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Radiology, Vol 184, 357-361, Copyright © 1992 by Radiological Society of North America

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Assessment of intracardiac shunts with gadolinium-enhanced ultrafast MR imaging

WJ Manning, DJ Atkinson, JA Parker and RR Edelman
Charles A. Dana Research Institute, Beth Israel Hospital, Boston, MA 02215.

Dye dilutional techniques are widely accepted for the assessment of intracardiac shunts, but current techniques require arterial access or radioisotope injection. Ultrafast (less than 500 msec) magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is ideally suited for the evaluation of an indicator during passage through the heart. Twenty patients were studied, including 13 with shunts. Four-chamber, T1-weighted images were obtained during bolus injection of gadopentetate dimeglumine. A single image was obtained in 420 msec, with repetitive images acquired after each QRS complex. After the contrast material was injected, there was pronounced signal intensity enhancement in the right atrium, followed by the right ventricular cavity, left atrium, left ventricular cavity, and descending aorta. Patients with substantial intracardiac shunts demonstrated early recirculation. First-pass contrast material- enhanced MR imaging is a promising new technique for the rapid assessment of intracardiac shunts. Combined with anatomic and functional MR imaging techniques, it can help provide a comprehensive noninvasive evaluation of suspected intracardiac shunts or provide follow-up in patients with known shunts.


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