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July 1, 2003Acta Radiologica

Comparison of Contrast-Enhanced Ct Angiography and Gadolinium-Enhanced Mr Angiography in the Detection of Subsegmental-Sized Pulmonary Embolism. An experimental study in a pig model

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Why the study?

Does gadolinium-enhanced MRA improve the detection of subsegmental-sized pulmonary emboli compared to contrast-enhanced CTA in a pig model?

Population

5 anesthetized pigs with 3-mm diameter embolic materials (Konjac) introduced into pulmonary arteries

Comparison

Gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) vs Contrast-enhanced CT angiography (CTA)

Design

Preclinical

Authors

JSJoon Beom SeoJIJ G ImJGJin Mo Goo

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Overview

Preclinical findings only; leaves open whether MRA improves subsegmental PE detection over CTA in patients.

Structured PICO

Does gadolinium-enhanced MRA improve the detection of subsegmental-sized pulmonary emboli compared to contrast-enhanced CTA in a pig model?

P
Population
5 anesthetized pigs with 3-mm diameter embolic materials (Konjac) introduced into pulmonary arteries
I
Intervention
Gadolinium-enhanced MR angiography (MRA)
C
Comparator
Contrast-enhanced CT angiography (CTA)
O
Outcome
Detection of subsegmental-sized pulmonary emboli (sensitivity and specificity compared to sliced specimens of inflated lung as gold standard)surrogate

In a pig model, gadolinium-enhanced MRA demonstrated higher sensitivity and interobserver agreement than contrast-enhanced CTA for detecting subsegmental pulmonary emboli.

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Seo et al. (2003) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1b9c9b950e49a3ca0c954fhttps://doi.org/10.1034/j.1600-0455.2003.00090.x
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