{"id":4528,"date":"2025-10-31T16:18:39","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T16:18:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/cardiac-basic-anatomy-and-function-1-5t\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T20:52:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T20:52:54","slug":"cardiac-basic-anatomy-and-function-1-5t","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/cardiac-basic-anatomy-and-function-1-5t\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiac Basic Anatomy And Function 1.5T"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Instructions And Patient Preparation<\/h3>\n
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Instructions<\/dt>\n
• Cardiac vector gating
• If coronaries are to be evaluated, reduce slice thickness to 5 mm and skip 0 mm for Double IR and Triple IR
• Respiratory bellows
• Breath hold all scans on expiration<\/dd>\n
Common Indications<\/dt>\n
Ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (CMP)<\/dd>\n
Position<\/dt>\n
Supine<\/dd>\n
Coil<\/dt>\n
8-32 channel Cardiac or GEMS Array<\/dd>\n
Landmark<\/dt>\n
Nipple Line<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/section>\n
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Contrast Agent Parameters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Contrast Agents<\/th>\nDose<\/th>\nInjection Rate<\/th>\nDose Timing Method and Scan Delay<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Gadopiclenol (VUEWAY)<\/td>\n0.075 mmol\/kg up to a calculated volume of 10 mL<\/td>\n4 mL\/sec<\/td>\nInjected during Perfusion. Consider injecting 1\/3 the contrast for Perfusion and after the scan is finished inject the rest at a rate of 1 mL\/sec<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Saline Flush<\/td>\n50 mL<\/td>\n4 mL\/sec<\/td>\nImmediately following gadolinium<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comments<\/td>\nBreath hold<\/td>\n3 Slice Mid Vent or if for Right Vent evaluation, then full stack copy
and paste to
acquire approx.
2 channel and
4 channel Locs<\/td>\n		Short Axis,
Double Oblique,
Left Vent,
Full Stack<\/td>\n		Long Axis Views.
2 channel
3 channel
4 channel
3 Slices non-contiguous<\/td>\n		Start scan, as soon as images start to appear, inject contrast at
4 mL\/sec, once you visualize contrast have patient hold their breath for as long as they can<\/td>\n		Inject contrast
then wait
10 min for MDE. PREP TIME SCOUT–Use to determine TI time for MDE<\/td>\n		10-45 min
after injection. Delayed enhancement
Short Axis and Long Axis views<\/td>\n		Optional:
10-45 min
after injection.
Delayed enhancement
Short Axis and Long Axis views<\/td>\n		Optional:
10-45 min
after injection.
Delayed
enhancement
Short Axis and Long Axis views<\/td>\n		Blood suppression
must be done
pre contrast<\/td>\n		Blood suppression
must be done
pre contrast
fat nulling<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n
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Imaging Parameters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scan Description<\/th>\n3PL
LOCALIZER<\/th>\n		AXIAL
Gated
CINE<\/th>\n		SA OBLIQUE
Gated
CINE<\/th>\n		LA OBLIQUE
Gated CINE<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Short Axis
Perfusion<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
2D CINE IR<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Viability<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
SSh Phase Sensitive
Viability<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Phase Sensitive Viability<\/th>\n		Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR
T1 Gated<\/th>\n		Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR
T2 Fat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Mode<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n2D<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pulse Sequence<\/td>\nSSFSE<\/td>\nSSFP<\/td>\nSSFP<\/td>\nSSFP<\/td>\nFGRE<\/td>\nCINE-IR<\/td>\nFAST GRE<\/td>\nFIESTA<\/td>\nFAST GRE<\/td>\nFSE-XL<\/td>\nFSE-XL<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Imaging Options<\/td>\nEDR, SEQ,
FAST, SS, ARC<\/td>\n		Card Gate, SEQ, EDR, FAST, ZIP512, ASSET<\/td>\nCard Gate, SEQ, EDR, FAST, ZIP512, ASSET<\/td>\nCard Gate, SEQ, EDR, FAST, ZIP512, ASSET<\/td>\nCard Gate, EDR, FAST, Mph, ASSET, SrP, MOCO<\/td>\nGAT, SEQ,
FAST, ASSET IrP<\/td>\n		Card Gate,
FAST, IrP<\/td>\n		Card Gate, SEQ, EDR, FAST, PS, ARC, IrP<\/td>\nCard Gate, EDR, FAST, PS, ARC, IrP<\/td>\nCard Gate, SEQ, EDR, FAST, ZIP512, BSP, ARC<\/td>\nCard Gate,
SEQ, BSP, FAST<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n
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Scan Parameters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scan Description<\/th>\n3PL
LOCALIZER<\/th>\n		AXIAL
Gated
CINE<\/th>\n		SA OBLIQUE
Gated
CINE<\/th>\n		LA OBLIQUE
Gated CINE<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Short Axis
Perfusion<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
2D CINE IR<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Viability<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
SSh Phase Sensitive
Viability<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Phase Sensitive Viability<\/th>\n		Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR
T1 Gated<\/th>\n		Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR
T2 Fat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
TE<\/td>\n90<\/td>\nMin<\/td>\nMin<\/td>\nMin<\/td>\nMin-Full<\/td>\nMin-Full<\/td>\nMin<\/td>\nMin-Full<\/td>\nMin<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n102<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TR<\/td>\n1000<\/td>\nDef (4.6)<\/td>\nDef (4.6)<\/td>\nDef (4.6)<\/td>\nDef<\/td>\nDef (4.4)<\/td>\nDef (6.1)<\/td>\nDef<\/td>\nDef (6.1)<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nDef<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
TI<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n194<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nTI 250 – 320 PRN<\/td>\nTI 250 – 320 PRN<\/td>\nTI 250 – 320 PRN<\/td>\nBSP TI Auto (425)<\/td>\nBSP TI Auto
Inv TI Auto<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Flip Angle<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n45<\/td>\n35<\/td>\n5<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n155<\/td>\n155<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
ETL<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n12<\/td>\n32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bandwidth<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n83<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n125<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n62<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n
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Acquisition Parameters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scan Description<\/th>\n3PL
LOCALIZER<\/th>\n		AXIAL
Gated
CINE<\/th>\n		SA OBLIQUE
Gated
CINE<\/th>\n		LA OBLIQUE
Gated CINE<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Short Axis
Perfusion<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
2D CINE IR<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Viability<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
SSh Phase Sensitive
Viability<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Phase Sensitive Viability<\/th>\n		Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR
T1 Gated<\/th>\n		Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR
T2 Fat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
MATRIX freq<\/td>\n288<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n128<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n192<\/td>\n224<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n256<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MATRIX phase<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n132<\/td>\n96<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n180<\/td>\n160<\/td>\n224<\/td>\n192<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
NEX<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Phase FOV<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n0.8<\/td>\n0.8<\/td>\n0.8<\/td>\n0.8<\/td>\n0.8<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Image Enhance<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nPURE<\/td>\nPURE<\/td>\nPURE<\/td>\nPURE<\/td>\nPURE<\/td>\nPURE<\/td>\nPURE<\/td>\nPURE<\/td>\nPURE<\/td>\nPURE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Accel<\/td>\nPh 2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\nPh 2<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nPh 3<\/td>\nPh 1<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Adv CV<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nArrRej 0<\/td>\nArrRej 0<\/td>\nArrRej 0<\/td>\n60 Phases (adjust to keep
1 min scan time)<\/td>\n		IR Prep Pulse 1 Enhanced<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nIR Prep Pulse 1 Enhanced<\/td>\nIR Prep Pulse 1 Enhanced<\/td>\nCV14 1.25
CV19 1<\/td>\n		CV14 3.33
CV19 1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cardiac<\/td>\n—<\/td>\nArryth Rej Wn 10
Delay Min
VPS 16
# Phases
Recon 20<\/td>\n		Arryth Rej Wn 10
Delay Min
VPS 16
# Phases
Recon 20<\/td>\n		Arryth Rej Wn 10
Delay Min
VPS 16
# Phases
Recon 20<\/td>\n		#RR 1
Trigg Wind 20
Trigg Delay Rec<\/td>\n		HR <80 1RR
HR=>80 2RR
Trigg Wind 30
Trigg Delay Rec
VPS 8
# Phases
Recon Auto<\/td>\n		HR <80 1RR
HR =>80 2RR
Trigg Wind per Chart
Trigg Delay per Chart
VPS per Chart<\/td>\n		#RR 2
Trigg Wind 10
Trigg Delay Rec<\/td>\n		#RR 2
Trigg Wind 10
Trigg Delay Rec<\/td>\n		#RR 2
Trigg Wind 10
Trigg Delay Min
VPS 8<\/td>\n		#RR 2
Trigg Wind 10
Trigg Delay Min
VPS 8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n
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Scanning Range<\/h3>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Scan Description<\/th>\n3PL
LOCALIZER<\/th>\n		AXIAL
Gated
CINE<\/th>\n		SA OBLIQUE
Gated
CINE<\/th>\n		LA OBLIQUE
Gated CINE<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Short Axis
Perfusion<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
2D CINE IR<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Viability<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
SSh Phase Sensitive
Viability<\/th>\n		OBLIQUE
Phase Sensitive Viability<\/th>\n		Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR
T1 Gated<\/th>\n		Optional:
OBLIQUE
Double IR
T2 Fat<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
\nView Image<\/a>\n<\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n <\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
FOV<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n40<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Slice Thickness<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n8<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n7<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spacing<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n—<\/td>\n10<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n0<\/td>\n2<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Number of Slices<\/td>\n5-8 each Plane<\/td>\nVariable – see comments above<\/td>\n15-18<\/td>\n3<\/td>\n3-5<\/td>\n1<\/td>\n15-20<\/td>\n15-20<\/td>\n15-20<\/td>\nVariable<\/td>\nVariable<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Approx. Scan Time<\/td>\n23 sec per BH, 0:46<\/td>\n± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent<\/td>\n		± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent<\/td>\n		± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent<\/td>\n		1:00<\/td>\n± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent<\/td>\n		± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent<\/td>\n		± 20-35 sec for full SA Stack
gating dependent<\/td>\n		± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent<\/td>\n		± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent<\/td>\n		± 8-15 sec per BH
gating dependent<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Print Instructions And Patient Preparation Instructions • Cardiac vector gating• If coronaries are to be evaluated, reduce slice thickness to 5 mm and skip 0 mm for Double IR and Triple IR• Respiratory bellows• Breath hold all scans on expiration Common Indications Ischemic and non-ischemic cardiomyopathy (CMP) Position Supine Coil 8-32 channel Cardiac or GEMS […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,56,43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4528","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","category-1-5t","category-cardiac-mra","category-ge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4528","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4528"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4528\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5747,"href":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4528\/revisions\/5747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4528"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4528"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/protocols.nwforums.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4528"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}