3.0 T cardiac MRI may offer a novel non-invasive method to assess coronary artery distensibility, which was previously only measurable invasively via IVUS.
Enables non-invasive coronary distensibility research; leaves open clinical adoption pending validation studies.
Atherosclerotic changes in the coronary artery are associated with impaired coronary vessel wall distensibility [ 1 ]. Though non-invasive measures of central aortic distensibility are possible, only intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) invasive measurements of coronary distensibility have been reported until now [ 1 , 2 ].
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