Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance: Evaluation of Myocardial Function, Perfusion, and Viability

Padmini Varadarajan, Ramdas G. Pai, Krishna S. Nayak, Hee Won Kim, Gerald M. Pohost

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCardiac CT, PET and MR
Subtitle of host publicationSecond Edition
PublisherWiley-Blackwell
Pages196-245
Number of pages50
ISBN (Print)9781405185530
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 31 2010

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

  • General Medicine

Keywords

  • CMR for evaluation of morphology and function
  • CMR myocardial perfusion imaging -the future
  • CMR technique and cardiomyopathy findings -of ischemic heart disease
  • CMR techniques and findings in ARVD
  • Cardiovascular magnetic resonance -myocardial function, perfusion and viability evaluation
  • Delayed contrast enhanced myocardial segments -evidence of acute and/or chronic MI
  • Global and regional systolic ventricular function
  • Gradient-echo pulse sequence -second gradient with opposite polarity increasing CMR signal
  • Latest magnetic resonance (MR) -assessing cardiac morphology, ventricular function and myocardial perfusion and viability
  • Steady state free precession (SSFP)

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