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Free-Breathing Black-Blood Coronary MR Angiography: Initial Results¹

¹ From the Departments of Medicine, Cardiovascular Division (M.S., R.M.B., K.V.K., W.J.M.) and Radiology (W.J.M.), Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, 330 Brookline Ave, Boston, MA 02215; and Philips Medical Systems, Best, the Netherlands (M.S., R.M.B.). Received April 4, 2000; revision requested May 26; revision received July 19; accepted August 15. Address correspondence to M.S. (e-mail: mstuber@caregroup.harvard.edu).

The authors developed a free-breathing black-blood coronary magnetic resonance (MR) angiographic technique with a potential for exclusive visualization of the coronary blood pool. Results with the MR angiographic technique were evaluated in eight healthy subjects and four patients with coronary disease identified at conventional angiography. This MR angiographic technique accurately depicted luminal disease in the patients and permitted visualization of extensive continuous segments of the native coronary tree in both the healthy subjects and the patients. Black-blood coronary MR angiography provides an alternative source of contrast enhancement.

Index terms: Coronary angiography, technology, 548.121411, 548.12142, 548.12144 • Coronary vessels, diseases, 548.731, 548.754 • Coronary vessels, stenosis or obstruction, 548.768, 548.754 • Magnetic resonance (MR), vascular studies, 548.12142

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