H. Sakuma et al., CORONARY FLOW RESERVE - NONINVASIVE MEASUREMENT IN HUMANS WITH BREATH-HOLD VELOCITY-ENCODED CINE MR-IMAGING, Radiology, 198(3), 1996, pp. 745-750
PURPOSE: To measure coronary vasodilator reserve with breath-hold velo
city-encoded cine magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. MATERIALS AND METHO
DS: Eight healthy adult volunteers underwent 1.5-T MR imaging. Velocit
y-encoded cine images were acquired at seven to 13 temporal phases in
25 seconds, with k-space segmentation and view-sharing reconstruction
(+/-1 m/sec velocity-encoding value) (repetition time msec/echo time m
sec 16/9). Flow velocity in the left anterior descending (LAD) artery
was measured twice before and twice after administration of dipyridamo
le (0.56 mg per kilogram of body weight). RESULTS: Peak diastolic coro
nary flow velocity in the LAD artery was 14.8 cm/sec +/- 1.9 (mean +/-
standard deviation) in the baseline state. IL increased significantly
(P <.01) to 46.3 cm/sec +/- 10.2 after dipyridamole administration, w
ith an average coronary reserve of 3.14 +/- 0.59. Interstudy and inter
observer reproducibilities for measurement of peak diastolic velocity
were, respectively, 9.5% +/- 1.6 and 7.0% +/- .2.5 in the baseline sta
te and 6.8% +/- 2.2 and 3.4% +/- 1.5 after dipyridamole administration
. CONCLUSION: Breath-hold velocity-encoded cine MR imaging provided re
producible assessment of coronary flow reserve in humans.