Can delayed enhancement and T2-weighted imaging distinguish acute from chronic myocardial infarction?
Udo Sechtem* and Heiko Mahrholdt
Correspondence *Department of Cardiology and Pulmology, Robert-Bosch-Krankenhaus, Stuttgart, Germany
Email udo.sechtem@rbk.de
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A considerable number of patients experience MI without noticing.1 When these patients are seen during routine examination, serum enzymes will usually be normal and Q waves might be absent. Wall motion on echocardiography might also be as normal as a single-photon emission CT examination.2, 3 Identification of these patients, however, would make it possible to institute aggressive secondary prevention measures and lifestyle changes. The high sensitivity of DE CMR for detecting even very small subendocardial MIs3 makes it the ideal tool to identify such asymptomatic high-risk patients.
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