Reproducibility and reliability of atherosclerotic plaque volume measurements in peripheral arterial disease with cardiovascular magnetic resonance
Reproducibility and reliability of atherosclerotic plaque volume measurements in peripheral arterial disease with cardiovascular magnetic resonance
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DOI:
10.1080/10976640600843330
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发表时间:
2007-01-01
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6.4
通讯作者:
Kramer, Christopher M.
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作者:
Isbell, David C.;Meyer, Craig H.;Kramer, Christopher M.
A high resolution, noninvasive approach to quantify atherosclerotic plaque in the peripheral vasculature could have significant clinical and research utility. Seventeen patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD) were studied in a 1.5T CMR scanner. Atherosclerotic plaque volume in the superficial femoral artery was measured and interobserver, intraobserver, and test-retest variability determined. Nineteen vessels were studied with mean acquisition time of 13.1 minutes per vessel. Mean plaque volume was 7.27 +/- 3.73 cm(3). Intra-observer intraclass correlation was R = 0.997, inter-observer was R = 0.987, and test-retest reproducibility was R = 0.996. Thus, high resolution measurement of plaque volume in PAD is reliable and reproducible.