Abstract #3341

Whole Body Vascular MR Imaging in Five Minutes for Patients With Claustrophobia

Puja Shahrouki^1,2, John Moriarty^1,2, Biraj Bista^1,2, Sarah Khan^1,2, Stephen Kee¹, Brian DeRubertis³, Takegawa Yoshida^1,2, Kim-Lien Nguyen^2,4, and J. Paul Finn^1,2

¹Department of Radiological Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States, ²Diagnostic Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States, ³Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States, ⁴Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, CA, United States

Patients with claustrophobia represent a significant proportion of patients who would otherwise be suitable candidates for MR angiography. With conventional acquisition techniques, examination times for MRA typically exceed 30 minutes and claustrophobic patients are often unwilling or unable to undergo the study. We implemented a new approach to minimize time in the magnet bore for patients with claustrophobia, acquiring comprehensive vascular evaluation of the thorax, abdomen and pelvis in as little as 5 minutes.

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