Open AccessPrognostic value of late gadolinium enhancement in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging after acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction in comparison with single-photon emission tomography using Tc99m-Sestamibi
Author(s) -
Martin Hadamitzky,
Bettina Langhans,
Jöerg Hausleiter,
Carolin Sonne,
Robert A. Byrne,
Julinda Mehilli,
A. Kastrati,
Albert Schömig,
Stefan Martinoff,
Tony Ibrahim
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ehjci/jet176
Subject(s) - medicine , single photon emission computed tomography , magnetic resonance imaging , myocardial infarction , emission computed tomography , gadolinium , radiology , nuclear medicine , positron emission tomography , cardiology , materials science , metallurgy
Infarct size is an important predictor of cardiac risk after acute myocardial infarction. The established modality for its assessment is Tc99m-Sestamibi Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). In recent years, data are emerging demonstrating that scar size as assessed by late gadolinium enhancement in cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) as well as the presence of microvascular obstruction (MO) may also provide prognostic information, however, so far no direct comparisons of both modalities have been reported.
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