Abstract |
The aim of this study was to detect salvageable peri- infarction myocardium by MRI in rats after infarction, using with a double contrast agent ( CA) protocol at 7 Tesla. Intravascular superparamagnetic iron oxide ( SPIO) nanoparticles and an extracellular paramagnetic CA ( Gd-DOTA) were used to characterize the peri- infarction zone, which may recover function after reperfusion occurs. Infarcted areas measured from T1-weighted (T1-w) images post Gd-DOTA administration were overestimated compared to histological TTC staining (52% +/- 3% of LV surface area vs. 40% +/- 3%, P=0.03) or to T2-w images post SPIO administration (41% +/- 4%, P=0.04), whereas areas measured from T2-w images post SPIO administration were not significantly different from those measured histologically (P=0.7). Viable and nonviable myocardium portions of ischemically injured myocardium were enhanced after diffusive Gd-DOTA injection. The subsequent injection of vascular SPIO nanoparticles enables the discrimination of viable peri- infarction regions by specifically altering the signal of the still-vascularized myocardium.
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Authors | Catherine Chapon, Laurent Lemaire, Florence Franconi, Laurent Marescaux, Pierre Legras, Benoit Denizot, Jean-Jacques Le Jeune |
Journal | Magnetic resonance in medicine
(Magn Reson Med)
Vol. 52
Issue 4
Pg. 932-6
(Oct 2004)
ISSN: 0740-3194 [Print] United States |
PMID | 15389960
(Publication Type: Evaluation Study, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Chemical References |
- Contrast Media
- Heterocyclic Compounds
- Organometallic Compounds
- Oxides
- gadolinium 1,4,7,10-tetraazacyclododecane-N,N',N'',N'''-tetraacetate
- Iron
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Topics |
- Analysis of Variance
- Animals
- Contrast Media
- Heterocyclic Compounds
- Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
- Iron
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
(methods)
- Myocardial Infarction
(pathology)
- Nanotechnology
- Organometallic Compounds
- Oxides
- Particle Size
- Pericardium
(pathology)
- Rats
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