Key result
Fat-water separated delayed hyperenhanced imaging successfully defined areas of infarction and detected fatty deposition in 2 of 3 subjects with chronic myocardial infarction.
Why the study?
Can fat-water separation applied to delayed hyperenhanced MRI detect fat deposition in chronic myocardial infarction?
Can fat-water separation applied to delayed hyperenhanced MRI detect fat deposition in chronic myocardial infarction?
Combining a three-point Dixon acquisition with inversion recovery gradient-echo sequences allows simultaneous T1-sensitive imaging of myocardial infarction and detection of associated fat deposition.
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Feasible in small chronic MI cohort; leaves open whether fat-water separation improves diagnostic utility.
James W. Goldfarb (2008) studied Chronic myocardial infarction (n=3). Fat-water separated delayed hyperenhanced (DHE) imaging was evaluated on Detection of myocardial infarction and fat deposition. Fat-water separated delayed hyperenhanced imaging successfully defined areas of infarction and detected fatty deposition in 2 of 3 subjects with chronic myocardial infarction.
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