Assessment of Oxygen Changes in the Heart With Cardio-vascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Status:
Completed
Trial end date:
2011-09-01
Target enrollment:
Participant gender:
Summary
The ability of a new SSFP-based BOLD MRI sequence to assess myocardial oxygenation changes in
response to coronary flow changes induced by adenosine and increased CO2-partial pressure
will be examined in healthy volunteers and patients with suspected coronary artery disease.
Also the susceptibility of a new SSFP-based BOLD sensitive MRI sequence to changes in
arterial oxygenation will be examined. This will help understand the physiologic basis of
oxygen sensitive imaging of the heart.