Tawfik Moher Alsady, Andreas Voskrebenzev, Lea Behrendt, Karen Olsson, Claus Peter Heußel, Ekkehard Gruenig, Henning Gall, Ardeschir Ghofrani, Fritz Roller, Sebastian Harth, Helen Marshall, Paul J C Hughes, Jim Wild, Andrew J Swift, David G Kiely, Jürgen Behr, Julien Dinkel, Dietrich Beitzke, Irene M Lang, Kai Helge Schmidt, Karl Friedrich Kreitner, Thomas Frauenfelder, Silvia Ulrich, Okka W Hamer, Jens Vogel-Claussen
BACKGROUND: Detection of pulmonary perfusion defects is the recommended approach for diagnosing chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). This is currently achieved in a clinical setting using scintigraphy. Phase-resolved functional lung (PREFUL) magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is an alternative technique for evaluating regional ventilation and perfusion without the use of ionizing radiation or contrast media. PURPOSE: To assess the feasibility and image quality of PREFUL-MRI in a multicenter setting in suspected CTEPH...
September 21, 2023: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: JMRI