Myocardial perfusion MRI using SW-CG-HYPR for the detection of coronary artery disease

In this work, we have prospectively examined the diagnostic value of adenosine-induced stress myocardial perfusion MRI using SW-CG-HYPR in 50 patients with suspected CAD. Using the high-resolution, whole left ventricle SW-CG-HYPR method, perfusion MRI was able to depict hemodynamically relevant coronary artery stenosis with an accuracy of 90% and 93% based on per-patient and per-vessel analyses, respectively, using x-ray coronary angiography as the reference standard.