Angiology

CABG patency may be assessed with a magnetic resonance spin echo sequence

Published in Blood Weekly, July 13th, 2006

A magnetic resonance (MR) spin echo sequence, called a Haste sequence, may make reliable assessments of coronary artery bypass graft patency at distal anastomoses possible.

According to scientists from Germany, "The aim of the study was to evaluate the patensies of the distal anastomoses of coronary artery bypass grafts and to detect graft stenoses and occlusions with a MR spin echo sequence. One hundred and eighty-five patients with 481 distal anastomoses were examined with a 1.5 T MR scanner and coronary angiography."

T. Wittlinger and colleagues, University Hospital, wrote, "A 2-dimensional T2-weighted breath-hold half-Fourier acquisition...

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Source: Blood Weekly (2006-07-13)

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