Noninvasive assessment of myocardial viability in a small animal model: Comparison of MRI, SPECT, and PET

Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 252-259

  Thomas, Daniel ^a   Bal, Harshali ^b   Arkles, Jeffrey ^b   Horowitz, James ^a   Araujo, Luis ^c   Acton, Paul D ^b   Ferrari, Victor A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Imaging; MR; Myocardial infarction; PET; SPECT

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CARDIOLOGY; CELL DEATH; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GLUCOSE; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NONINVASIVE MEDICAL PROCEDURES; PARTICLE BEAMS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY;

ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; METABOLIC CONDITIONS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NON-INVASIVE ASSESSMENTS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY (PET); QUANTITATIVE COMPARISON; SPECT; TRIPHENYL TETRAZOLIUM CHLORIDE;

SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GADOPHRIN III; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TRIPHENYLTETRAZOLIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART MUSCLE NECROSIS; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE; TISSUE METABOLISM;

EID: 38949112083     PISSN: 07403194     EISSN: 15222594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mrm.21445     Document Type: Article

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