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Article: Studies from J.W. Goldfarb et al further understanding of pharmacokinetics.
- Article from:
- Heart Disease Weekly
- Article date:
- November 22, 2009
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In this recent report, researchers in the United States conducted a study "To monitor gadohnium pharmacokinetics in the hearts of patients with chronic myocardial infarcts and to determine the variability of contrast agent concentrations and accuracy of infarct detection over an hour time period. Twenty-five patients with chronic myocardial infarcts were examined."
"T1 measurements were performed every 2 minutes using an inversion recovery CINE balanced steady-state free precession technique. Paired differences in T1 values over time for the discrimination between the left ventricular (LV) bloodpool, viable, and infarct myocardium were statistically evaluated. ...