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Ann Thorac Surg 2008;86:1553. doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.07.079
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Original Articles: Adult Cardiac

Invited Commentary

Amedeo Anselmi, MDa, Carlo Nicola De Cecco, MDb

a Division of Cardiac Surgery, Catholic University, Largo A. Gemelli, 8, Rome, 00168 Italy
b Department of Radiology, University of Rome "Sapienza"-St. Andrea Hospital, Rome, 00168 Italy

(Email: amedeo.anselmi@alice.it; carlodececco@gmail.com).

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In the mid-90s, the potential of cardiac cine-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in quantitative and observer-independent assessment of myocardial function were apparent. Initially, assessment of left ventricular function in ischemic heart disease was essentially based on systolic/diastolic wall thickening and contrast enhancement of necrotic myocardium and fibrotic scar. Unfortunately, technical limitations of early scanners (poor sensitivity, competitively inferior diagnostic performance, and long acquisition times) relegated MRI for assessment of ischemic myocardial dysfunction to a research role for several years.

Thanks to technologic improvements, cardiac MRI based on high spatial resolution . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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