Delayed contrast-enhanced MRI of the coronary artery wall in patients with Takayasu's arteritis: initial experience and comparison to patients with stable coronary artery disease

✍ Scribed by Christopher Schneeweis; Bernhard Schnackenburg; Alexander Berger; Udo Schneider; Matthias Stuber; Jing Yu; Eckart Fleck; Rolf Gebker; Sebastian Kelle

• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 754 KB
• Volume: 14
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6647
• DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-14-s1-p137

✦ Synopsis

We sought to assess late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) of the coronary artery wall and ascending aorta in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TA) compared to patients with stable CAD. Our findings suggest that LGE of the coronary artery wall can be demonstrated in patients with TA and seems to be similarly pronounced as in CAD patients. The observed coronary LGE seems rather unspecific and differentiation between coronary vessel wall fibrosis and inflammation still remains unclear.