Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging (PMMRI) demonstration of reversible injury phase myocardium in a case of sudden death from acute coronary plaque change

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 563-565

  Shiotani, Seiji ^a   Yamazaki, Kentaro ^b   Kikuchi, Kazunori ^a   Nagata, Chigusa ^a   Morimoto, Takafumi ^a   Noguchi, Yuichi ^a   Suzuki, Masatsune ^a   Atake, Shigeru ^a   Kohno, Mototsugu ^a   Ohashi, Noriyoshi ^a  

^a TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Tsukuba Medical Examiner's Office   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy imaging; Myocardial infarction; Postmortem magnetic resonance imaging; Reversible injury; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTMORTEM MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION ATTENUATION; SIGNAL DETECTION; SUDDEN DEATH;

AUTOPSY; CORONARY VESSELS; DEATH, SUDDEN, CARDIAC; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 31444455790     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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