Evaluation of Uterine Contractility by Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Women Undergoing Embolization of Uterine Fibroids

Cardiovascular and Interventional Radiology
Vinicius Adami Vayego FornazariSuzan Menasce Goldman

Abstract

To assess uterine contractility using ultrafast magnetic resonance imaging (cine MRI) before and after uterine fibroid embolization (UFE). This is a prospective study of uterine contractility in 26 patients (age 30-41 years) undergoing UFE for symptomatic uterine fibroids. Cine MRI was performed before and 6 months after UFE. Two radiologists evaluated uterine contractility and classified it as absent, ordered, or disordered. Patients were then grouped into three distinct patterns of progression: unchanged contractility (group A), modified contractility (B), and loss of contractility (C). These findings were then confronted with factors that might have interfered with uterine contractility pattern (uterine volume, location of dominant fibroid, fibroid/myometrium index, and fibroid necrosis pattern). Of the 26 patients, 8 (30.7%) had no contractility before the procedure, while 18 (69.2%) exhibited some form of contractility (11 [61%] ordered, 7 [39%] disordered). All 8 patients who had no contractility at baseline exhibited contractility after UFE (5 ordered, 3 disordered). Of the 11 who had ordered contractility at baseline, 9 remained ordered and 2 lost contractility after UFE. Of the 7 with disordered contractility at baseli...Continue Reading

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