Rapid initial reduction of hyperenhanced myocardium after reperfused first myocardial infarction suggests recovery of the peri-infarction zone one-year follow-up by MRI

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-55

  Engblom, Henrik ^a   Hedstrom̈, Erik ^a   Heiberg, Einar ^a   Wagner, Galen S ^b   Pahlm, Olle ^a   Arheden, Håkan ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DUKE CLINICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrocardiography; MRI; Myocardial infarction; Remodeling; Reperfusion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVALESCENCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QRS COMPLEX; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART MUSCLE; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; GADOLINIUM 1,4,7,10-TETRAAZACYCLODODECANE-N,N',N'',N'''-TETRAACETATE; GADOTERIC ACID; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUND;

ADULT; AGED; CONTRAST MEDIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIUM; ORGANOMETALLIC COMPOUNDS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 70349762573     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.108.802199     Document Type: Article

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