Myocardial first-pass perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance: History, theory, and current state of the art

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Gerber, Bernhard L ^a   Raman, Subha V ^b   Nayak, Krishna ^c   Epstein, Frederick H ^d   Ferreira, Pedro ^e   Axel, Leon ^f   Kraitchman, Dara L ^g  

^a CLINIQUES UNIVERSITAIRES SAINT LUC   (Belgium)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART AND LUNG INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DYSPROSIUM; GADOFOSVESET; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM CHELATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MANGANESE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTIFACT; CARDIAC PATIENT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE MODEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART MUSCLE BLOOD FLOW; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HISTORY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LOW DRUG DOSE; MYOCARDIAL FIRST PASS PERFUSION CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NONHUMAN; PERFUSION WEIGHTED IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; ANIMAL; ANIMAL MODEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCIRCULATION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY CIRCULATION; EXERCISE TEST; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEART DISEASES; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MICROCIRCULATION; MODELS, ANIMAL; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 44649140485     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-10-18     Document Type: Review

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