Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging assessment of scar size in patients with chronic myocardial infarction

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 133-137

  Catalano, Oronzo ^a   Antonaci, Serena ^a   Moro, Guido ^a   Cannizzaro, Giorgio ^a   Mingrone, Renato ^a   Opasich, Cristina ^a   Frascaroli, Mauro ^a   Rognone, Felice ^a   Baldi, Maurizia ^a   Tramarin, Roberto ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial infarction; Singlephoton emission computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE REMODELING; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; SCAR; SCINTISCANNING; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; CICATRIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT, BIOMEDICAL; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; VENTRICULAR REMODELING;

EID: 22044447623     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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