Magnetic resonance angiography of coronary arteries with a 3-dimensional magnetization-prepared true fast imaging with steady-state precession sequence compared with conventional coronary angiography

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2004.10.042 Byline: Nina Man-ching So (a), Wynnie Wai-man Lam (a), Debiao Li (c), Anna Kin-Yin Chan (b), John Elsby Sanderson (b), Constantine Metreweli (a) Abstract: The aim of the study was to compare the detection of clinically significant coronary artery stenosis using a magnetic resonance 3-dimensional (3D) breath-hold true fast imaging with steady-state precession (trueFISP) sequence with conventional coronary angiography. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (b) Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China (c) Department of Radiology, Northwestern University, Chicago, Ill Article History: Received 10 February 2004; Accepted 26 October 2004