Tissue injury characterization by pre-contrast T1 mapping post myocardial infraction

• Main Authors: Mohd Shah, Azarisman Shah, Li, Andrew, Wong, Dennis T., Richardson, James D., Chua, Seng Keong, Samaraie, Luay, Sidharta, Samuel L, Glenie, Timothy, Williams, Kerry, Koschade, Ben, Teo, Karen, Worthley, Matthew, Worthley, Stephen G.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR) 2013
• Subjects: RC Internal medicine
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/44312/1/1532-429X-15-S1-E33.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/44312/; http://www.jcmr-online.com/content/15/S1/E33

Background Myocardial scar and edema can be assessed by late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) and T2W cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) respectively, but each has important limitations. T1-mapping has emerged as an alternative method to characterize acute ischemic injury and contemporary mapping sequenc...