Cardiac Blood Flow Patterns Associated With Left Ventricular Myocardial Damage

Launched by MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ · Aug 17, 2017

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Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • patients age 20-80 years,
• • patients with and without ischemic or non-ischemic myocardial injuries scheduled for routine cardiac magnetic resonance imaging,
• • ability to hold the breath,
• • ability to give informed consent
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • patients with metal devices or other magnetic material in or on the subjects body which will be hazardous for magnetic resonance investigation (e.g. heart pace-maker, brain aneurysm clip, nerve stimulators, electrodes, penile implants, colored contact lenses, patch to deliver medications through the skin, any metal implants as rods, joints, plates, pins, screws, nails or clips, embolization coil, or any metal fragments or shrapnel in the body),
• • patients with tendency toward claustrophobia,
• • hemodynamically unstable patients,
• • patients with (major) arrhythmia
• • pregnancy,
• • impaired kidney function indicated by creatin clearance lower than 60 ml/min (creatin clearance will be calculated according to Cockroft-Gault formula)