Michael Salerno1, 2, Christopher T. Sica3, Craig H. Meyer4, Christopher M. Kramer5, 6
1Internal Medicine, Cardiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va, United States; 2Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; 3Center for NMR Research, Penn State Hershey Medical Center, Hershey, PA, United States; 4Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States; 5Radiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va, United States; 6Internal Medicine, Cardiology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States
We demonstrate that adenosine stress CMR using variable density spiral perfusion pulse sequences accurately detects obstructive coronary artery disease. These pulse sequences produce high quality perfusion images with minimal artifacts resulting in high diagnostic accuracy.