Myocardium at risk in ST-elevation myocardial infarction: comparison of T2-weighted edema imaging with the endocardial surface area assessed by magnetic resonance and validation against angiographic scoring

✍ Scribed by Georg F Fuernau; Ingo Eitel; Vinzenz Franke; Lysann Hildebrandt; Josefine Meissner; Matthias Gutberlet; Steffen Desch; Gerhard C Schuler; Holger Thiele

• Publisher: BioMed Central
• Year: 2011
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 142 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1097-6647
• DOI: 10.1186/1532-429x-13-s1-o31

✦ Synopsis

Objectives

T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and the endocardial surface area (ESA) assessed by late gadolinium enhanced (LGE) have been introduced as relatively new methods for myocardium at risk assessment in ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI).