Figure 1From: Hyperpolarized metabolic imaging of myocardial ischemia-reperfusion in a small-animal model at 9.4TThe lactate/bicarbonate ratio in the AAR was increased following 15 minutes of myocardial ischemia. It than decreased over the 60 minutes of measured reperfusion time. 1 week following ischemia this ratio was not significantly different from the remote area. The lower haft of the figure demonstrates that the AAR developed a localised hypokinesia following ischemia which recoverd over time, and that the AAR demonstrated acute injury as demonstrated by late gadolinium enhancement.Back to article page