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Cardiac MRI on day 14 and 153 after CHMI. (A) Slightly increased T2-weighted signal intensity was observed in the basal-inferolateral segment of the left ventricle on day 14 after CHMI (C + 14), which had disappeared on day 153 after CHMI (C + 153); visualized on the short-axis dark blood STIR (short inversion time inversion recovery) recordings. (B and C) After administration of 15 mL gadolinium contrast subepicardial and midwall delayed enhancement was observed in the basal-inferolateral and basal-inferior segments of the left ventricle on day C + 14, which had decreased on day C + 153; visualized on the short-axis (B) and the 4-chamber (C) PSIR (phase sensitive inversion recovery) recordings.
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T2-weighted signal intensity in the basal- and mid-inferolateral and partly in the mid-anterolateral myocardial segments, matching minor oedema (see Figure 1A); ii) focal areas of subepicardial and midwall delayed enhancement in the basal- and mid-inferior and basal- and mid-inferolateral segments after administration of gadolinium contrast (see Figure 1B and C); iii) hypokinesia basal- and mid-inferior and mild hypokinesia basal- and mid-inferolateral. The oedema had disappeared completely (see Figure 1A) and concomitantly the delayed enhancement had decreased, mostly in the basal-inferolateral segment (see Figure 1B and C).