Abstract #3757

Is Hemorrhage in Acute Reperfused Myocardial Infarction a New Marker for the Severity of Tissue Injury?

Andreas Kumar¹, Jordin D. Green^1,2, Jane M. Sykes³, Andrea J. Mitchell³, Gerald Wisenberg³, Matthias G. Friedrich¹

¹Stephenson CMR Centre, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada; ²Siemens Canada Ltd, Calgary, AB, Canada; ³Lawson Health Research Institute, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada

We applied a T2*-weighted cardiovascular magnetic imaging sequence to assess the effect of hemorrhage in reperfusion injury in acute myocardial infarction. In this dog model, hemorrhage was associated with larger infarct size and worse functional parameters.