Tips and tricks for MR angiography of pediatric and adult congenital cardiovascular diseases

Phillip M. Young; Kiaran P. McGee; Matthew S. Pieper; Larry A. Binkovitz; Jane M. Matsumoto; Amy B. Kolbe; Thomas A. Foley; Paul R. Julsrud

doi:10.2214/AJR.12.9632

Tips and tricks for MR angiography of pediatric and adult congenital cardiovascular diseases

Phillip M. Young, Kiaran P. McGee, Matthew S. Pieper, Larry A. Binkovitz, Jane M. Matsumoto, Amy B. Kolbe, Thomas A. Foley, Paul R. Julsrud

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OBJECTIVE. The use of contrast-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) as an alternative to CT angiography or conventional angiography to assess pediatric and adult patients with cardiovascular diseases has the potential to significantly reduce patients' lifetime exposure to ionizing radiation. However, imaging this group of patients can be challenging because of a number of factors, including small size, difficulty timing the contrast bolus to the territory of interest, and the presence of metallic susceptibility artifact resulting from stents or clips. CONCLUSION. We present some suggestions to overcome many of these obstacles to MRA in these patients, highlighted with illustrations from clinical cases.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	980-988
Number of pages	9
Journal	American Journal of Roentgenology
Volume	200
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2214/AJR.12.9632
State	Published - May 2013

Keywords

CT angiography
Congenital cardiovascular disease
MR angiography

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Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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