## Abstract ## Purpose To investigate whether an extracellular gadolinium‐(Gd)‐based contrast agent (CA) enters nonperfused myocardium during acute coronary occlusion, and whether nonperfused myocardium presents as hyperintense in delayed contrast‐enhanced (DE) MR images in the absence of CA in th
A myocardial perfusion reserve index in humans using first-pass contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging
✍ Scribed by J.H.S. Cullen; M.A. Horsfield; C.R. Reek; G.R. Cherryman; D.B. Barnett; N.J. Samani
- Book ID
- 119550474
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 197 KB
- Volume
- 33
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1558-3597
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