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Pulmonary MRA

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Clinical Blood Pool MR Imaging

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Computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the lung is nowadays considered the clinical gold standard for the assessment of pulmonary vascular disease [1,2]. Different to other vascular territories (e.g., the peripheral arteries, renal arteries), contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) is usually not considered a first-line imaging tool for the assessment of the pulmonary circulation. When compared with CT, the inferior spatial resolution and long breath-hold times of pulmonary MRA are regarded as major drawbacks.

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  2. Department of Clinical Radiology Grosshadern Campus, Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, Marchioninistrasse 15, 81377, Munich, Germany

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Fink, C., Attenberger, U., Nikolaou, K. (2008). Pulmonary MRA. In: Leiner, T., Goyen, M., Rohrer, M., Schönberg, S. (eds) Clinical Blood Pool MR Imaging. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77861-5_7

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