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In the evaluation of ischemic heart disease only MR imaging seems to have the potential to assess myocardial perfusion, function, and coronary morphology on a single instrument. The aim of this study was to assess the feasibility of a stress test with dipyridamole (0.56 mg/kg) to analyze myocardial perfusion by Gd first-pass enhancement in ultrafast gradient-recalled-echo MRI (perf-MRI), and wall motion by cine gradient-recalled-echo MRI (Cine-MRI) in one imaging session. Twelve patients underwent complete rest and stress studies; satisfactory MR images were acquired in 10 patients. By 99 mTc-MIBI-SPECT sensitivities to detect ischemic segments were 66.7 % with Perf-MRI, 80.0 % with WM-MRI and 86.7 % for Perf-WM-MRI (Perf-MRI vs Perf-WM-MRI; p = 0.03). Scar was equally detected with a sensitivity of 91.6 % with either MRI technique. Thus, Perf-Cine-MRI provides complementary information for the management of ischemic heart disease and has a higher sensitivity than Perf-MRI alone.
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Received 19 April 1996; Revision received 9 October 1996; Accepted 30 January 1997
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Bremerich, J., Buser, P., Bongartz, G. et al. Noninvasive stress testing of myocardial ischemia: comparison of GRE-MRI perfusion and wall motion analysis to 99 mTc-MIBI-SPECT, relation to coronary angiography. Eur Radiol 7, 990–995 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003300050238
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