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Coronary artery magnetic resonance angiography
Author(s) -
Flamm Scott D.,
Muthupillai Raja
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of magnetic resonance imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.563
H-Index - 160
eISSN - 1522-2586
pISSN - 1053-1807
DOI - 10.1002/jmri.20074
Subject(s) - coronary artery disease , medicine , coronary arteries , cad , magnetic resonance imaging , coronary angiography , magnetic resonance angiography , radiology , artery , cardiology , myocardial infarction , engineering drawing , engineering
Coronary magnetic resonance angiography (coronary MRA) continues to advance rapidly from both a technical and clinical perspective. Coronary MRA has benefited directly from improvements in spatial resolution, contrast definition, and advances in motion correction, which have furthered its routine use in evaluating coronary artery bypass grafts and anomalous coronary arteries. Work in refining the techniques for more accurate identification of coronary artery disease (CAD) continues, with advances in navigator‐gated and breath‐hold motion correction techniques, novel k ‐space strategies (e.g., spiral and radial k ‐space filling), development and application of intravascular contrast agents, and imaging at higher field strengths. Ultimately, these developments may lead to the routine application of coronary MRA as a screening tool for CAD. This article reviews the development of coronary MRA, discusses the requirements and tools necessary for optimal visualization of the coronary arteries, and describes the application of coronary MRA to acquired and congenital CAD. J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2004;19:686–709. © 2004 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.