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54 Danias<br />

Figure 9 Transverse black blood MR image at the bifurcation <strong>of</strong> the pulmonary artery<br />

(PA) in a patient with aneurysm <strong>of</strong> the ascending aorta (AAo), with a 60 mm vessel diameter.<br />

There is excellent contrast between the vessel wall and blood pool in the AAo, PA and<br />

descending thoracic aorta (DAo).<br />

Figure 10 Black blood oblique sagittal image including the entire thoracic aorta (A) and<br />

similar view from the 3-dimensional maximal intensity projection reconstruction from the<br />

gadolinium (Gd)-enhanced aortic MRA (B), in a patient with aortic aneurysm following surgical<br />

replacement <strong>of</strong> the ascending aorta (AAo) with a gortex graft. The descending thoracic<br />

aorta (DAo) is aneurysmal. In the black blood image (A) signal suppression is good in the<br />

AAo because <strong>of</strong> rapid blood flow, while in the DAo blood signal suppression is not adequate<br />

due to slower flow. This may not be appreciated with the Gd-enhanced aortic MRA (B).

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