[(23)sodium MRI for infarct imaging of the human heart]
PURPOSE: Sodium is elevated in acute/subacute myocardial infarction due to three distinct mechanisms: Breakdown of ion homeostasis with accumulation of intracellular sodium, extracellular edema formation and, during scar formation, increase of extracellular vs. intracellular space as cardiomyocytes...
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| Materiálatiipa: | Journal article |
| Giella: | German |
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2000
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