Gadolinium can depict area at risk and myocardial infarction: a double-edged sword?
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a o t I o c t Gadolinium-based extracellular contrast agents have enabled cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) to assess viability and fibrosis at a higher resolution than alternative technologies (1). In this issue of iJACC, Matsumoto et al. (2), present convincing data that early contrast enhancement approximately 2 min after administration of gadolinium depicts the area at risk associated with acute myocardial infarction. The convenience of imaging both the area at risk and the infarct size from the same bolus of gadolinium appears to be a huge convenience factor in expediting the assessment of myocardial salvage, but this “2for-1” benefit is accompanied by the need to understand the kinetics of gadolinium in the infarct and the peri-infarct zone.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- JACC. Cardiovascular imaging
دوره 4 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011