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ArticleCurrent medical science2020

Combined MR Imaging for Pulmonary Embolism and Deep Venous Thrombosis by Contrast-enhanced MR Volume Interpolated Body Examination.

Qing Fu, Ding-Xi Liu, Xiang-Chuang Kong, Zi-Qiao Lei

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Qing FuDepartment of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Ding-Xi LiuDepartment of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.
Xiang-Chuang KongDepartment of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China. hongke80@hust.edu.cn.
Zi-Qiao LeiDepartment of Radiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, China.

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Abstract

MR pulmonary angiography (MRPA) combined with indirect MR venography (MRV) was attempted by using 3D contrast-enhanced MR volume interpolated body examination (VIBE) sequence. Agreement rate for deep venous thrombosis (DVT) detection between MRV and duplex sonography (DUS) was evaluated; the potential of this method for venous thromoembolism (VTE) was also investigated. Thirty-four patients with DUS-identified DVT were enrolled in this study. MRI was performed after a single administration of Gadopentetate dimeglumine. Fat-suppressed 3D VIBE was applied for visualizing pulmonary arteries, abdominal veins, pelvic and leg veins, ranging from lung apex to ankle level. Two radiologists observed the MR images in consensus, recorded the location and number of emboli. MRV images were assessed based on per-vein segment. The agreement rate between MRV and DUS for venous segment-to-segment comparison was analyzed by Wilcoxon rank sum test. All the patients were diagnosed as having DVT by MRV. MRV detected 55 more venous segments with thrombi than DUS based on per-vein segment analysis. Twenty-three patients with pulmonary embolism (PE) were detected by MRPA. Twenty-one patients underwent both pulmonary CT angiography and MRPA, and consistency for PE detection was 100%. Total examination time of the combined MR protocol was 7 min for each patient. The contrast-enhanced VIBE sequence proves to be a feasible and reliable method for VTE diagnosis in one-stop MR scanning procedure, and contrast-enhanced VIBE performs better to depict DVT than DUS on per-vein segment basis.

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