Multicontrast late gadolinium enhancement imaging enables viability and wall motion assessment in a single acquisition with reduced scan times

To determine the accuracy of multicontrast late enhancement imaging (MCLE) in the assessment of myocardial viability and wall motion compared to the conventional wall motion and viability cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) pulse sequences.

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