If widely reproducible and applicable in a clinical routine, this could mean a significant change in the way coronary angios are done with CMR by significantly shortening the acquisition time. In real life, if you get 20-30% respiratory efficiency you are a lucky physician.
Link here.
High-resolution 3D coronary vessel wall imaging with near 100% respiratory efficiency using epicardial fat tracking: Reproducibility and comparison with standard methods.
Scott AD, Keegan J, Firmin DN.
Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom.
J. Magn. Reson. Imaging 2011;33:77-86
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