While research exploring the utility of intravascular gadolinium based contrast agents (GBCA), such as gadofosveset (Vasovist, ABLAVAR) is ongoing, cardiac MR is currently routinely performed with administration of standard extracellular GBCAs, e.g. Gd-DTPA (Magnevist) or Gd-BOPTA (Multihance). LGE is a phenomenon related to the distribution of the extracellular GBCAs. Upon intravenous injectio...

Gadolinium (Gd3+) has been shown to prevent mechanoelectrical transduction believed to be mediated through stretch-activated channels. We investigated the possible role of Gd3+-sensitive channels in mediating baroreceptor activity in the carotid sinus of rabbits. Baroreceptor activity induced by a ramp increase of carotid sinus pressure was reduced significantly during exposure to Gd3+. The inh...

A few years ago Westinghouse innovations in PWR technology resulted a proposal for new type of integral fuel burnable absorbers containing Gadolinium. Preliminary designs loading patterns NPP Krško were made 18 month cycles with standard VANTAGE+ Integral Fuel Burnable Absorbers (IFBA) enriched Boron, as well newly proposed Gadolinium based absorbers. In this paper we investigate the possibilit...