Clinical value of dark-blood late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance without additional magnetization preparation

Abstract Background For two decades, bright-blood late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has been considered the reference standard for the non-invasive assessment of myocardial viability. While bright-blood LGE can clearly distinguish areas of myocardial infarctio...

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Main Authors: Robert J. Holtackers, Caroline M. Van De Heyning, Muhummad Sohaib Nazir, Imran Rashid, Ioannis Ntalas, Haseeb Rahman, René M. Botnar, Amedeo Chiribiri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12968-019-0556-1