Phase-sensitive inversion recovery single-shot balanced steady-state free precession for detection of myocardial infarction during a single breathhold.

Rationale And Objectives: We sought to show that phase-sensitive detection and a single-shot technique allow imaging of the heart for detection of myocardial infarction during a single breathhold without adaptation of the inversion time.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-five patients at 2 weeks to 3 months after Q-wave myocardial infarction were examined on a 1.5-T MR system 10 minutes after the administration of a double-dose extravascular contrast agent.