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Radiology, Vol 156, 733-739, Copyright © 1985 by Radiological Society of North America

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Peripheral vascular disease: correlation of MR imaging and angiography

GE Wesbey, CB Higgins, EG Amparo, JD Hale, L Kaufman and AC Pogany

The capability of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging for detecting aortic, iliac, and femoral stenoses and occlusions was evaluated. Multisection spin-echo studies at 0.35 tesla were obtained of the infrarenal aorta to the femoral bifurcation in 24 patients, all of whom had undergone intraarterial angiography within 14 days of imaging. Transaxial MR images were compared with the angiograms. Arterial stenoses and occlusions in these vessels detected by MR imaging correlated with angiographic findings in 91% of the instances. Protrusional atherosclerotic plaques and occlusions and stenoses in the aortoiliac region were demonstrated accurately on MR images; complications of previous vascular surgery, such as aneurysms at sites of previous anastomoses or endarterectomy, were also identified. Due to the limited spatial resolution, MR images failed to demonstrate some femoral stenoses. MR imaging may be used for evaluation of aortoiliac vascular disease and for follow-up study after surgical revascularization. However, the limited spatial resolution, noncomposite display of the aortoiliofemoral circulation, and lack of evaluation of peripheral runoff provided by current MR imaging techniques militate against its replacing angiography prior to vascular intervention.


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