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Current Cardiology Reviews

Editor-in-Chief

ISSN (Print): 1573-403X
ISSN (Online): 1875-6557

Emerging Concepts for Myocardial Late Gadolinium Enhancement MRI

Author(s): Adelina Doltra, Brage Hoyem Amundsen, Rolf Gebker, Eckart Fleck and Sebastian Kelle

Volume 9, Issue 3, 2013

Page: [185 - 190] Pages: 6

DOI: 10.2174/1573403X113099990030

Price: $65

Abstract

Late gadolinium enhancement is a useful tool for scar detection, based on differences in the volume of distribution of gadolinium, an extracellular agent. The presence of fibrosis in the myocardium amenable to be detected with late gadolinium enhancement MRI is found not only in ischemic cardiomyopathy, in which it offers information regarding viability and prognosis, but also in a wide variety of non-ischemic cardiomyopathies. In the following review we will discuss the methodological aspects of gadolinium-based imaging, as well as its applications and anticipated future developments.

Keywords: Cardiac, late gadolinium enhancement, magnetic resonance imaging, CMR, viability.


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