Preliminary clinical application of total free-breathing cardiac MR examination
Objective To observe the clinical application value of total free-breathing cardiac MR(CMR)examination preliminarily.Methods Two patients who underwent CMR scanning under free-breathing state,including cine,motion correction T1 and T2 mapping,blood flow imaging,and late gadolinium enhancement scanning were retrospectively enrolled,and the qualities of the above images were evaluated and compared with that of conventional CMR images under breath-holding state.Results No significant difference of imaging quality was found between total free-breathing and conventional breath-holding CMR.The differences of left ventricular ejection fraction,cardiac output,left ventricular end-diastolic volume index and left ventricular mass measured based on CMR images under different breath conditions were limited.Conclusion Total free-breathing CMR was feasible in clinical practice,which could provide"one-stop"evaluation of cardiac structure,function and myocardial histological characteristics,hence having promising clinical prospects.
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