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Abstract #0726

Assessment of Blood Flow Patterns in the Pulmonary Artery with 4D Flow MRI

Pablo Bchler1, Natalia Pinochet1, Grard Crelier2, Cristin Tejos3,4, Pablo Irarrazaval3,4, Sergio Uribe4,5

1School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Catlica, Santiago, Chile; 2Institute for Biomedical Engineering, University & ETH, Zurich, Switzerland; 3Electrical Engineering Department, Pontificia Universidad Catlica, Chile; 4Biomedical Imaging Center, Pontificia Universidad Catlica, Chile; 5Radiology Department, Pontificia Universidad Catlica, Chile


4D Flow has been used to study blood flow patterns, mainly in the aorta. We performed a flow pattern analysis in the Pulmonary Artery (PA). 4D Flow depicted complex flow patterns in the PA, revealing two vortices in the main PA and one in the right PA in healthy subjects. Abnormal blood flow patterns were seen in patients with different Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD), revealing complex hemodynamics in the pulmonary circuit. Knowledge of abnormal flow patterns in the PA in patients with CHD has the potential to contribute to improve current surgical interventions in this group of patients.