Magnetic resonance imaging is a quick, noninvasive yet precise alternative to catheter-based angiography for assessing atherosclerosis of the peripheral vascular system. As a noninvasive method it ...

DALLAS, – High-resolution magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) may offer a risk-free way to identify narrowed vein grafts after bypass surgery, according to a report in today’s Circulation: Journal of ...

Vascular. 2007;15(6):376-383. To obtain high-quality images, it is important to have specialized coils overlying the patients to ensure a high signal to noise ratio. [3] Initially, a noncontrast data ...

A multicenter study by the PIOPED III Investigators has shown that magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) can be used to detect pulmonary embolism. The proportion of technically inadequate images ...

To the Editor: Kim et al. (Dec. 27 issue) 1 acknowledge that their study has several limitations. First, 6 percent of the patients and 16 percent of the coronary segments could not be assessed by ...

Operators safely shaved a few minutes off heart attack reperfusion times by taking patients straight to culprit lesion percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) when they arrived at the catheterization ...

Neurovascular embolization coils containing 304V stainless steel can cause increased image artifact on follow-up magnetic resonance angiography (MRA), the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned ...

Intracranial MRA - Caudal Rostal Projection. In this view, imagine you are looking from above the patient's head straight down towards their feet. This view is especially good for visualization of the ...

Pulmonary angiography is an X-ray procedure that looks at the blood vessels leading to and from your lungs. The X-rays produced are called pulmonary angiograms, which may show blood clots in and ...