Marius M Wernz, Andreas Voskrebenzev, Robin A Müller, Maximilian Zubke, Filip Klimeš, Julian Glandorf, Christoph Czerner, Frank Wacker, Karen M Olsson, Marius M Hoeper, Jens M Hohlfeld, Jens Vogel-Claussen
BACKGROUND: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) in the pulmonary arteries (PA) is a marker of vascular stiffening. Currently, only phase-contrast (PC) MRI-based options exist to measure PA-PWV. PURPOSE: To test feasibility, repeatability, and correlation to clinical data of Phase-Resolved Functional Lung (PREFUL) MRI-based calculation of PA-PWV. STUDY TYPE: Retrospective. SUBJECTS: 79 (26 female) healthy subjects (age range 19-78), 58 (24 female) patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD, age range 40-77), 60 (33 female) patients with suspected pulmonary hypertension (PH, age range 28-85)...
March 9, 2024: Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging: JMRI