Whole-heart coronary magnetic resonance angiography: value for the detection of coronary artery stenoses in comparison to multislice computed tomography angiography

Abstract

Coronary WH-MRI was inferior to coronary CTA regarding image quality and number of evaluable segments but both had similar diagnostic value for the detection and exclusion of CAD when only evaluable segments were included.

Coronary artery abnormalities in Kawasaki disease: Comparison between CT and MR coronary angiography

“…Although there are a few studies directly comparing coronary artery visibility between CTCA and MRCA in adults, to the best of our knowledge, such studies have not been performed in children and adolescents. In adults, CTCA consistently shows higher coronary artery assessibility than MRCA (28,29). The lower assessibility achieved with MRCA was attributed to lower spatial resolution, insufficient image quality, and a lower technical success rate.…”

Effect of Nitroglycerin on the Performance of MR Coronary Angiography

“…Yet, they found an impaired image quality in a minority of segments after NTG and a "disturbed assessment of vasodilatory response in the left circumflex coronary artery (LCx)". 22 In recent MRCA studies, NTG was either not given 16,[23][24][25][26][27] or given in variable doses, 15,17,[28][29][30] without investigating its effect on overall MRCA performance. For coronary computed tomography, it has been shown that NTG resulted in an improved evaluation of more coronary segments, better image quality and improved diagnostic accuracy, and its application is, therefore, recommended in respective guidelines.…”

Quality of 3D magnetic resonance imaging of coronary arteries in patients with D-transposition of the great arteries after the Jatene switch procedure

“…10,15---24 Among the 3D modalities, the gradient-echo steady-state balanced FFE sequence has been one of the most reliable ones. 22 Even though it is not possible to assess with good diagnostic quality as many coronary segments as with the CT, 25 especially with machines of 64 or more detectors, if the diagnostic quality of the segment studied is good enough, its diagnostic accuracy, and especially its negative predictive value is similar to that of CT. 26 Therefore, WH3D can be suitable to follow up patients in which the Jatene procedure is used. There are few series focused on the follow-up of D-TGA patients in which the Jatene procedure is used through multidetector CT 27---29 and coronary MR 3D sequences.…”