Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 70-78, April 2007

Delayed Contrast Enhancement Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Assessment of Cardiac Disease

  • Constantin B. Marcu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Hospital of Saint Raphael—Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Cardiac Diagnostic Unit, Room PG 10, Hospital of Saint Raphael, 1450 Chapel St., New Haven, CT 06511, USA. Tel.: +1 203 789 3135; fax: +1 203 789 6046.
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  • Robin Nijveldt, MD

      Affiliations

    • VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Dr Nijveldt is supported by the grant number 2003B126 from the Netherlands Heart Foundation.
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  • Aernout M. Beek, MD

      Affiliations

    • VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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  • Albert C. Van Rossum, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Received 8 July 2006; received in revised form 15 August 2006; accepted 22 September 2006.

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) with delayed contrast enhancement (DCE) using Gadolinium based contrast media is a recently developed technique which allows the direct visualisation of myocardial necrosis or fibrosis as regions of bright signal (hyperenhancement) compared with normal myocardium. The manuscript presents a review of the current clinical application of DCE–CMR for the diagnosis and prognosis of various common cardiac conditions such as ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies, and less common diseases such as cardiac sarcoidosis or Löffler endocarditis (Table 1).

Keywords: Delayed contrast enhancement, Cardiovascular magnetic resonance, Myocardial infarction, Cardiomyopathy

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PII: S1443-9506(06)00224-1

doi:10.1016/j.hlc.2006.09.006

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 70-78, April 2007

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