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Can delayed enhancement and T2-weighted imaging distinguish acute from chronic myocardial infarction?

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The synopsis was written by Ruth Kirby, Research Highlights Editor, Nature Clinical Practice.

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    Udo Sechtem & Heiko Mahrholdt

  2. CMR group at the Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Germany

    Udo Sechtem & Heiko Mahrholdt

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Sechtem, U., Mahrholdt, H. Can delayed enhancement and T2-weighted imaging distinguish acute from chronic myocardial infarction?. Nat Rev Cardiol 1, 22–23 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/ncpcardio0021

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