Incremental value of cardiovascular magnetic resonance over echocardiography in the detection of acute and chronic myocardial infarction

摘要

BackgroundAlthough echocardiography is used as a first line imaging modality, its accuracy to detect acute and chronic myocardial infarction (MI) in relation to infarct characteristics as assessed with late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance (LGE-CMR) is not well described.