Comparison of different techniques and different scanner types for visualization and quantification of aortic blood flow by cardiovascular magnetic resonance

Impact of field strength (1.5, 3.0 and 7.0 Tesla) and sequence on quantification of aortic flow volumes, peak velocity and wall shear stress using 4D flow MRI

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN37755721

Enrollment

Registered

2018-03-15

Start date

2016-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2025-09-08

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Conditions

Healthy volunteers without any known cardiac disease Other

Interventions

This is an observational study comparing three different techniques of visualization of blood flow in the aorta ascendens at three different cardiac MRI scanners with different field strengths (1.5 Te

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Age > 18 years 2. Written consent

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Any known cardiac disease 2. Contraindication to CMR

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Blood flow volume in the thoracic aorta in each tested MR sequence over one cardiac cycle measured by three-dimensional cardiac magnetic resonance	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Velocity of the blood flow and wall shear stress in the ascending aorta in each tested MR sequence over one cardiac cycle measured by three-dimensional cardiac magnetic resonance	—

Countries

Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026