Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Here ya go . http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/mr-angiography.htm Cindylouwho MRA vs. MRI Could someone refresh my memory as to the difference between an MRA and a MRI? I think it was explained at some point at the conference, but I can't remember and I can't find it in my notes. When I saw my cardiologist (who actually had heard of EDS and asked me questions about my hypermobility, GI issues, back problems, etc. before I gave him any of the literature I had brought with me) this morning, he scheduled a MRA as well as an echo to get a baseline and make sure there is no aortic root dilitation or aneurysims (haven't had an echo since '98 and never had an MRA). He decided to do an MRA to check the descending aorta so that he wouldn't have to do the transesophegeal echo. Thanks! To learn more about EDS, visit our website: http://www.ehlersdanlos.ca Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 Thanks Cindy, I thought it had something to do with what was being studied (blood vessels in MRA vs. soft tissues in MRI) but I didn't realize that everything else is essentially the same between the 2. :-) PS Anything new with your other child's migraines? > Here ya go . http://www.radiologyinfo.org/content/mr- angiography.htm > Cindylouwho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 From: To: ceda Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:44 PM Thanks Cindy, PS Anything new with your other child's migraines? ******************************************* Your welcome. Brady woke up with the migraine finally gone, but within a half hour he had a hint of it. It's just lingering there all day. I hope that this is the end of it. I was a rough few days. He went to sit at a friends house. I guess the walls were closing in on him. We all know that feeling. Cindylouwho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2004 Report Share Posted August 4, 2004 Basically a MRA is a MRI with and arthrogram as well. I.e. the inject in a contrast into the joint that is being studied under x-ray. I had a shoulder MRA about 2 months ago and basically they prepared the area with betadine etc and made it sterile etc then they injected some local anasthetic and then injected the contrast (dye) they did this with me lying on an x-ray table and the machine showing everything so that the needel was placed correctly etc and took some pictures of the joint with the dye in it (moved it about a little to get a few different pictures), and then I went up and had the MRi (it is a lot more sensitive with the Arthrogram dye and stuff in there as well). Good luck on the MRA Sharon > Could someone refresh my memory as to the difference between an MRA > and a MRI? I think it was explained at some point at the conference, > but I can't remember and I can't find it in my notes. When I saw my > cardiologist (who actually had heard of EDS and asked me questions > about my hypermobility, GI issues, back problems, etc. before I gave > him any of the literature I had brought with me) this morning, he > scheduled a MRA as well as an echo to get a baseline and make sure > there is no aortic root dilitation or aneurysims (haven't had an echo > since '98 and never had an MRA). He decided to do an MRA to check > the descending aorta so that he wouldn't have to do the > transesophegeal echo. Thanks! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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