Acute Infarct Extracellular Volume Mapping to Quantify Myocardial Area at Risk and Chronic Infarct Size on Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging [Coronary Artery Disease]

Conclusions— ECV maps can reliably quantify AAR and final IS in reperfused acute myocardial infarction. Acute ECV maps were superior to acute LGE in terms of agreement with final IS. IS quantified by ECV maps are independently associated with viability at follow-up.

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Source: Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging - July 3, 2017 Category: Radiology Authors: Garg, P., Broadbent, D. A., Swoboda, P. P., Foley, J. R. J., Fent, G. J., Musa, T. A., Ripley, D. P., Erhayiem, B., Dobson, L. E., McDiarmid, A. K., Haaf, P., Kidambi, A., van der Geest, R. J., Greenwood, J. P., Plein, S. Tags: Diagnostic Testing, Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Coronary Artery Disease Source Type: research