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Arterial spin labeling MRI to measure peak-exercise calf muscle perfusion reproducibly discriminates peripheral arterial disease from normal

✍ Scribed by Amy M West; Craig H Meyer; Frederick H Epstein; Jennifer R Hunter; Joseph M DiMaria; John M Christopher; Christopher M Kramer

Book ID
104498926
Publisher
BioMed Central
Year
2011
Tongue
English
Weight
257 KB
Volume
13
Category
Article
ISSN
1097-6647

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✦ Synopsis

We hypothesized that arterial spin labeling (ASL) using MRI at 3 Tesla would be a reliable technique for measuring peak exercise calf muscle blood flow in both normal volunteers and patients with PAD and will discriminate between these groups.

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## Abstract ## Purpose To develop a contrast‐enhanced magnetic resonance (MR) technique to measure skeletal muscle perfusion in peripheral arterial disease (PAD). ## Materials and Methods A total of 11 patients (age = 61 Β± 11 years) with mild to moderate symptomatic PAD (ankle‐brachial index [AB