Wiphada
Patricia Bandettini1, Christine Mancini1, Peter Kellman1,
Andrew Ernest Arai1
1National Heart, Lung, and Blood
Institute, Laboratory of Cardiac Energetics, National Institutes of Health,
In
this study, we present the use of multi-contrast delayed enhancement (MCODE)
in trouble-shooting regions of high signal intensity within the myocardium
that may be atypical delayed enhancement or may simply be blood pool adjacent
to the epicardium and trabeculae. Our
initial results show the utility of MCODE in clarifying questions of possible
delayed enhancement beyond that of myocardial infarction. Furthermore, we demonstrate that a common
region adjacent to the anteroseptum that has previously been thought to be
blood pool between the septum and right ventricular moderator band or
papillary muscle is in fact a tissue-based structure.