Gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography for detection of acute pulmonary embolism: an in-depth review.

Diagnosis of pulmonary embolism with magnetic resonance angiography.

BACKGROUND Diagnosing pulmonary embolism may be difficult, because there is no reliable noninvasive imaging method. We compared a new noninvasive method, gadolinium-enhanced pulmonary magnetic resonance angiography, with standard pulmonary angiography for diagnosing pulmonary embolism. METHODS A total of 30 consecutive patients with suspected pulmonary embolism underwent both standard pulmona...

Diagnosis of pulmonary arterial hypertension and pulmonary embolism with magnetic resonance angiography.

BACKGROUND Pulmonary magnetic resonance angiography (PMRA) has been proven to be accurate for the diagnosis of suspected acute or chronic pulmonary embolism (PE). Only limited data exist on the reliability of PMRA for the diagnosis of acute and chronic pulmonary artery hypertension (PAH). The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of PMRA in the differentiation between patients sufferi...

Three-dimensional contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance pulmonary angiography in the study of pulmonary vascular pathology.

OBJECTIVES To assess the feasibility of performing pulmonary angiography using MRI with contrast enhancement in patients with pulmonary vascular disease. METHODS We present our experience in ten individuals, two controls and eight patients who underwent the exam after injection of a gadolinium-based contrast agent on a 1 Tesla MR scanner using a time-of-flight sequence and breath-holding duri...

Intraindividual comparison between Gadolinium- and Iodine- enhanced 64-multislice CT pulmonary angiography for detection of pulmonary embolism in a porcine model

Focus on pulmonary embolism imaging: where are we?

Purpose: This paper aims to realize an analysis of available radio-imaging methods for outlining various forms of pulmonary embolism (acute or chronic) with highlights on the semiology and adequate medical indications. Methods: There are several types of radiological examinations used in the evaluation of pulmonary embolism such as perfusion scintigraphy V/Q, digital subtraction angiography, co...