Rapid assessment of myocardial infarct size in rodents using multi-slice inversion recovery late gadolinium enhancement CMR at 9.4T

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Myocardial infarction (MI) can be readily assessed using late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). Inversion recovery (IR) sequences provide the highest contrast between enhanced infarct areas and hea...

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Main Authors: Hausenloy Derek J, Yellon Derek M, Lim Shiang Y, Cheung King K, Price Anthony N, Lythgoe Mark F
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-09-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Online Access:http://www.jcmr-online.com/content/13/1/44