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Is late gandolinium enhancement MRI an effective method of detecting myocardial infarction?

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine volume 5, pages 444–445 (2008)Cite this article

Kim RJ et al. for the Gadoversetamide Myocardial Infarction Imaging Investigators (2008) Performance of delayed-enhancement magnetic resonance imaging with gadoversetamide contrast for the detection and assessment of myocardial infarction: an international, multicenter, double-blinded, randomized trial. Circulation 117: 629–637

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