Georgeta Mihai1, Yiu-Cho Chung2, Mbabazi Kariisa1, Jessica West1, Orlando P. Simonetti3,4, Sanjay Rajagopalan3
1Dorothy M Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; 2Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc, Columbus, OH, USA; 3Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA; 4Department of Radiology, The Ohio State University , Columbus, OH, USA
Contrast-enhanced angiography (ce-MRA) of the peripheral arteries allows evaluation of lumen stenosis but does not provide any information on atherosclerotic plaque burden. In this study we demonstrate that multistation dark blood high resolution imaging of the arteries can be performed rapidly, is at least as accurate as ce-MRA in evaluating lumen stenosis, and is capable of assessing atherosclerotic plaque deposition and vascular remodeling.