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01-12-2015 | Walking poster presentation
Adenosine stress native T1 mapping detects microvascular disease in diabetic cardiomyopathy, without the need for gadolinium-based contrast
Authors:
Eylem Levelt, Stefan K Piechnik, Masliza Mahmod, Vanessa M Ferreira, Rina Ariga, Jane M Francis, Alexander Liu, Joanne Sellwood, Rohan S Wijesurendra, Matthew D Robson, Kieran Clarke, Stefan Neubauer, Theodoros D Karamitsos
Published in:
Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) are known to have microvascular coronary artery disease (CAD), in the absence of hypertension and flow limiting stenoses on epicardial coronary arteries. Microvascular coronary dysfunction can be detected on CMR using adenosine stress perfusion imaging. …