Abstract #2020

Simultaneous analysis of heart and kidney oxygenation using T2* BOLD MRI: investigation of cardiorenal relationship

Michinobu Nagao¹, Umiko Ishizaki², Kiyoe Ando², Eri Watanabe², Akiko Sakai², Yasuhiro Goto², Masami Yoneyama³, Takashi Namiki³, and Shuji Sakai²

¹Diagnostic Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ²Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Philips Electronics Japan, Tokyo, Japan

Tissue hypoxia plays a key role in the development and progression of cardiac and renal diseases. Blood oxygenation level dependent magnetic resonance imaging (BOLD-MRI) is the most promising imaging technique to monitor tissue oxygenation in humans. Cardiorenal syndrome is widely accepted as a complex clinical problem routinely faced by clinicians. However, the mechanism from the viewpoint of oxygenation is not understood. We analyses simultaneously myocardial and renal oxygenation using T2* cardiac MRI (T2*-CMR) and investigates the cardiorenal relationship.

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