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Published in: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 1/2011

Open Access 01-12-2011 | Poster presentation

Time-dependency of edema-based assessment of area-at-risk in reperfused acute myocardial infarction

Authors: Veronica LM Rundell, Xiangzhi Zhou, Avinash Kali, Ying Liu, Richard Tang, Rachel A Klein, Andreas Kumar, Rohan Dharmakumar

Published in: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance | Special Issue 1/2011

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Relative edema volume, computed from T2-based CMR images, has been used to define the Area-At-Risk in myocardial infarction and in the determination of salvagable myocardium in patients. Following infarction, edema presents as hyperintense regions in T2-weighted CMR, however, the literature reports disparate data resulting from delayed imaging and type of MR acquisition. …
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Title
Time-dependency of edema-based assessment of area-at-risk in reperfused acute myocardial infarction
Authors
Veronica LM Rundell
Xiangzhi Zhou
Avinash Kali
Ying Liu
Richard Tang
Rachel A Klein
Andreas Kumar
Rohan Dharmakumar
Publication date
01-12-2011
Publisher
BioMed Central
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1532-429X-13-S1-P111

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