1. Tareq Ibrahim et al. JIMG 2009;2:580-588
CMR Findings Control population: data are shown from a 52-year-old subject with a normal right coronary artery (RCA) on (A) X-ray angiography and (B) coronary magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) without contrast uptake on (C) contrast-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance (CE-CMR). To highlight the anatomic relationship between contrast enhancement and morphology, images were fused in a way similar to positron emission tomography/computed tomography (D). Data are shown from a 56-year-old patient with anterior myocardial infarction and luminal irregularities (arrow) of the RCA on X-ray angiography (E). Coronary MRA (F) 10 days after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) confirms this finding; and CE-CMR (G, H) revealed diffuse strong contrast enhancement (white arrow) in the corresponding vessel segments. Note the excellent suppression of blood signal (dotted white arrows). Data are shown from the left coronary artery system of the same patient with a stent in the proximal left anterior descending artery (LAD) on (I) X-ray angiography and (J) corresponding coronary MRA, demonstrating a signal void at the location of the stent (arrow). On CE-CMR, focal enhancement (K, L) can be observed proximal to the stent and in the proximal left circumflex artery (LCX) (dotted arrows). LV = left ventricle.
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