Thursday, March 15, 2007

CT assessment of myocardial viability

Myocardial viability after MI may be best assessed by 64-slice CT-- the authors used CT done 24 minutes after CCTA to assess hyperenhancement of the myocardium and assess myocardial viability. Read it all on http://www.auntminnie.com/index.asp?Sec=sup&Sub=mri&Pag=dis&ItemId=75049&wf=1737

Also read how 1.5T and 3T MRI are equivalent for assessing myocardial viability-- read about it on http://www.auntminnie.com/index.asp?Sec=sup&Sub=car&Pag=dis&ItemId=75042&wf=1737

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