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Apr 11, 2010

How long ago did I have that infarct, doc?

Anyone reporting CMR results to a patient that did not know if he/she had a previous infarct must have heard that question. The typical answer would be that we could not precisely tell if the infarct occurred a few days, weeks or years before the exam with LGE. Now Kirschner R et al, using a new Gd based compound, helped to answer the question - at least partially - by differentiating acute vs 4-week old infarcts.

Read the full text free in JCMR.

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