Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cardiovascular Fibrosis and Inflammation: From Clinical Practice to Animal Studies and Back
Figure 2
Cardiac MRI at 3.0 Tesla in a patient with coronary artery disease and a history of an old myocardial infarction. At cardiac ultrasound and cine MR imaging no wall motion abnormalities were seen. At T1w ((a) and (d)) and T2w ((b) and (e)) a small subendocardial scar (arrow) which was altered mostly into fat (proven on MR sequences with ((a) and (b)) and without ((d) and (e)) fat suppression) could be demonstrated. There were a small perfusion deficit at rest perfusion (c) and demonstration of a small amount of fibrotic tissue after administration of gadolinium (f).
