Four-Dimensional Flow MRI for Cardiovascular Evaluation (4DCarE): A Prospective Non-Inferiority Study of a Rapid Cardiac MRI Exam: Study Protocol and Pilot Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate measurements of flow and ventricular volume and function are critical for clinical decision-making in cardiovascular medicine. Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) is the current gold standard for ventricular functional evaluation but is relatively expensive and time-consuming, thus limiting the scale of clinical applications. New volumetric acquisition techniques, such as four-dimensional flow (4D-flow) and three-dimensional volumetric cine (3D-cine) MRI, could potentially reduce acquisition time without loss in accuracy; however, this has not been formally tested on a large scale.

Methods

4DCarE (4D-flow MRI for cardiovascular evaluation) is a prospective, multi-centre study designed to test the non-inferiority of a compressed 20 min exam based on volumetri

SUBMITTER: Qin JJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11593203 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature