Fig. 2From: CMR for myocardial characterization in ischemic heart disease: state-of-the-art and future developmentsThirty-two-year-old man with acute anteroseptal myocardial infarction (same patient as in Fig. 1). T2-STIR image shows excessive edema (a, white arrows), corresponding to increased native T1 (b, white arrows) and T2 (c, white arrows) relaxation times in the affected myocardium. T2-STIR, T2-weighted short-tau inversion recoveryBack to article page