Clinical implications of cardiac hyperpolarized magnetic resonance imaging

Journal article

Alterations in cardiac metabolism are now considered a cause, rather than a result, of cardiac disease. Although magnetic resonance spectroscopy has allowed investigation of myocardial energetics, the inherently low sensitivity of the technique has limited its clinical application in the study of cardiac metabolism. The development of a novel hyperpolarization technique, based on the process of dynamic nuclear polarization, when combined with the metabolic tracers [1-13C] and [2-13C] pyruvate...

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Authors: Rider, O; Tyler, D

• Journal: Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance
• Volume: 15
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 93-93
• Publication date: 2013-01-01
• DOI: 10.1186/1532-429X-15-93
• EISSN: 1532-429X
• ISSN: 1097-6647
• Language: English
• Keywords: Pyruvate; Hyperpolarized; Carbon-13 (13C); Cardiac Metabolism