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This study evaluated the ability of MR to identify and characterize the region of myocardial infarction in humans. Twenty-nine patients, all with ECG and enzyme rises consistent with an acute myocardial infarction, were studied by MR 3-17 days from the onset of acute chest pain. Four patients were excluded because of inability to acquire adequate MR studies. For comparison, 20 normal subjects were studied who also had gated MR examinations. The site of infarction was visualized in 23 patients as an area of high signal intensity in relation to the normal myocardium, a contrast that increased on the second-echo image. The regions of abnormal signal intensity corresponded to the anatomic site of infarction as defined by the ECG changes. The mean T2 relaxation time of the infarcted myocardium (79 +/- 22 msec) was significantly prolonged in comparison with the mean T2 (43.9 +/- 9 msec) of normal myocardium (p less than .01). The mean percentage of contrast (intensity difference) between normal and infarcted myocardium was much greater on the second-echo images (65.6 +/- 34.0%) than the first-echo images (27.5 +/- 18.7%). In the normal subjects there was no difference in T2 between the anterolateral (40.3 +/- 5.7 msec) and septal (39.5 +/- 7.4 msec) regions, and percentages of contrast between these two regions of myocardium on the first-echo (9.1 +/- 7.4%) and second-echo (15.0 +/- 13.3%) images were similar. Thus, MR can be used to directly visualize acute infarcts. However, it has several pitfalls, including the necessity to differentiate signal from slowly flowing blood in the ventricle, from increased signal from a region of infarction and artifactual variation of signal intensity in the myocardium due to respiratory motion or residual cardiac motion.
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