Fused Whole-Heart Coronary and Myocardial Scar Imaging Using 3-T CMR: Implications for Planning of Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy and Coronary Revascularization

JACC: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 921-930

  White, James A ^a,b,c   Fine, Nowell ^a   Gula, Lorne J ^a   Yee, Raymond ^a   Al Admawi, Mohammed ^a   Zhang, Qi ^b   Krahn, Andrew ^a   Skanes, Allan ^a   MacDonald, Anna ^a   Peters, Terry ^b,c   Drangova, Maria ^b,c  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROBARTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

cardiac magnetic resonance; coronary imaging; delayed enhancement; image fusion

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; SCAR; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CICATRIX; CONTRAST MEDIA; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY VESSELS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; MYOCARDIUM; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650344022     PISSN: 1936878X     EISSN: 18767591     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2010.05.014     Document Type: Article

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