RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 T2-weighted magnetic resonance imaging to assess myocardial oedema in ischaemic heart disease
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 1357
OP 1361
DO 10.1136/hrt.2009.169961
VO 95
IS 16
A1 N C Edwards
A1 H Routledge
A1 R P Steeds
YR 2009
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/95/16/1357.abstract
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.