Blood Oxygenation Level–Dependent Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Skeletal Muscle in Patients With Peripheral Arterial Occlusive Disease

Abstract

T2* time courses of the muscle BOLD MRI signal during postocclusive reactive hyperemia revealed statistically significant differences in the key parameters (deltaT2*(max); time to peak) in PAOD patients compared with age-matched non-PAOD controls.