Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of myocardial edema using a short inversion time inversion recovery (STIR) black-blood technique: Diagnostic accuracy of visual and semi-quantitative assessment

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The short inversion time inversion recovery (STIR) black-blood technique has been used to visualize myocardial edema, and thus to differentiate acute from chronic myocardial lesions. However, some cardiovascular magnetic resonance (C...

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Main Authors: h-Ici Darach O, Ridgway John P, Kuehne Titus, Berger Felix, Plein Sven, Sivananthan Mohan, Messroghli Daniel R
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-03-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
Online Access:http://www.jcmr-online.com/content/14/1/22