Quantification of infarct size and myocardium at risk: Evaluation of different techniques and its implications

European Heart Journal Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 738-746

  McAlindon, Elisa ^a   Pufulete, Maria ^b   Lawton, Chris ^a   Angelini, Gianni D ^a   Bucciarelli Ducci, Chiara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac magnetic resonance; Infarct size; Myocardial oedema; Quantification

Indexed keywords

GADOBUTROL; TROPONIN T;

2 STANDARD DEVIATION; 3 STANDARD DEVIATION; 5 STANDARD DEVIATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AREA AT RISK; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; EARLY INTERVENTION; FEMALE; FULL WIDTH AT HALF MAXIMUM; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATE GADOLINIUM ENHANCEMENT; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MANUAL CONTOURING; MANUAL THRESHOLDING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; MYOCARDIAL EDEMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER; OTSU METHOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; SCORING SYSTEM; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STATISTICAL BIAS; T2 WEIGHTED SHORT TAU INVERSION RECOVERY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; AGED; BLOOD; CARDIAC MUSCLE; CINE MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDEMA, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EVALUATION STUDY; HEART MUSCLE REPERFUSION; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EDEMA, CARDIAC; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION; MYOCARDIUM; OBSERVER VARIATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TROPONIN T;

EID: 84937470337     PISSN: 20472404     EISSN: 20472412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ehjci/jev001     Document Type: Article

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