Determining microvascular obstruction and infarct size with steady-state free precession imaging cardiac MRI.

In cardiac MRI (cMRI) injection of contrast medium may be performed prior to the acquisition of cine steady-state free precession (SSFP) imaging to speed up the protocol and avoid delay before late Gadolinium enhancement (LGE) imaging. Aim of this study was to evaluate whether a condensed clinical p...

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Main Authors: Wolfgang Wuest, Michael Lell, Matthias May, Michael Scharf, Christian Schlundt, Stephan Achenbach, Michael Uder, Axel Schmid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4368429?pdf=render