Is the diagnostic yield of myocardial stress perfusion MRI impaired by three-vessel coronary artery disease?

CONCLUSION: The diagnostic value of stress perfusion cardiac MRI in patients with 3-vessel CAD is comparable to results in patients with 1- or 2-vessel CAD. In the rare event that stress perfusion images do not depict regional hypoperfusion in patients with severe 3-vessel CAD, myocardial ischemia could be identified by reduced semi-quantitative perfusion parameters.
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Source: Acta Radiologica - February 12, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Klumpp B, Miller S, Seeger A, May A, Gawaz M, Claussen C, Kramer U Tags: Acta Radiol Source Type: research