Mra?

[kmendsley]

Does anyone know what the difference is between an MRI and a MRA?

Is a MRA the same as a MRI with contrast? Confused. Any help welcome.

[Alyoop]

Hi Kel. An mra is looking at blood vessels. They can do a time of flow, using a programme on the scanner or a time of flow using contrast, which I think they call a dynamic mra.

I had one when they thought my problem was arterial flow causing the cramping.

Hope this helps

[kmendsley]

Oh yes that helps thank you! Maybe I should ask for one of these.

[Alyoop]

I had one because a cardiologist could detect no pulses in my legs, I thought that was weird. I had the scan and just as I thought, I had wonderful arterial and venous flow.........another dead end!
I wouldn't go down that path unless you had evidence of blood flow issues. I just had too much fat to feel my pulses? Lost the weight now