Abstract
Methods Nineteen patients with stable coronary artery disease, with bifurcation stenosis were studied with LGE MRI (1.5 Tesla scanner) before(24 h) and after (72 h) stenting of bifurcation lesions. Angiographic measurements of the reference vessel diameters and side branch ostial diameters preand post-intervention were performed. Contrast enhanced images were obtained 12 to 18 minutes after i.v. gadolinium based contrast injection using breath-hold segmented gradient echo pulse sequence Myonecrosis was defined by new contrast hyperenhancement within target vessel perfusion territory
Highlights
Delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (LGE MRI) of the heart has a proven role for quantifying areas of myocardial injury
Abstracts of the 13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2010 Meeting abstracts - A single PDF containing all abstracts in this Supplement is available here. http://www.biomedcentral.com/content/files/pdf/1532-429X-11-S1-info
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) of bifurcation lesions is considered as a high risk procedure
Summary
Delayed enhancement magnetic resonance imaging (LGE MRI) of the heart has a proven role for quantifying areas of myocardial injury. Assessment by means of MRI Late Gadolinium Enhancement of periprocedural myonecrosis after main vessel stenting of coronary bifurcations Address: Mossakowski Medical Research Centre Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland * Corresponding author from 13th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions Phoenix, AZ, USA.
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