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Estimates of systolic and diastolic myocardial blood flow by dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20928890     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Myocardial blood flow varies during the cardiac cycle in response to pulsatile changes in epicardial circulation and cyclical variation in myocardial tension. First-pass assessment of myocardial perfusion by dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI is one of the most challenging applications of MRI because of the spatial and temporal constraints imposed by the cardiac physiology and the nature of dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI signal collection. Here, we describe a dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI method for simultaneous assessment of systolic and diastolic myocardial blood flow. The feasibility of this method was demonstrated in a study of 17 healthy volunteers at rest and under adenosine-induced vasodilatory stress. We found that myocardial blood flow was independent of the cardiac phase at rest. However, under adenosine-induced hyperemia, myocardial blood flow and myocardial perfusion reserve were significantly higher in diastole than in systole. Furthermore, the transmural distribution of myocardial blood flow and myocardial perfusion reserve was cardiac phase dependent, with a reversal of the typical subendocardial to subepicardial myocardial blood flow gradient in systole, but not diastole, under stress. The observed difference between systolic and diastolic myocardial blood flow must be taken into account when assessing myocardial blood flow using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI. Furthermore, targeted assessment of systolic or diastolic perfusion using dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI may provide novel insights into the pathophysiology of ischemic and microvascular heart disease.
Authors:
Aleksandra Radjenovic; John D Biglands; Abdulghani Larghat; John P Ridgway; Stephen G Ball; John P Greenwood; Michael Jerosch-Herold; Sven Plein
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't     Date:  2010-10-06
Journal Detail:
Title:  Magnetic resonance in medicine : official journal of the Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine / Society of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine     Volume:  64     ISSN:  1522-2594     ISO Abbreviation:  Magn Reson Med     Publication Date:  2010 Dec 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-11-24     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8505245     Medline TA:  Magn Reson Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1696-703     Citation Subset:  IM    
Copyright Information:
Copyright © 2010 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Affiliation:
School of Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom. a.radjenovic@leeds.ac.uk
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078288//Wellcome Trust; RG/05/004//British Heart Foundation

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