| CLINICAL
FOCUS SESSION: Myocardial Viability Room 204
A/B Chairs: Roderic I. Pettigrew and Nathaniel Reichek |
| 13:30 212. High Resolution 3D 1H Contrast Enhanced MR Imaging in Reperfused Myocardial Infarction: A Histopathologic Correlation, H.B. Hillenbrand, L.C. Becker, C.E. Rochitte, R.H. Hruban and J.A.C. Lima, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD, USA. |
| 13:42 213. Peri-infarction Zone is the Difference in Size of Hyperenhanced Zone Displayed by Standard Extracellular and Necrosis Specific MR Contrast Media, M. Saeed, M.F. Wendland, J. Bremerich, R. Wyttenbach, H-J. Weinmann and C.B. Higgins, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA and Schering AG, Berlin, Germany. |
| 13.54 214. MRI during a Constant Infusion of Gd-DTPA to Determine Myocardial Viability in a Canine Model of Chronic Occlusion, R.S. Pereira, F.S. Prato, K. Lekx, J. Sykes and G. Wisenberg, Lawson Research Institute, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada. |
| 14:06 215. Relation Between Intramural Mechanics and Change of Ejection Fraction 3 Months After First Myocardial Infarction, M.J.W. Götte, J.T. Marcus, J.P.A. Kuijer, P.A.G. Vriend, C.A. Visser and A.C. van Rossum, University Hospital VU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. |
| 14:18 216. Quantitative Prediction of Cardiac Functional Improvement after Myocardial Revascularization using Cine MRI and Mechanical Modeling, J.N. Oshinski, H. Han, D.N. Ku and R.I. Pettigrew, Emory University School of Medicine and Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA. |
| 14:30 217. Myocardial Blood Flow - Function Relationship in Normal Hearts Assessed by an Integrated Magnetic Resonance Approach, J. Schwitter, S. Kneifel, A. von Smekal, M.C. Jörg, S. Rühm, K. Stumpe, A. Buck, T.F. Lüscher and G.K. von Schulthess, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland. |
| 14.42 218. Complementary Utility of Dobutamine Tagged and Contrast Enhanced MRI for Assessment of Viability after Myocardial Infarction, C.M. Kramer, W.J. Rogers, S. Mankad, T.M. Theobald, D. Pakstis, D. Vido and N. Reichek, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. |
| 14.54 219. Stress Magnetic Resonance Imaging for the Evaluation of Hibernating Myocardium: A One-Stop Assessment of Regional Left Ventricular Function and Perfusion, P.R. Sensky, A. Jivan, G.R. Cherryman, N. Hudson, R.P. Keal, B. Morgan and N.J. Samani, University of Leicester and Glenfield General Hospital NHS Trust, Leicester, UK. |
| 15:06 220. The Prevalence, Utility and Relationship to First Pass Regional Hypo-Enhancement of Boundary Zone Equilibrium-Phase Hyper-Enhancement in Patients with Acute Myocardial Infarction, G.R. Cherryman, A. Jivan, J. Tranter, P. Sensky, B. Morgan, M. Horsfield, K. Woods, D.B. Barnett, A. de Roos, P. Dendale and G. Pirovano, University of Leicester, UK and Bracco SpA, Milan, Italy. |
| 15:18 221. Fast High Resolution 23Na MRI with Twisted Projections: Imaging Myocardial Infarction in 3D, C. Constantinides, F. Boada, J. Gillen, D. Kraitchman, M. Solaiyappan and P. Bottomley, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA and University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA. |