Hyeyoung Moon1, Hyo Eun Park2,
Quan-Yu Cai1, Jongeun Kang1, Kiyuk Chang2,
Kwan Soo Hong1
1Magnetic Resonance Imaging Team,
Korean Basic Science Institute, Ochang-Myun, Cheongwon-Gun, Korea, Republic
of; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Catholic University, Seoul,
Korea, Republic of
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this study, we investigated whether magnetic nanoparticle-contrasted cardiac
magnetic resonance imaging would be feasible and effective for the detecting
the inflammation in a rat model of experimental autoimmune myocarditis, and
whether MNP-contrasted CMR imaging could give a guidance where the biopsy
samples should be collected.
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