James F. Glockner1, Jae K. Oh2,
Manojkumar Saranathan3
1Radiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN,
United States; 2Cardiology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United
States; 3GE Healthcare, Waukeshau, WI, United States
Pericardial
enhancement has been correlated with pathologic evidence of inflammation, and
therefore can serve as a marker of pericarditis. Visualization of pericardial enhancement
with MRI can be limited using traditional delayed enhancement sequences
without fat suppression. We assessed a
3D Dixon FGRE fat-water separated delayed enhancement sequence in 21 patients
with known or suspected pericarditis, and found that pericardial
visualization and confidence in presence or absence of pericardial
enhancement were significantly improved in comparison to a standard 2D DE
pulse sequence.