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This article is part of the supplement: Abstracts of the 11th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions - 2008 .

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1117 Novel high resolution method for visualization of regional ventricular wall motion by 3 T MRI

Stig F Samnøy1 and Terje H Larsen2,3

1Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway

2University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway

3Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway

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from 11th Annual SCMR Scientific Sessions
Los Angeles, CA, USA. 1–3 February 2008

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance 2008, 10(Suppl 1):A242doi:10.1186/1532-429X-10-S1-A242

Published: 22 October 2008

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Assessing the wall motion is important for detecting regional left ventricular dysfunction which may be related to e.g. coronary artery disease (CAD). This study has utilized 3D MRI velocity mapping to quantify the regional motion of the left ventricular wall.


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