Technique for comprehensive fetal hepatic blood flow assessment in sheep using 4D flow MRI.

The Journal of Physiology
Eric M SchraubenChristopher K Macgowan

Abstract

The comprehensive visualization and quantification of in vivo fetal hepatic haemodynamics, particularly the shunting of ductus venosus blood, has been elusive and is not yet fully understood. We introduce the combination of chronically instrumented fetal sheep and 4D flow MRI of the whole fetal liver, which allows retrospective blood flow measurement in all visible vessels as well as qualitative assessment. The applicability and usefulness of this technique is exhibited in normally grown fetal Merino sheep in mid- and late-gestation with detailed dynamic distribution of hepatic blood flow presented. The feasibility of this approach in clinical pathology is demonstrated in two growth-restricted fetuses at mid-gestation. Further exemplification of blood flow quantification is performed over major hepatic vessels. Although the fetal vasculature has been demarcated and well understood for several decades, the corresponding haemodynamics permitting oxygen- and nutrient-rich blood delivery to the fetal organs has been comparatively difficult to study. We married two well-established methods: 4D flow MRI, a volumetric and dynamic blood-flow measurement technique, and chronically instrumented sheep to broadly assess fetal hepatic circu...Continue Reading

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