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(Circulation. 1999;99:763-770.)
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Clinical Investigation and Reports

Noninvasive Diagnosis of Ischemia-Induced Wall Motion Abnormalities With the Use of High-Dose Dobutamine Stress MRI

Comparison With Dobutamine Stress Echocardiography

Eike Nagel, MD; Hans B. Lehmkuhl, MD; Wolfgang Bocksch, MD; Christoph Klein, MD; Uta Vogel, MD; Eckart Frantz, MD; Axel Ellmer, MD; Stefan Dreysse, MD; Eckart Fleck, MD

From the Department of Internal Medicine/Cardiology, German Heart Institute and Charité Campus Virchow, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

Correspondence to Eike Nagel, MD, Internal Medicine/Cardiology, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin und Charité Campus Virchow, Humboldt University, Augustenburger Platz 1, D-13353 Berlin, FRG. E-mail eike.nagel{at}charite.de

Background—The analysis of wall motion abnormalities with dobutamine stress echocardiography (DSE) is an established method for the detection of myocardial ischemia. With ultrafast magnetic resonance tomography, identical stress protocols as used for echocardiography can be applied.

Methods and Results—In 208 consecutive patients (147 men, 61 women) with suspected coronary artery disease, DSE with harmonic imaging and dobutamine stress magnetic resonance (DSMR) (1.5 T) were performed before cardiac catheterization. DSMR images were acquired during short breath-holds in 3 short-axis views and a 4- and a 2-chamber view (gradient echo technique). Patients were examined at rest and during a standard dobutamine-atropine scheme until submaximal heart rate was reached. Regional wall motion was assessed in a 16-segment model. Significant coronary heart disease was defined as >=50% diameter stenosis. Eighteen patients could not be examined by DSMR (claustrophobia 11 and adipositas 6) and 18 patients by DSE (poor image quality). Four patients did not reach target heart rate. In 107 patients, coronary artery disease was found. With DSMR, sensitivity was increased from 74.3% to 86.2% and specificity from 69.8% to 85.7% (both P<0.05) compared with DSE. Analysis for women yielded similar results.

Conclusions—High-dose dobutamine magnetic resonance tomography can be performed with a standard dobutamine/atropine stress protocol. Detection of wall motion abnormalities by DSMR yields a significantly higher diagnostic accuracy in comparison to DSE.


Key Words: magnetic resonance imaging • echocardiography • coronary artery disease




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Radiology, January 1, 2004; 230(1): 191 - 197.
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K. C. Wu and J. A.C. Lima
Noninvasive Imaging of Myocardial Viability: Current Techniques and Future Developments
Circ. Res., December 12, 2003; 93(12): 1146 - 1158.
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E. Castillo, J. A. C. Lima, and D. A. Bluemke
Regional Myocardial Function: Advances in MR Imaging and Analysis
RadioGraphics, October 1, 2003; 23(90001): S127 - 140.
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G. M. Pohost, L. Hung, and M. Doyle
Clinical Use of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Circulation, August 12, 2003; 108(6): 647 - 653.
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D. L. Kraitchman, S. Sampath, E. Castillo, J. A. Derbyshire, R. C. Boston, D. A. Bluemke, B. L. Gerber, J. L. Prince, and N. F. Osman
Quantitative Ischemia Detection During Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Stress Testing by Use of FastHARP
Circulation, April 22, 2003; 107(15): 2025 - 2030.
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D. Kuijpers, K. Y. J.A.M. Ho, P. R.M. van Dijkman, R. Vliegenthart, and M. Oudkerk
Dobutamine Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance for the Detection of Myocardial Ischemia With the Use of Myocardial Tagging
Circulation, April 1, 2003; 107(12): 1592 - 1597.
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C. R. Weiss, A. H. Aletras, J. F. London, J. L. Taylor, F. H. Epstein, R. Wassmuth, R. S. Balaban, and A. E. Arai
Stunned, Infarcted, and Normal Myocardium in Dogs: Simultaneous Differentiation by Using Gadolinium-enhanced Cine MR Imaging with Magnetization Transfer Contrast
Radiology, March 1, 2003; 226(3): 723 - 730.
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R. Y. Kwong, A. E. Schussheim, S. Rekhraj, A. H. Aletras, N. Geller, J. Davis, T. F. Christian, R. S. Balaban, and A. E. Arai
Detecting Acute Coronary Syndrome in the Emergency Department With Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Circulation, February 4, 2003; 107(4): 531 - 537.
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D. Orlic, J. M. Hill, and A. E. Arai
Stem Cells for Myocardial Regeneration
Circ. Res., December 13, 2002; 91(12): 1092 - 1102.
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W. L. F. Bedaux, M. B. M. Hofman, S. L. A. Vyt, J. G. F. Bronzwaer, C. A. Visser, and A. C. van Rossum
Assessment of coronary artery bypass graft disease using cardiovascular magnetic resonance determination of flow reserve
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., November 20, 2002; 40(10): 1848 - 1855.
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W. G. Hundley, T. M. Morgan, C. M. Neagle, C. A. Hamilton, P. Rerkpattanapipat, and K. M. Link
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Determination of Cardiac Prognosis
Circulation, October 29, 2002; 106(18): 2328 - 2333.
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S. Schalla, C. Klein, I. Paetsch, H. Lehmkuhl, A. Bornstedt, B. Schnackenburg, E. Fleck, and E. Nagel
Real-Time MR Image Acquisition during High-Dose Dobutamine Hydrochloride Stress for Detecting Left Ventricular Wall-Motion Abnormalities in Patients with Coronary Arterial Disease
Radiology, September 1, 2002; 224(3): 845 - 851.
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G. Theilmeier, P. Verhamme, S. Dymarkowski, H. Beck, H. Bernar, M. Lox, S. Janssens, M.-C. Herregods, E. Verbeken, D. Collen, et al.
Hypercholesterolemia in Minipigs Impairs Left Ventricular Response to Stress: Association With Decreased Coronary Flow Reserve and Reduced Capillary Density
Circulation, August 27, 2002; 106(9): 1140 - 1146.
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H. Mahrholdt, A. Wagner, R.M. Judd, and U. Sechtem
Assessment of myocardial viability by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging
Eur. Heart J., April 2, 2002; 23(8): 602 - 619.
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B. B. Chin, G. Esposito, and D. L. Kraitchman
Myocardial Contractile Reserve and Perfusion Defect Severity with Rest and Stress Dobutamine 99mTc-Sestamibi SPECT in Canine Stunning and Subendocardial Infarction
J. Nucl. Med., April 1, 2002; 43(4): 540 - 550.
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S. Achenbach and W. G. Daniel
Noninvasive Coronary Angiography -- An Acceptable Alternative?
N. Engl. J. Med., December 27, 2001; 345(26): 1909 - 1910.
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S. B. Reeder, Y. P. Du, J. A. C. Lima, and D. A. Bluemke
Advanced Cardiac MR Imaging of Ischemic Heart Disease
RadioGraphics, July 1, 2001; 21(4): 1047 - 1074.
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D. Pennell
IMAGING TECHNIQUES: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Heart, May 1, 2001; 85(5): 581 - 589.
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G. K. von Schulthess and J. Schwitter
Cardiac MR Imaging: Facts and Fiction
Radiology, February 1, 2001; 218(2): 326 - 328.
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W. Moshage, S. Achenbach, and W. G. Daniel
Novel approaches to the non-invasive diagnosis of coronary-artery disease
Nephrol. Dial. Transplant., January 1, 2001; 16(1): 21 - 28.
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N. Al-Saadi, E. Nagel, M. Gross, B. Schnackenburg, I. Paetsch, C. Klein, and E. Fleck
Improvement of myocardial perfusion reserve early after coronary intervention: assessment with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging
J. Am. Coll. Cardiol., November 1, 2000; 36(5): 1557 - 1564.
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