Magnetic resonance imaging during dobutamine stress for detection and localization of coronary artery disease. Quantitative wall motion analysis using a modification of the centerline method.

Abstract

Dobutamine MRI clearly identifies wall motion abnormalities by quantitative analysis using a modification of the centerline method. Dobutamine MRI is an accurate method for detection and localization of myocardial ischemia and may emerge as a new noninvasive approach for evaluation of patients with known or suspected coronary artery disease.