Distinction of salvaged and infarcted myocardium within the ischaemic area-at-risk with T2 mapping

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1048-1053

  Hammer Hansen, Sophia ^a,b   Ugander, Martin ^c   Hsu, Li Yueh ^a   Taylor, Joni ^a   Thune, Jens Jakob ^b   Køber, Lars ^b   Kellman, Peter ^a   Arai, Andrew E ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Area at risk; Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial ischaemia; Myocardial salvage

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MICROSPHERE;

ANIMAL; CARDIAC GATED IMAGING; DISEASE MODEL; DOG; EDEMA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE; IMAGE PROCESSING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPERFUSION INJURY;

ANIMALS; CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CONTRAST MEDIA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DOGS; EDEMA; GADOLINIUM DTPA; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSPHERES; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIUM; REPERFUSION INJURY;

EID: 84906874872     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jeu073     Document Type: Article

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