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Coronary Artery Stenosis: Direct Comparison of Four-Section Multi–Detector Row CT and 3D Navigator MR Imaging for Detection—Initial Results¹

¹ From the Departments of Cardiology (B.L.G., A.P., D.V., J.L.J.V.) and Radiology (E.C., E.K., C.G., B.E.V.B.), Cliniques Universitaire St Luc UCL, Av Hippocrate 10/2806, B-1200 Woluwe St Lambert, Brussels, Belgium. Received August 19, 2003; revision requested October 31; final revision received March 5, 2004; accepted April 15. B.L.G. supported by a grant from the Fondation de la Recherche Scientifique of the Belgian government (FRSM 3.4557.02). Address correspondence to B.L.G. (e-mail: bernhard.gerber@clin.ucl.ac.be).

PURPOSE: To prospectively compare the diagnostic accuracy of multi–detector row computed tomography (CT) and of three-dimensional (3D) navigator magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in patients referred for conventional coronary angiography for detection of coronary artery stenosis.

MATERIALS AND METHODS: All patients gave written informed consent for the study, which was approved by the local ethics committee. Twenty-seven patients underwent multi–detector row CT and 3D navigator free-breathing MR imaging a mean of 5 days before undergoing invasive coronary angiography. The acquired multi–detector row CT and MR images were graded for the presence of greater than 50% stenosis in vessels larger than 1.5 mm in diameter. The diagnostic accuracies of the two examinations were compared with that of quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) by using the McNemar test.

RESULTS: Owing to claustrophobia, MR images were not acquired in one patient; thus, 26 patients were included for analysis. According to QCA findings, 21 of the 26 patients had significant coronary artery disease and 58 (20%) of a total of 294 coronary artery segments larger than 1.5 mm in diameter had significant (>50%) stenosis. Multi–detector row CT had significantly higher sensitivity (46 [79%] of 58 segments) than MR imaging (36 [62%] segments, P < .05) for detection of segments with significant stenosis. Conversely, MR imaging had significantly higher specificity (198 [84%] of 236 segments) than did CT (168 [71%] segments, P < .001) for exclusion of segmental coronary artery stenosis. Both examinations had high negative predictive value for exclusion of segmental stenosis: 93% (168 of 180 segments) for CT and 90% (198 of 220 segments) for MR imaging. The overall diagnostic accuracy of MR imaging (80% [234 of 294 segments]) was significantly higher than that of CT (73% [214 segments], P < .05).

CONCLUSION: MR imaging had significantly higher diagnostic accuracy than multi–detector row CT in the evaluation of coronary artery stenosis. Both techniques have high negative predictive value, making them particularly useful for ruling out coronary artery disease in symptomatic patients.

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