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Use of Gadolinium-DTPA as a Myocardial Perfusion Agent: Potential Applications and Limitations for Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Cardiac Unit, Department of Medicine and the Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts

Correspondence: For reprints contact: Donald L. Johnston, MD, Dept. of Cardiology, Rm 512 D, Baylor College of Medicine, 1 Baylor Plaza, Houston, TX, 77030.

ABSTRACT

To establish the effect of the paramagnetic contrast agent gadolinium diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid ([Gd]DTPA) on myocardial magnetic resonance relaxation parameters T₁ and T₂, and its relationship to myocardial perfusion, we administered [Gd] DTPA 0.2 mM/kg to two groups of dogs. Group I had severe, resting myocardial ischemia induced by coronary occlusion, followed in 2 min by [Gd]DTPA infusion and heart excision 1 min later. Group II had a variable reduction in blood flow. In Group II the coronary vasodilator dipyridamole was infused to enhance blood flow to the normal myocardium before [Gd]DTPA was given. In Group I [Gd]DTPA caused a significant difference in T₁ between the normal and severely ischemic zones; changes in T₁ correlated with the severity of myocardial ischemia. Although vasodilatation delivered more Gd-DTPA to the normal myocardium in Group II, the lack of further decrease in T₁ suggested that it was cleared more rapidly. Thus, [Gd]DTPA permits the detection and characterization of severe, resting myocardial ischemia by magnetic resonance techniques. Using the experimental techniques described in this study, less severe flow differences caused by vasodilatation and resultant hyperemia are not detected.

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