High-throughput gadobutrol-enhanced CMR: a time and dose optimization study.
Tommaso D AngeloChrysanthos GrigoratosSilvio MazziottiKonstantinos BratisFaraz PathanAlfredo BlandinoElen ElenValentina O PuntmannEike NagelPublished in: Journal of cardiovascular magnetic resonance : official journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (2017)
A standardized CE-CMR rest protocol giving a dose of 0.1 mmol/kg of gadobutrol before cine-imaging and performing LGE 10 min after injection represents a fast low-dose protocol without significant loss of information in comparison to a longer protocol with cine-imaging before contrast injection and a higher dose of gadobutrol. This approach allows to reduce examination time and costs as well as minimize contrast-agent exposure.