Cor Vasa 2005, 46(4)

Magnetic resonance imaging in myocardial infarction survivors: stratification of myocardial viability.

Petr Neužil^1,*, Josef Vymazal², Jindřich Kupec¹, Miloš Táborský¹, Jiří Weichet², Jan Balák², Lucie Šedivá¹, Jan Petrů¹, Štěpán Černý³, Petr Niederle¹, Ladislava Janoušková²

¹ Kardiologické oddělení

² Oddělení radiodiagnostiky

³ Oddělení kardiochirurgické, Nemocnice Na Homolce, Praha, Česká republika

The authors present their initial results of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) used to determine myocardial viability in myocardial infarction survivors. Systolic left ventricular function (LVEF) as determined by echocardiography and MRI is compared, and regional kinetic impairment as shown by the presence of the infarction scar demonstrated by late gadolinium contrast filling (according to MRI) is assessed. Patients with evidence non-transmural lesions of individual segments following myocardial revascularization have been shown to have significant systolic LV improvement. MRI myocardial assessment with an emphasis on myocardial viability assessment has been an established method for two years and helped improve the diagnosis and optimal planning of cardiac surgical procedures.

Keywords: Magnetic resonance imaging; Myocardial viability

Published: April 1, 2005  Show citation