Post-mortem cardiac 3-T magnetic resonance imaging: visualization of sudden cardiac death?

Jackowski, Christian; Schwendener, Nicole; Grabherr, Silke; Persson, Anders

doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.089

Scientific article

English

Post-mortem cardiac 3-T magnetic resonance imaging: visualization of sudden cardiac death?

ContributorsJackowski, Christian; Schwendener, Nicole; Grabherr, Silke; Persson, Anders

Published inJournal of the American College of Cardiology, vol. 62, no. 7, p. 617-629

Publication date2013

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging (pmMRI) for the assessment of myocardial infarction and hypointensities on post-mortem T2-weighted images as a possible method for visualizing the myocardial origin of arrhythmic sudden cardiac death.

Keywords

Adult
Aged
Autopsy/methods
Cause of Death
Death, Sudden, Cardiac/etiology/pathology
Female
Humans
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
Male
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction/complications/mortality/pathology
Prospective Studies
Sampling Studies
Sensitivity and Specificity

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de médecine légale

Research groups

Groupe Silke Grabherr (969)

Citation (ISO format)

JACKOWSKI, Christian et al. Post-mortem cardiac 3-T magnetic resonance imaging: visualization of sudden cardiac death? In: Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 2013, vol. 62, n° 7, p. 617–629. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.089

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:112100
DOI : 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.01.089
PMID : 23563129

Journal ISSN0735-1097

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Post-mortem cardiac 3-T magnetic resonance imaging: visualization of sudden cardiac death?

This study aimed to investigate post-mortem magnetic resonance imaging (pmMRI) for the assessment of myocardial infarction and hypointensities on post-mortem T2-weighted images as a possible method for visualizing the myocardial origin of arrhythmic sudden cardiac death.

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