## Abstract ## Purpose To compare fully quantitative and semiquantitative analysis of rest and stress myocardial blood flow (MBF) and myocardial perfusion reserve (MPR) using a dualβbolus firstβpass perfusion MRI method in humans. ## Materials and Methods Rest and dipyridamole stress perfusion i
Quantitative first-pass MRI measures increased myocardial perfusion after vasodilation in mice
β Scribed by Patrick Antkowiak; Christopher M Kramer; Craig H Meyer; Brent A French; Frederick H Epstein
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
- Year
- 2012
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 127 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1097-6647
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β¦ Synopsis
We used first-pass contrast-enhanced MRI to quantatively measure the myocardial Ktrans, a parameter indicating myocardial perfusion and vascular permeability, in mice with or without vasodilation. We measured a significant increase in myocardial Ktrans with vasodilation. We believe this may be the first report showing that first-pass imaging can quantify increased myocardial perfusion in mice relative to baseline.
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