CORONARY ARTERY ANOMALY
Indications: evaluated for anomalous coronary artery origin, coronary artery aneurysm
SEQUENCES
Localizer
Axial bright blood MBH, thin overlapping
3D TRUE FISP WHOLE HEART NAVIGATOR
NOTES
Bright blood FISP:
Set distance factor to -50%
Decrease slice thickness to minimum (~3.5 mm)
Need to cover aortic root
3D WHOLE HEART FISP:
Respiratory and cardiac gating
Increase bandwidth
Decrease echo spacing
Decrease flip angle
Switch matrix to from 320 x 192 to 192 x 320