Real-time cardiac phase contrast MRI blood flow including Valsalva and Mueller maneuver. Initial experiences
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Background A high resolution real-time phase-contrast MRI flow technique was used to measure flow dynamics in the ascending aorta as well as superior vena cava. MRI technique based on undersampled radial fast low-angle shot acquisitions with phase-sensitive image reconstructions by regularized nonlinear inversion. Normal flow values as well as flow measurements during physiologic stress tests like Valsalva (increased intrathoracic pressure) and Mueller (decreased intrathoracic pressure, reverse of Valsalva maneuver) were obtained in healthy volunteers.
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