Clinical ResearchPrognosticators in Acute InfarctionPrognostic Value of Myocardial Infarct Size and Contractile Reserve Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Prognosticators in Acute Infarction
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Key Words
cardiac magnetic resonance
prognosis
delayed enhancement
contractile reserve
Abbreviations and Acronyms
CI
confidence interval
DSMR
dobutamine magnetic resonance
LGE
late gadolinium enhancement
LV
left ventricle/ventricular
LVEDV
left ventricular end-diastolic volume
LVEF
left ventricular ejection fraction
LVESV
left ventricular end-systolic volume
MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
WMSI
wall motion score index
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Dr. Bax has received research grants from Edwards Lifesciences, Biotronik, GE Healthcare, BMS Medical Imaging, St. Jude, and Medtronic. Dr. Nagel has received grants from Philips Healthcare and Bayer-Schering. The first 2 authors contributed equally to this work. W. Gregory Hundley, MD, served as Guest Editor for this article.
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