Coronary flow reserve: measurement with transthoracic Doppler echocardiography is reproducible and comparable with positron emission tomography

M Saraste, JW Koskenvuo, J Knuuti… - Clinical …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Detection of early vascular changes indicated by lowered coronary flow reserve (CFR)
would allow early treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis. The purpose of this study was …

Accuracy of segmented MR velocity mapping to measure small vessel pulsatile flow in a phantom simulating cardiac motion

H Arheden, M Saeed, E Törnqvist… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
The purpose of this study was to investigate the accuracy of conventional, segmented, and
echo‐shared MR velocity mapping sequences to measure pulsatile flow in small moving …

Global myocardial blood flow and global flow reserve measurements by MRI and PET are comparable

JW Koskenvuo, H Sakuma, P Niemi… - Journal of Magnetic …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
Coronary flow reserve (CFR) measurements have been widely used in assessing the
functional significance of coronary artery stenosis because they are more sensitive in …

Assessing coronary sinus blood flow in patients with coronary artery disease: a comparison of phase-contrast MR imaging with positron emission tomography

JW Koskenvuo, JJ Hartiala, J Knuuti… - American Journal of …, 2001 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc
OBJECTIVE. This study was performed to determine whether MR imaging can be used to
reliably measure global myocardial blood flow and coronary flow reserve in patients with …

Assessment of coronary flow velocity reserve using fast velocity-encoded cine MRI for noninvasive detection of restenosis after coronary stent implantation

Y Saito, H Sakuma, M Shibata, T Okinaka… - Journal of …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: Serial change of the coronary flow velocity reserve was evaluated with fast velocity-
encoded cine magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for noninvasive detection of restenosis …

Magnetic resonance of coronary arteries

NH Bunce, DJ Pennell - European Radiology, 2001 - Springer
Magnetic resonance coronary angiography (MRCA) is developing rapidly as a non-invasive
method for assessing coronary artery anatomy and function. This article reviews the issues …

The active magnetic resonance imaging stent (AMRIS): initial experimental in vivo results with locally amplified MR angiography and flow measurements

D Kivelitz, S Wagner, J HANSEL… - Investigative …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Abstract Kivelitz D, Wagner S, Hansel J, et al. The active magnetic resonance imaging stent
(AMRIS): Initial experimental in vivo results with locally amplified MR angiography and flow …

Simultaneous noninvasive measurement of blood flow in the great cardiac vein and left anterior descending artery

WLF Bedaux, MBM Hofman, CA Visser… - Journal of …, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
Magnetic resonance (MR) flow mapping can be used to quantify flow velocity and volume
flow in the coronary vessels noninvasively. The close anatomic relationship of the left …

Validation of Rapid Velocity Encoded Cine Imaging of a Dynamically Complex Flow Field Using Turbo Block Regional Interpolation Scheme for k Space

E Kortright, M Doyle, AS Anayiotos, EG Walsh… - Annals of Biomedical …, 2001 - Springer
Block regional interpolation scheme for k space (BRISK) is a sparse sampling approach to
allow rapid magnetic resonance imaging of dynamic events. Rapid velocity encoded cine …

Peak blood flow measurement of coronary sinus by cine phase contrast MR imagings: Comparison between breath-hold and respiratory compensation techniques

Y Amano, M Nakajima, T Kumazaki - Clinical imaging, 2001 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of cine phase contrast (PC) magnetic
resonance (MR) imaging for the peak blood flow measurement of the coronary sinus …