Real-time cardiac MRI provided significantly better image quality compared to conventional cine SSFP in the short axis base view for patients with arrhythmias (score 3.94 vs 2.75, p<0.001).
Observational (n=32)
Single-blind
No
Does real-time SSFP cardiac MRI improve image quality and functional analysis compared to conventional ECG-synchronized cine SSFP CMR in patients with arrhythmias or wall motion abnormalities?
Real-time SSFP cardiac MRI provides superior image quality compared to conventional ECG-synchronized cine MRI in patients with arrhythmias, enabling reliable functional analysis.
Absolute Event Rate: 3.94% vs 2.75%
p-value: p=<0.001
Analysis of cardiac function in patients with arrhythmias is very limited or nearly impossible in ECG synchronized cine acquisitions with balanced SSFP. A real-time method at 1.5 T with SSFP contrast was used to show that this method is superior for image quality and analysis of ventricular function in a subset of patients with atrial fibrillation and AV-Block.
Unterberg‐Buchwald et al. (Wed,) conducted a observational in Arrhythmias and wall motion abnormalities (n=32). Real-time SSFP CMR vs. Conventional ECG-synchronized cine SSFP CMR was evaluated on Image quality score in short axis base for patients with arrhythmias (p=<0.001). Real-time cardiac MRI provided significantly better image quality compared to conventional cine SSFP in the short axis base view for patients with arrhythmias (score 3.94 vs 2.75, p<0.001).