Rapid Initial Reduction of Hyperenhanced Myocardium After Reperfused First Myocardial Infarction Suggests Recovery of the Peri-Infarction Zone | Zendy

Henrik Engblom | Zendy; Erik Hedström | Zendy; Einar Heiberg | Zendy; Galen S. Wagner | Zendy; Olle Pahlm | Zendy; Håkan Arheden | Zendy

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Rapid Initial Reduction of Hyperenhanced Myocardium After Reperfused First Myocardial Infarction Suggests Recovery of the Peri-Infarction Zone

Author(s) -

Henrik Engblom,

Erik Hedström,

Einar Heiberg,

Galen S. Wagner,

Olle Pahlm,

Håkan Arheden

Publication year - 2009

Publication title -

circulation cardiovascular imaging

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.584

H-Index - 99

eISSN - 1942-0080

pISSN - 1941-9651

DOI - 10.1161/circimaging.108.802199

Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , infarction , ejection fraction , qrs complex , thickening , heart failure , chemistry , polymer science

The time course and magnitude of infarct involution, functional recovery, and normalization of infarct-related electrocardiographic (ECG) changes after acute myocardial infarction (MI) are not completely known in humans. We sought to explore these processes early after MI and during infarct-healing using cardiac MRI.

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