T2-weighted cardiac magnetic resonance imaging: a quantitative approach for measuring myocardial edema after reperfusion and its persistency in acute ischemic heart disease

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  • Luis R Soenksen
  • Aloha Meave
  • Gabriela Meléndez-Ramirez
چکیده

Background Within the extensive range of medical imaging methods used for cardiac analysis, T2-Weighed (T2W) Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) has been one of the most promising techniques for non-invasive edema quantification and IHD severity assessment. Many authors have suggested the importance of edema quantification in the prognosis of IHD patients and in the evaluation of expected ventricular function improvement after cursory percutaneous angioplasties (PTA)

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دوره 13  شماره 

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تاریخ انتشار 2011