Cardiovascular MRI in acute myocardial infarction
June 2010
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At present, cardiovascular MRI is the only noninvasive diagnostic tool that can combine the assessment of regional and global function, morphology and tissue-specific information in a single investigation. With good spatial and temporal resolution and high contrast-to-noise ratio, cardiovascular MRI is an accurate and feasible tool for the evaluation of ischemic heart disease. It is not only considered to be the gold standard for assessment of myocardial function, but also for the detection of myocardial necrosis and fibrosis. In addition, cardiovascular MRI provides clinically relevant information on stunning, microvascular obstruction, transmural extent of the infarction, hemorrhage and postmyocardial infarction complications such as thrombus, Dressler syndrome and aneuryms.
- human
- priority journal
- ischemic heart disease
- diagnostic accuracy
- feasibility study
- review
- acute heart infarction
- nuclear magnetic resonance imaging
- heart function
- thrombus
- Dressler syndrome
- T2-weighted imaging
- acute myocardial infarction
- aneurysm
- cardiovascular MRI
- cine
- delayed enhancement
- first-pass perfusion
- gold standard
- heart muscle fibrosis
- heart muscle necrosis
- hemorrhage
- microvascular obstruction
- morphology
- stunned heart muscle
