Detection of myocardial scar using T2* in a clinical setting
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Background Detection of late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) is the method of choice for imaging myocardial scar. However, patients who suffer from cardiovascular disease often are afflicted with renal impairment. As a GFR <30 ml/min bears the risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis it would be beneficial to develop alternative cardiac imaging methods without contrast agent. De Jong et al have already used UTE (ultra short echo time) to detect myocardial scar with a fast T2* signal decay in a rat infarct model. The aim of the study was to validate UTE imaging to detect myocardial scar without contrast agent in patients with coronary artery disease.
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