PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - N C Edwards
AU  - H Routledge
AU  - R P Steeds
TI  - T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging to assess myocardial oedema in ischaemic heart disease
AID  - 10.1136/hrt.2009.169961
DP  - 2009 Aug 15
TA  - Heart
PG  - 1357--1361
VI  - 95
IP  - 16
4099  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/95/16/1357.short
4100  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/95/16/1357.full
SO  - Heart2009 Aug 15; 95
AB  - Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) is an established clinical tool for the identification of irreversible myocardial injury. More recently, experience with stress-perfusion CMR has increased sufficiently so that this now provides an accurate and reliable aid to clinical decision-making in patients with ischaemic heart disease. T2-weighted or “black blood” imaging is a technique used less frequently to examine the myocardium but one that is growing in stature. This article explains the rationale behind the technique and reviews recent data illustrating clinical and research scenarios in which the addition of T2-weighted sequences to standard cardiac scanning protocols might be warranted.