Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 267-273 , July 2010

Cardiac computed tomography for prediction of myocardial viability after reperfused acute myocardial infarction

  • Michael D. Shapiro, DO

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA
    • ,
  • Ammar Sarwar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Koen Nieman, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Khurram Nasir, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Thomas J. Brady, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • ,
  • Ricardo C. Cury, MD

      Affiliations

    • Cardiac MR PET CT Program, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
    • Cardiovascular MR and CT Program, Baptist Cardiac and Vascular Institute, 8900 N Kendall Drive, Miami, FL 33176, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.

Received 6 December 2009 ,Accepted 6 April 2010.

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 Conflict of interest: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

 Dr. Shapiro and Dr. Nasir have received support from NIH grant 1T32 HL076136-02.

PII: S1934-5925(10)00256-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jcct.2010.04.004

Journal of Cardiovascular Computed Tomography
Volume 4, Issue 4 , Pages 267-273 , July 2010

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