Nature reviews cardiology - volume 7 issue 5, may 2010


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MYOCARDIAL EDEMA—A NEW CLINICAL ENTITY? Controversy exists as to whether the detection of myocardial edema, to quantify myocardial damage and assess myocardial salvage, is ready for clinical


use or is still only practical as a research tool. In this Perspectives article, Matthias Friedrich explains his point of view on this issue—that myocardial edema imaging using magnetic


resonance technology should be seen as the essential diagnostic modality of choice for patients with suspected myocardial injury by virtue of its safety, versatility, and cost-efficiency. *


Matthias G. Friedrich