Abstract #0232

Myocardial Tagging Reveals a Distinct Regional Contractility Pattern After Ischemic Postconditioning in Mice

Wouter Oosterlinck¹, Tom Dresselaers², Vincent Geldhof¹, Marijke Pellens¹, Stefan Janssens¹, Uwe Himmelreich², Paul Herijgers¹

¹Cardiovascular Diseases, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; ²Medical Diagnostic Sciences, Biomedical NMR-Unit/MoSAIC, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

We studied ischemia reperfusion and Ischemic Postconditioning in mice. Follow up included non invasive cMRI and myocardial tagging and invasive pressure conductance analysis after 1 and 10 weeks. We studied global and regional contractility changes and evaluated the effect of Ischemic Postconditioning at long term.