Characterization of the peri-infarct zone by contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging is a powerful predictor of post-myocardial infarction mortality

Circulation

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 32-39

  Yan, Andrew T ^a   Shayne, Adolphe J ^a   Brown, Kenneth A ^b   Gupta, Sandeep N ^c   Chan, Carmen W ^a   Luu, Tuan M ^a   Di Carli, Marcelo F ^a   Reynolds, H Glenn ^c   Stevenson, William G ^a   Kwong, Raymond Y ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^c GE HEALTHCARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial infarction; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART MUSCLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33746206339     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.613414     Document Type: Article

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