Significant displacement of the endothelial aortic edge occurs during the cardiac cycle, suggesting that cardiac cycle synchronized aortic NMR imaging should be used to improve endothelial edge definition.
Cardiac cycle aortic edge displacement may compromise unsynchronized NMR accuracy; leaves open whether synchronized protocols improve endothelial definition.
To determine the magnitude of the pulsatile (P), translational (T), and composite (C) aortic wall motion and to predict its effect on endothelial edge definition in vascular NMR imaging, 10 healthy volunteers, mean age 42.5 +/- 13 years, were studied. In each subject a series of transverse high-resolution (0.6 X 0.6 mm; TR = 40 ms) gradient echo images spanning the cardiac cycle were generated and the aortic wall motion dynamics were analyzed. The group data expressed as a mean +/- SD in millimeters, P = 0.87 +/- 0.34 (mm), T = 2.71 +/- 1.07, and C = 3.39 +/- 1.081, indicate that a significant displacement of the endothelial aortic edge (up to 5.6 pixels in high-resolution imaging) occurs during the cardiac cycle in normotensive healthy volunteers. The displacement of this magnitude suggests that cardiac cycle synchronized aortic NMR imaging should be used to improve endothelial edge definition.
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