Figure 2:

Plots of first-pass perfusion dynamics of MR contrast medium in LV blood (signal intensity was divided by 10 for clarity) (black line and circle), remote myocardium (red line and triangle), and ischemic myocardium (blue line and square) in control (left) and VM202-treated (right) animals after administration of 0.1 mmol/kg gadoterate meglumine. Chronically infarcted myocardium of VM202-treated animals showed better perfusion than in control animals. A rapid wash-in of gadoterate meglumine was also observed in treated compared with that of control animals. a.u. = arbitrary units.