title: Delayed contrast enhancement magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of cardiac disease.
abstract: Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging (CMR) with delayed contrast enhancement (DCE) using Gadolinium based contrast media is a recently developed technique which allows the direct visualisation of myocardial necrosis or fibrosis as regions of bright signal (hyperenhancement) compared with normal myocardium. The manuscript presents a review of the current clinical application of DCE-CMR for the diagnosis and prognosis of various common cardiac conditions such as ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies, and less common diseases such as cardiac sarcoidosis or Löffler endocarditis (Table 1).
authors.affiliation: Hospital of Saint Raphael-Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. bogmarcu@pol.net
authors.forename: Constantin B
authors.initials: CB
authors.lastname: Marcu
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nijveldt
authors.forename: Aernout M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Beek
authors.forename: Albert C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Van Rossum
mesh_terms: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA