Is post-systolic shortening a reliable indicator of myocardial viability? An MR tagging and late-enhancement study

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 445-451

  Ryf, Salome ^a   Rutz, Andrea K ^a   Boesiger, Peter ^a   Schwitter, Juerg ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cardiac MRI; CSPAMM; HARP; Infarct; Myocardial Tagging; Post Systolic Shortening

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GADODIAMIDE; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; NITRATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; DISEASE MARKER; ENERGY METABOLISM; HARMONIC PHASE; HEART CONTRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTSYSTOLIC SHORTENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; ROTATION; SCAR; SYSTOLE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYSTOLE;

EID: 33644866899     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10976640600599494     Document Type: Article

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