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MR pulsatility measurements in peripheral arteries: Preliminary results
Barbara Krug MD,
Harald Kugel,
Urs Harnischmacher,
Walter Heindel,
Rainer Schmidt,
Friedrich Krings,
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Barbara Krug MD
Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Institut und Poliklinik für Radiologische Diagnostik der Universität zu Köln, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany===Search for more papers by this authorHarald Kugel
Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Search for more papers by this authorUrs Harnischmacher
the Department of Medical Statistics and Documentation (, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Search for more papers by this authorWalter Heindel
Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Search for more papers by this authorRainer Schmidt
Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Search for more papers by this authorFriedrich Krings
Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Search for more papers by this authorBarbara Krug MD,
Harald Kugel,
Urs Harnischmacher,
Walter Heindel,
Rainer Schmidt,
Friedrich Krings,
Corresponding Author
Barbara Krug MD
Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Institut und Poliklinik für Radiologische Diagnostik der Universität zu Köln, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany===Search for more papers by this authorHarald Kugel
Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Search for more papers by this authorUrs Harnischmacher
the Department of Medical Statistics and Documentation (, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Search for more papers by this authorWalter Heindel
Department of Radiology, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Search for more papers by this authorRainer Schmidt
Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Search for more papers by this authorFriedrich Krings
Department of Surgery, University of Cologne, D-50924 Köln-Lindenthal, Germany.
Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Phase contrast flow velocity measurements were performed in six healthy volunteers and 30 patients with arteriosclerotic disease. The iliac arteries were investigated in 8 cases and the femoral arteries in 28 cases. In the first 24 patients, 16 evenly distributed data sets were acquired during one cardiac cycle. In the last 12 patients, a trigger pulse followed by the acquisition of 30 evenly distributed data sets was applied every second heart beat. This procedure allowed data to be acquired over a full heart cycle without any acquisition gap. The measured flow velocities were displayed as function of time. Systolic acceleration, postsystolic deceleration and pulsatility of flow velocity were calculated and compared with stenosis grades determined from DSA angiograms. Flattening of the flow velocity patterns was found to correlate with the local severity of arteriosclerotic disease.
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