Magnetic resonance myocardial perfusion imaging: a new era in the detection of reversible myocardial ischaemia
- 1Department of Cardiology, Western Infirmary, Glasgow, UK
- 2American Cardiovascular Research Institute, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- Correspondence to:
S Watkins
Department of Cardiology, Western Infirmary, Dumbarton Road, Glasgow G11 6NT, UK; s.watkins{at}clinmed.gla.ac.uk
- Accepted 1 August 2006
- Published Online First 11 August 2006
Abstract
In due course, magnetic resonance myocardial perfusion imaging will probably replace SPECT as the most widely used non-invasive method for detecting reversible myocardial ischaemia
- MRI, magnetic resonance imaging
- MRMPI, magnetic resonance myocardial perfusion imaging
- SPECT, single photon emission computed tomography
Footnotes
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Published Online First 11 August 2006
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Competing interests: None.








