Delayed contrast enhancement magnetic resonance imaging for the assessment of cardiac disease.
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).
Marcu
Constantin B
CB
Hospital of Saint Raphael-Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA. bogmarcu@pol.net
Nijveldt
Robin
R
Beek
Aernout M
AM
Van Rossum
Albert C
AC
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA