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PURPOSE: The blood flow patterns of chronic thoracic aortic dissection are complicated, and their clinical significance remains unknown. We evaluated the technical and clinical potentials of time-resolved 3-dimensional (3D) magnetic resonance (MR) velocity mapping for assessing these patterns. METHODS: We used data collected from time-resolved 3D phase-contrast MR imaging of 16 patients with chronic thoracic aortic dissection to generate time-resolved 3D MR velocity mapping that included 3D streamline and path line. We investigated blood flow patterns of this disease in the mapping and compared them with the morphological changes of the patent false lumen. RESULTS: Time-resolved 3D MR velocity mapping visualized rapid flow at the entry and in the true lumen immediately distal to the entry. We observed slower helical or laminar flow in the patent false lumen. In patients with disease progression, slower helical flow following rapid entry jet collided with the outer wall of the false lumen and was also observed in a growing ulcer-like projection. CONCLUSION: We showed the potential of time-resolved 3D MR velocity mapping for visualizing pathologic flow patterns related to chronic thoracic aortic dissection.

Original publication

DOI

10.2463/mrms.10.93

Type

Journal article

Journal

Magn Reson Med Sci

Publication Date

2011

Volume

10

Pages

93 - 99

Keywords

Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Aneurysm, Dissecting, Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic, Blood Flow Velocity, Chronic Disease, Contrast Media, Disease Progression, Female, Humans, Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Magnetic Resonance Angiography, Male, Middle Aged