Clinical ResearchInterventional CardiologyImpact of Primary Coronary Angioplasty Delay on Myocardial Salvage, Infarct Size, and Microvascular Damage in Patients With ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction: Insight From Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
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Key Words
myocardial salvage
myocardial infarction
microvascular injury
cardiovascular magnetic resonance
time to reperfusion
Abbreviations and Acronyms
CMR
cardiovascular magnetic resonance
IRA
infarct-related artery
IS
infarct size
LAD
left anterior descending artery
LGE
late gadolinium enhancement
LV
left ventricle/ventricular
LVEDV
left ventricular end-diastolic volume
LVEF
left ventricular ejection fraction
LVESV
left ventricular end-systolic volume
MVO
microvascular obstruction
PCI
percutaneous coronary intervention
PPCI
primary percutaneous coronary intervention
SSFP
steady-state free precession
STEMI
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction
T2w-STIR
T2-weighted short tau inversion recovery
TE
echo time
TR
repetition time
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Drs. Francone and Bucciarelli-Ducci contributed equally to this work.
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