Prospective Electrocardiogram-Gated Delayed Enhanced Multidetector Computed Tomography Accurately Quantifies Infarct Size and Reduces Radiation Exposure
Author(s) -
Hyuk Jae Chang,
Richard Т. De George,
Karl H. Schuleri,
Kristine S. Evers,
Kakuya Kitagawa,
João A.C. Lima,
Albert C. Lardo
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
jacc. cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.79
H-Index - 120
eISSN - 1936-878X
pISSN - 1876-7591
DOI - 10.1016/j.jcmg.2008.12.019
Subject(s) - medicine , nuclear medicine , prospective cohort study , gating , magnetic resonance imaging , myocardial infarction , radiology , physiology
This study sought to determine whether low-dose, prospective electrocardiogram (ECG)-gated delayed contrast-enhanced multidetector computed tomography (DCE-MDCT) can accurately delineate the extent of myocardial infarction (MI) compared with retrospective ECG-gated DCE-MDCT.
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