Figure 6. Infarct Imaging.

Images from the same patient as in Figure 5. The panel of images demonstrates phase-sensitive inversion recovery gradient echo images in the same 3 short-axis locations obtained 10 minutes after 0.15 mM/kg of gadolinium was infused intravenously. The basal left ventricle shows a 50% transmural inferior infarction while the mid and apical left ventricle show a 25% to 50% transmural inferior infarction. Putting this data together with Figure 5, the findings are consistent with an inferior infarction with peri-infarct ischemia in the mid and apical inferior walls as well as mid anterolateral ischemia, consistent with multivessel coronary artery disease. mM indicates millimolar.