title: Vascular Imaging With Ferumoxytol as a Contrast Agent.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Ferumoxytol is increasingly reported as an alternative to gadolinium-based contrast agents for MR angiography (MRA), particularly for patients with renal failure. This article summarizes more than 3 years of clinical experience with ferumoxytol-enhanced MRA for a range of indications and anatomic regions.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ferumoxytol-enhanced MRA has many advantages including that it is safe for patients with renal failure and provides a lengthy plateau of vascular signal as a blood pool agent that allows longer navigated MRA sequences.
authors.affiliation: 1 All authors: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.
authors.forename: Michael D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Hope
authors.affiliation: 1 All authors: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.
authors.forename: Thomas A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Hope
authors.affiliation: 1 All authors: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.
authors.forename: Chengcheng
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: 1 All authors: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.
authors.forename: Farshid
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faraji
authors.affiliation: 1 All authors: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.
authors.forename: Henrik
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Haraldsson
authors.affiliation: 1 All authors: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.
authors.forename: Karen G
authors.initials: KG
authors.lastname: Ordovas
authors.affiliation: 1 All authors: Department of Radiology, University of California, San Francisco, 505 Parnassus Ave, Box 0628, San Francisco, CA 94143-0628.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Saloner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003287:Contrast Media; D005260:Female; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement; D021621:Imaging, Three-Dimensional; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014652:Vascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D052203:Ferrosoferric Oxide
keywords: 4D flow; MR angiography (MRA); contrast agents; ferumoxytol; inflammation; navigated MRA; ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (USPIO)