Myocardial first-pass perfusion cardiovascular magnetic resonance: history, theory, and current state of the art

Bernhard L Gerber¹ , Subha V Raman² , Krishna Nayak³ , Frederick H Epstein⁴ , Pedro Ferreira⁵ , Leon Axel⁶ and Dara L Kraitchman⁷

¹Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Cliniques Universitaires St Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium

²Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

³Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

⁴Departments of Radiology and Biomedical Engineering, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

⁵National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, UK

⁶Department of Radiology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA

⁷Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10:18doi:10.1186/1532-429X-10-18


Published:	28 April 2008

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Additional file 1:

Gibbs artifact. This cine shows signal intensity profile resulting in dark rim artifact caused by Gibbs ringing.

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LAD-territory ischemia with adenosine stress perfusion. This cine shows myocardial ischemia in the distribution of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Stress perfusion images in basal, mid and apical short axis planes as well as a horizontal long axis plane are shown across the top, and rest perfusion images in the same planes are shown across the bottom. Ischemia appears as dark regions (hypoperfusion) in the stress images.

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Subendocardial ischemia with adenosine stress perfusion. This cine shows diffuse subendocardial perfusion abnormality, most prominent along the lateral wall, with adenosine stress. Stress perfusion images in apical, mid and basal short axis planes are shown across the top and rest perfusion images in the same planes are shown across the bottom. Ischemia appears as dark regions (hypoperfusion) in the stress images.

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