Objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of dobutamine stress magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) for myocardial viability. Methods Ten male miniswines underwent left …

Background The time course and characteristics of persistent regional dysfunction after
ischemia remain unclear. Velocity vector imaging (VVI) allows accurate quantification of …

Background: Left ventricular function early after myocardial infarction (MI) predicts
subsequent clinical outcome. Nevertheless, the relationship between early changes in left …

Background: CMR has emerged as an essential tool for cardiovascular disease assessment.
Particularly, late gadolinium enhancement has emerged as the gold standard for myocardial …

Echocardiography is a reliable and commonly used method to examine cardiac diseases.
Recent employment of modern technologies provides new opportunities to study left …

Early reperfusion has the potential for salvaging ischemic myocardium at risk for infarction.
To test the ability of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) imaging to differentiate between …

Objective: To assess myocardial viability in acute and subacute infarcts using different
multislice spiral computed tomography contrast protocols with magnetic resonance imaging …

Background In humans, dynamic contrast CMR of the first pass of a bolus infusion of
Gadolinium-based contrast agent has become a standard technique to identify under …

Purpose To evaluate the relationship between myocardial infarction (MI myocardial
infarction) severity at magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and regional and global …

Purpose In ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) patients, longitudinal strain
(LS) in remote non-infarcted myocardium (RNM) has not yet been characterized by tissue …