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Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of muscle perfusion combined with MR angiography of collateral artery growth in a femoral artery ligation model

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NMR IN BIOMEDICINE
卷 20, 期 8, 页码 717-725

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/nbm.1133

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dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI; muscle perfusion; MR angiography; collateral artery growth

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To assess the use of MRI for evaluating changes in muscle blood flow and number of collateral arteries, serial dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) was combined with high-spatial-resolution contrast-enhanced MR angiography (MRA) in a peripheral ischemia model. The combined MRI (DCE-MRI and MRA) protocol was performed serially in 15 male rabbits at 2 h (day 0(+)), 7 days, and 21 days after femoral artery ligation. In the anterior tibial and soleus muscle, changes in resting muscle blood flow determined as the endothelial transfer coefficient (K-trans) and arterial inflow delay from DCE-MRI and changes in the number of sub-millimeter sized collateral arteries as scored with MRA were measured. Directly after ligation, K-trans, in the anterior tibial muscle was reduced to 23% of that in the control limb, then recovered to 81% on day 7, and to 85 % on day 21. K-trans in the soleus muscle recovered from a reduction to 63% on day 0(+), to 85% on day 7, and to 90% on day 21. The number of collaterals around the ligated femoral artery increased from 1.1 on day 0(+) to 4.2 on day 7, and 6.0 on day 21 in the ligated limb only. Combined DCE-MRI and MRA allows non-invasive serial monitoring of changes in muscle blood flow and growth of sub-millimeter sized collateral arteries in a rabbit femoral artery ligation model. Copyright (c) 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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