Ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies--cardiac MRI appearances with delayed enhancement.
Over the past few years, cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has rapidly developed and is now a robust clinical tool capable of providing high-resolution images of the heart in any desired plane. Delayed contrast-enhanced CMR (DE-CMR) can be used for non-invasive tissue characterization, with differing patterns of hyperenhancement displayed by ischaemic and non-ischaemic cardiomyopathies. This review explains the theory behind delayed hyperenhancement, and demonstrates the potential of DE-CMR in the diagnosis of a wide range of different cardiac disease states.
Jackson
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Departments of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Southampton General Hospital, Tremona Road, Southampton, Hampshire, UK.
Bellenger
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Seddon
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Harden
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Peebles
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D019571:Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia / Q000473:pathology; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000473:pathology; D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D017681:Hypereosinophilic Syndrome / Q000473:pathology; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000473:pathology; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000473:pathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000473:pathology