guidance of vascular instruments for this specific intervention potentially offers a number of features that - aside from not using ionizing radiation - may provide added diagnostic value to the interventional therapy. It allows not only pre-interventional evaluation and detailed anatomic diagnosis but also permits immediate post-interventional, anatomical, and functional delineation of procedure success that may serve as a baseline for future comparison during follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Medical Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91052 Erlangen, Germany. Harald.Quick@imp.uni-erlangen.de
authors.forename: Harald H
authors.initials: HH
authors.lastname: Quick
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001011:Aorta / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002319:Cardiovascular System; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D053783:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Interventional / Q000379:methods*; D013552:Swine