Abstract #3257

Validation of Contrast Enhanced Cine Steady-State Free Precession and T2-Weigthed CMR for Assessment of Ischemic Myocardial Area-At-Risk

Esben Søvsø Szocska Hansen^1,2, Steen Fjord Pedersen³, Steen Bønløkke Pedersen⁴, Hans Erik Stilling Bøtker⁵, and Won Yong Kim⁵

¹The MR Research Centre, Aarhus University, 8200, Denmark, ²Danish Diabetes Academy, Odense, Denmark, ³Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery T, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Denmark, ⁴Department of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital THG, Denmark, ⁵Department of Cardiology, Aarhus University Hospital, 8200, Denmark

Measuring myocardial salvage is important to evaluate the possible cardioprotective effects of adjunctive cardioprotective intervention in patients with myocardial infarction undergoing primary percutaneous intervention. Contrast-enhanced steady-state free precession magnetic resonance imaging (CE-CINE) has recently been used to quantify AAR and validated against myocardial perfusion SPECT. In this study we sought to determine how well T2-STIR and CE-CINE depicts AAR in an experimental porcine model of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury using histopathology as the reference for infarct size and AAR.

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