MR viability imaging at 3.0 Tesla compared to 1.5 Tesla: Initial results in patients with myocardial infarction
M Hackenbroch, C Meyer, K Tieman, J Gieseke, HH Schild, T Sommer · RöFo - Fortschritte auf dem Gebiet der Röntgenstrahlen und der bildgebenden Verfahren · 2005 · Heft 04
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Purpose: Delayed contrast enhanced MR imaging has been shown to allow assessment of myocardial viability in patients with ischemic heart disease. The current standard approach is a 3D inversion recovery sequence at 1.5 Tesla. The purpose of this study was 1. to evaluate the technical feasibility and clinical utility of MR viability imaging at 3.0 Tesla in patients with myocardial infarction and 2. to compare these results to MR viability imaging performed at 1.5 Tesla. Methods: 17 patients with acute and chronic myocardial infarction underwent contrast enhanced MR viability imaging at 3.0 Tesla and 1.5 Tesla. Fo…