Assessment of myocardial infarction and postinfarction scar remodeling with an elastin-specific magnetic resonance agent.
Wildgruber M, Bielicki I, Aichler M, Kosanke K, Feuchtinger A, Settles M, Onthank DC, Cesati RR, Robinson SP, Huber AM, Rummeny EJ, Walch AK, Botnar RM.
Wildgruber M, et al.
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014 Mar;7(2):321-9. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.113.001270. Epub 2013 Dec 20.
Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2014.
PMID: 24363356
MRI was performed at 7 and 21 days after MI. The merits of gadolinium-based ESMA (Gd-ESMA) were compared with gadopentetic acid (Gd-DTPA) for infarct size determination, contrast-to-noise ratio (CNR), and enhancement kinetics. ...Higher CNR values for Gd-ESMA …
MRI was performed at 7 and 21 days after MI. The merits of gadolinium-based ESMA (Gd-ESMA) were compared with gadopentetic aci …