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Heart and Coronary Arteries

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MR Angiography of the Body

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The current status of technological development is such that coronary magnetic resonance angiog-raphy (MRA) has a marginal role in the field of noninvasive evaluation of this arterial district. Nevertheless, in several clinical applications, such as congenital abnormalities of coronaries or pathologies affecting young patients, coronary MRA is considered as the fi rst choice tools and accredited with high diagnostic accuracy. New technical improvements such as high-field scanners (3 T) and multichannel surface coils may turn in favor of coronary MRA because of the intrinsic fl exibility and lack of ionizing radiations. In this chapter, the main technological aspects as well the more relevant clinical applications and limitations are commented.

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    Massimo Lombardi MD & Matteo Milanesi PhD

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  1. Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Department of Oncology, Transplants, and Advanced Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Radiodiagnostica 1 Universitaria Ospedale Cisanello. Via Paradisa 2, Pisa, 56100, Italy

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Lombardi, M., Milanesi, M. (2010). Heart and Coronary Arteries. In: Neri, E., Cosottini, M., Caramella, D. (eds) MR Angiography of the Body. Diagnostic Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-79717-3_9

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