Szucs-Farkas, Zsolt; Froehlich, Johannes M; Ulrich, Martin; Wuersten, Hans-Ueli; Guignard, Dominique; Wyss, Sandra; Braunschweig, Marianne (2008). 1.0-M gadobutrol versus 0.5-M gadoterate for peripheral magnetic resonance angiography: a prospective randomized controlled clinical trial. Journal of magnetic resonance imaging, 27(6), pp. 1399-405. Hoboken, N.J.: Wiley Interscience 10.1002/jmri.21351
Full text not available from this repository. (Request a copy)PURPOSE: To perform a quantitative and qualitative comparison of gadobutrol and gadoterate in three-station contrast enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (CE-MRA) of the lower limbs. MATERIALS AND METHODS: In this prospective randomized controlled trial, 52 patients with leg ischemia were randomly assigned to one of two groups receiving either gadobutrol (1.0 mmol Gd/mL, 15 mL) or gadoterate (0.5 mmol Gd/mL, 30 mL). Three-station 3D CE-MRAs from the pelvis to the ankles were performed with moving-table technique on a 1.5T MR scanner. Injection time was identical in both groups. Signal-to-noise (SNR) and contrast-to-noise ratios (CNR) were calculated for 816 arteries. Contrast quality in 1196 vessel segments was evaluated separately by two blinded readers on a three-point scale. RESULTS: Mean SNR (61.8 +/- 7.8 for gadobutrol vs. 61.9 +/- 9.1 for gadoterate, P = 0.257), CNR (52.8 +/- 9.1 vs. 52.8 +/- 10.7, P = 0.154), and qualitative ranking (1.41 vs. 1.44, P = 0.21) for all vessels did not differ significantly between the two patient groups. The overall quality was good in 90.4% with gadoterate and 94.2% with gadobutrol (P = 0.462). CONCLUSION: High-concentration gadobutrol allows neither a higher CNR nor any qualitative advantage over the ordinary unspecific Gd agent gadoterate when the same Gd load and injection times are used in multistation CE-MRA of the peripheral arteries.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Radiology, Neuroradiology and Nuclear Medicine (DRNN) > Institute of Diagnostic, Interventional and Paediatric Radiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Szücs Farkas, Zsolt |
ISSN: |
1053-1807 |
ISBN: |
18504760 |
Publisher: |
Wiley Interscience |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 15:01 |
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05 Dec 2022 14:18 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1002/jmri.21351 |
PubMed ID: |
18504760 |
Web of Science ID: |
000256327700028 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/26267 (FactScience: 67977) |
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