Myocardial viability assessed with tagged MRI

  • P. Croisille
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5. Conclusion

Tagged MR imaging combined with a low-dose dobutamine stress testing is likely to become a major alternative for the assessment myocardial viability in patients with severe CAD by providing unique quantitative methods, but its future in the clinical arena will be determined by the successful implementation of other MR methods, geared towards direct assessment of the coronary tree and perfusion, combined in a single, comprehensive, and cost-effective examination.

Keywords

Myocardial Viability MRI 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • P. Croisille
    • 1
  1. 1.Department de RadiologleHôpital Cardiologique Louis Pradel, Creatis-UMR CNRSLyonFrance

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