Relation between signal intensity on T2-weighted MR images and presence of microvascular obstruction in patients with acute myocardial infarction

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Mikami, Yoko ^a,b   Sakuma, Hajime ^a   Nagata, Motonori ^a   Ishida, Masaki ^a   Kurita, Tairo ^a   Komuro, Issei ^b   Ito, Masaaki ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac MRI; Microvascular obstruction; Myocardial infarction; T2 weighted MRI

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART EDEMA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; MICROANGIOPATHY; MICROVASCULAR OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CORONARY VESSELS; EDEMA, CARDIAC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROVESSELS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 70349694284     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.09.2335     Document Type: Article

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