INTRALUMINAL SIGNAL INTENSITY OF ILIAC ARTERY STENTS INVESTIGATED BY CONTRAST-ENHANCED 3-DIMENSIONAL MR-ANGIOGRAPHY

Authors
AMANO Y GEMMA K KAWAMATA H KUMAZAKI T
Citation
Y. Amano et al., INTRALUMINAL SIGNAL INTENSITY OF ILIAC ARTERY STENTS INVESTIGATED BY CONTRAST-ENHANCED 3-DIMENSIONAL MR-ANGIOGRAPHY, Computerized medical imaging and graphics, 22(1), 1998, pp. 9-12
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Radiology,Nuclear Medicine & Medical Imaging
Journal title
Computerized medical imaging and graphics → ACNP
ISSN journal
08956111
Volume
22
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
9 - 12
Database
ISI
SICI code
0895-6111(1998)22:1<9:ISIOIA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to investigate the intraluminal signal of iliac artery stents by contrast-enhanced three-dimensional magnetic r esonance (MR) angiography with a short echo time. Ten patients with il iac arterial diseases treated by intravascular metallic stent placemen t were examined with a 1.5 T MR imager. Gadolinium-enhanced MR angiogr aphy depicted the intraluminal signal in Strecker stent, but not in th e Wallstent and Palmaz stent. Strecker stent made of nonferromagnetic tantalum was the best-suited stent for use with contrast-enhanced MR a ngiography. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.