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CURRENT CARDIOLOGY REVIEWS
Volume 9, Issue 3, Pages 185-190Publisher
BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBL LTD
DOI: 10.2174/1573403X113099990030
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Cardiac; late gadolinium enhancement; magnetic resonance imaging; CMR; viability
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Late gadolinium enhancement is a useful tool for scar detection, based on differences in the volume of distribution of gadolinium, an extracellular agent. The presence of fibrosis in the myocardium amenable to be detected with late gadolinium enhancement MRI is found not only in ischemic cardiomyopathy, in which it offers information regarding viability and prognosis, but also in a wide variety of non-ischemic cardiomyopathies. In the following review we will discuss the methodological aspects of gadolinium-based imaging, as well as its applications and anticipated future developments.
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