Novel, non-gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging technique of pedal artery aneurysms

J. Devin B. Watson, MD; Beatrice Grasu, MD; Rajiv Menon, MD; Raymond Pensy, MD; Robert S. Crawford, MD; Taehoon Shin, PhD

doi:10.1016/j.jvscit.2016.12.003

Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques (Jun 2017)

Novel, non-gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging technique of pedal artery aneurysms

J. Devin B. Watson, MD,
Beatrice Grasu, MD,
Rajiv Menon, MD,
Raymond Pensy, MD,
Robert S. Crawford, MD,
Taehoon Shin, PhD

Affiliations

J. Devin B. Watson, MD: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Md
Beatrice Grasu, MD: Department of Orthopaedics, Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, Md
Rajiv Menon, MD: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Md
Raymond Pensy, MD: Division of Orthopaedic Traumatology, Department of Orthopaedics, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Md
Robert S. Crawford, MD: Division of Vascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Md
Taehoon Shin, PhD: Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, Md

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvscit.2016.12.003
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 3, no. 2
pp. 87 – 89

Abstract

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Non-gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (nMRA) is a noninvasive, contrast-free imaging modality used for visualizing pedal arterial anatomy. We report application of the nMRA technique for detailed arterial imaging in a patient with dorsalis pedis aneurysm. Compared with digital subtraction angiography, we demonstrate that nMRA provides sufficient arterial detail needed to develop a complex operative plan before vascular intervention without risk of contrast agent or ionizing radiation exposure.

Published in Journal of Vascular Surgery Cases and Innovative Techniques

ISSN: 2468-4287 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery; Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
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