title: Role of cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the assessment of myocardial viability.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Southwest Memorial Hospital, and The University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Tex, USA.
authors.forename: Kesavan
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Shan
authors.forename: Godwin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Constantine
authors.forename: Mohan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sivananthan
authors.forename: Scott D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Flamm
mesh_terms: D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002470:Cell Survival; D005355:Fibrosis; D006321:Heart / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009204:Myocardial Revascularization; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D032383:Myocytes, Cardiac / Q000378:metabolism; D011379:Prognosis; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014055:Tomography, Emission-Computed; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000473:pathology