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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance and the evaluation of heart failure.
Current cardiology reports - 1 Jan 2005
Moon James C C, Prasad Sanjay K
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Cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) has established itself as probably the single best way of phenotyping the failing heart. It is the accepted gold standard for measuring cardiac function, volumes, and mass, but within the same scan session additional techniques are available for greater definition. Tissue characterization with the contrast agent gadolinium is well validated and allows the precise...
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