Controversies in cardiovascular MR imaging: reasons why imaging myocardial T2 has clinical and pathophysiologic value in acute myocardial infarction.

1 From the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bldg 10, Room B1D416, MSC 1061, 10 Center Dr, Bethesda, MD 20892-1061 (A.E.A., S.L., P.K.). Received November 21, 2011; revision requested December 27; revision received January 23, 2012; accepted March 29; final version accepted April 23. Address correspondence to A.E.A. (e-mail: [email protected]).