The need for speed - adenosine stress MRI in less than 30 minutes
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Background Strong evidence in favour of an ischaemia-guided approach to coronary revascularisation for PCI has led to a huge increase in demand for ischaemia imaging. In our General Hospital setting we have seen a 300% increase in demand for stress MRI over 3 years to more than 800 examinations per year. We therefore sought to optimise patient throughput by process mapping and by the introduction of new semiautomated scanning software. The aim of the study was to assess the impact of these changes on MRI study time.
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دوره 15 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2013