Cine Delayed-Enhancement MR Imaging of the Heart: Initial Experience

• DOI: 10.1148/radiol.2393050228
• Publication Date: 2007-04-10T21:05:44Z
• Authors: Randolph M. Setser; Jae K. Kim; Yiu Cho Chung; Kevin Chen; Arthur E. Stillman; Ralf Loeffler; Orlando P. Simonetti; Joan A. Weaver; Michael L. Lieber; Richard D. White
• Keywords: Institutional review board

This study was performed by using an institutional review board–approved protocol, with waived informed consent and HIPAA compliance. The purpose of this to preliminarily evaluate a cine delayed-enhancement (DE) pulse sequence for depiction wall motion myocardial scar extent during single acquisition. technique is based on inversion-recovery single-shot balanced steady-state free precession magnetic resonance imaging. Cine DE images were acquired in 26 patients (18 men, eight women; age range, 25–84 years; mean age, 61 years ± 13 [standard deviation]). Image contrast consistent throughout each series. Overall (ie, both readers' scores averaged), the imaging–depicted scored correctly 71% segments. Scar 76% segments; no patient scarring missed. imaging promising simultaneous visualization extent. © RSNA, 2006