Abstract
In patients with suspected myocardial ischemia or myocardial infarction (MI), cardiac MRI (CMR) provides a comprehensive and multifaceted view of the heart.
Several CMR techniques can provide a wide range of information such as myocardial edema (myocardium at risk), location of transmural necrosis, quantification of infarct size and microvascular obstruction, the assessment of global ventricular volumes and function, and global evaluation of postinfarction remodeling.
Although several CMR techniques could be used for the diagnosis of MI, the late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) imaging is a well-validated, robust technique in detecting small or subendocardial infarcts with high accuracy and the best available imaging technique for the detection and assessment of acute MI.
The focus of this chapter will be on the impact of CMR in the characterization of acute MI pathophysiology in the current reperfusion era, concentrating also on clinical applications and future perspectives for specific therapeutic strategies.
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Kim, J.A., Choi, S.I., Lim, TH. (2015). Acute Myocardial Infarction. In: Lim, TH. (eds) Practical Textbook of Cardiac CT and MRI. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36397-9_11
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